Reviews: Comedy

Character comedian and ‘contemporary somatic movement enthusiast’ Emma Sidi brings five new faces to the Fringe. Using a floral arch, Sidi takes persona switching to a new level in an almost Stars in Their Ey...

After covering the personal in his previous shows, from his brain surgery to his rocky relationship with his father, Scott Gibson's Anywhere But Here is more general, encapsulating life, death, travel and the s...

Lou Sanders is here to teach us about shame. Not embarrassment, that fleeting, lower-tier stuff, but real shame, the big moments that stick with you and whisper to you at night years later. Taking cues from he...

Judah Friedlander is probably best known for his role in 30 Rock, but after a hit Netflix comedy special, he’s bringing his stand up talent to the Edinburgh Fringe. Announcing his candidacy for Presidency, mos...

Entering the snug back room of Dragonfly, the audience is greeted by Matthew Highton. He is polite and cheery, not deterred by the slightly low number of people that are in the room. Instead, he exclaims that...

Enter the absurd world of Zach, Viggo, Thumpasaurus and a few more of their zany counterparts. Sometimes it is good to shake off our adult and release the inner child. That is exactly what you need to do to en...

In her time at the Fringe, Kiri Pritchard-McLean has never shied away from serious topics, but this year, things are personal. Victim, Complex, as well boasting a tidy bit of grammatical word play, sees Pritch...