Bourbonitis

Otis is back in Edinburgh, with his own distinctive take on Country and Western music, mixed in with jokes, the odd political comment, and some improvised lyrics and banter.

For the uninitiated, Rich Hall’s “uncle” (actually, it’s Rich in a … Read More

Brendon Burns

Those of you, who have not seen Burnsy before, beware. He is not by any stretch of the imagination be called a shrinking violet. It is a rare sentence that does not have at least one four letter expletive in, … Read More

Chris Corcoran – Welsh Assembly

If Chris is not affiliated to the Welsh tourist board, he should be. His ambition during the fringe is to double the population of Wales. He encouraged our Welshness by feeding us Welsh cakes, getting us to sing and advertising … Read More

Colin Murphy – Miraculous

Colin Murphy is a name that has been around for years, I know that I have certainly seen him 3 or 4 times previously. He didn’t come to the Fringe last year and says he missed it, and I know … Read More

Craig Hill – One Man & His Kilt

Craig Hill the camp Scottish comedian hasn’t always been on my must see list, but I’ve seen more and more of him on TV and decided it was about time I tried to see him live.

His spectacular entrance through … Read More

Danny Bhoy

Danny Bhoy has been coming to the Fringe for a number of years now and I have been there watching him mature, yes I think that is the word, during this time.

He is now an established ‘name’ on the … Read More

Dara O’Briain

Dara O’Briain is certainly not the smallest comedian on the comedy circuit, and he is certainly not the smallest in talent either.

He is a genuinely funny man who knows how to play his audience as a virtuoso plays their … Read More

Ed Byrne: Me Again

Ed Byrne is back where he belongs. Ok it was good to see him in a play on the Fringe last year and we have seen him on TV in both adverts and a sitcom.

I think however that Ed … Read More

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the Fringe but were too drunk to ask

For some of us the Fringe life is now second nature having been part of it for more than a decade, for others less experienced, this is a show that should be the first on your list as Mitchell, Mountfield … Read More

Flight of the Conchords: Lonely Knights

Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, both from New Zealand, are together known as ‘Flight of the Conchords’. I first heard of them in 2003 when they were selling out the Gilded Balloon Caves and were Perrier Award Nominees.

The praise … Read More