Russell Howard – Skylarking

Russell Howard first came to our attention during the Pleasance Press Launch in 2004, we then saw him at The Stand Comedy Club. On the strength of these two snippets I went to see his full show ‘Skylarking’. Both … Read More

Tim Minchin – Darkside

Tim Minchin is very Australian (and very proud of it), multi-talented and immensely funny. His act is a cocktail of comedy songs, stand up, with a twist of poetry thrown in for good measure. He can be manic but … Read More

Sally Swallows & The Rise of Londinian

Billed as the Uk’s darkest and nastiest comedy -horror sketch show, I suppose it maybe has reached it’s aims. I found it nasty, the script horrible and the jokes and running gags generally poor. I was not alone, the … Read More

Tommy Tiernan – Loose

Thanks to Nicky for this review. At the start of Loose you see a large painting piece by piece which was painted by Tommy to represent what society would look like if he was in charge. Ultimately it was chaotic and larger … Read More

The Dentist Chair

The Dentist Chair is a series of visual gags mimed against a background of words and music. There is no speech except for one liners taken from other comedians sound tracks. Throw in a bit of unexceptional magic, some done … Read More

Demetri Martin – These are Jokes

If you are doing a comparison on the number of jokes there are per show during this years Fringe, then it is almost a certainty that Mr Martin must have one of the highest ratings.

The … Read More

David Benson’s Conspiracy Cabaret

Joined on stage by Alex Silverman, composer and musical director, David Benson discusses his Conspiracy theories in a cabaret setting, by the use of six original musical numbers and monologues. The songs include ‘It’s a Plot!’ ‘String Song’, ‘Live your … Read More

David Strassman

Prior to the show, it occurred to me that I had never seen a live ventriloquist on stage before. Therefore, this was a first and a most enjoyable first at that.

David introduces the audience to a variety of almost … Read More

The Comedy Zone

The Comedy Zone is a tradition of the Edinburgh Fringe where up and coming comedians have a vehicle to showcase their comic talents on a late night comedy club style Edinburgh audience.

The line-up consisted of compere Mark Oliver, the … Read More

Charlie Pickering – Betterman

Charlie Pickering wants to make himself a better man. In his search for improvement we cover, body, mind and soul. We follow him on his journey and possibly pick up some tips to help ourselves on the way.

To begin … Read More