Summat an’ Nowt 

Olivia Neville is a young performer who plays a selection of characters in a sketch show format. There is a charming and perky innocence in the way she acts her roles. Her funniest sketches occur at the start and … Read More

Zoe Lyons- Mangled Mantra of the Messed Up Modern Mind 

It was a few years ago that I first became aware of Zoe Lyons when she was part of Th Monkey Butlers sketch group, then as part of AAA Stand up and then last year with her own full … Read More

Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective 

Amsterdam Underground Comedy Collective  www.edcom8.com                  www.comedytrain.nl

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Bridget Christie: – – – – – 

There is a lovely looseness about Bridget Christie’s show. There are, of course, the scripted sections of stand up and really strong visual humour but in between she seems to veer off at a tangent. If it works, she … Read More

Des Clarke – Desire

Last year I saw Des Clarke live for the first time and expected much. However I left then a little disappointed. What a difference 12 months make, this time playing to a packed out Pleasance Cavern, Clarke was on … Read More

Get Up, Stand Up 

If you are looking for a value for money show this Fringe then I suppose Free Fringe apart, this must be up there with the best. The show lasts for nearly two hours, boasts a bill that includes 4 … Read More

James Sherwood Songs of Music 

In a sense this is a review of a review. Accompanying himself on keyboards, James Sherwood casts a critical eye over the lyrics of many well known pop songs. He has a pleasing singing voice which does help to … Read More

Justin Moorhouse’s Ever Decreasing Social Circle 

It usually doesn’t bode well for a performance when the act has to ask audience members to leave right at the beginning of the show.  Fortunately Justin Moorhouse wasn’t having to forcibly eject problematic hecklers, rather a 10 year … Read More

Mark Watson:….

It’s hard not to warm to Mark Watson immediately.   He’s like a wide-eyed, gleeful child . . .  with added swearing.  He mocks his confidence but it seems to have grown over the past few years and his stage … Read More

OCD: My Family and Other Anals 

I have to admit that this show had not been on my list to review this Fringe, but having met Gill on a few occasions early on I decided to give her show a try when one I was … Read More