Huge Davies: The Carpark 4****

Huge Davies delivers an hour of deadpan musical comedy wearing a strap on keyboard. It is a carefully crafted show full of jokes that creep up on you unawares with belly laughs a plenty. It isn’t the grand musical in … Read More

Maria Shehata – Hero 3***

Maria Shehata is of Egyptian Coptic Christian heritage and American nationality, but feels most at home living in Britain. It is navigating her identity as a grown woman and the expectations on her from these cultures, which forms the context … Read More

Matt Parker: Humble Pi – 5*****

Some of the audience members first in were able to play Pacman while they waited for the rest of us to settle in. There’s something about a screen that makes Pacman a surprising spectator sport.

So this is a show … Read More

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This? 4****

The title of this show gives you a clear idea of what to expect – a comic analysis of Weir’s relationship with her mother, who was not a naturally maternal woman, and how this influenced her self-esteem, which in turn … Read More

Accessibility Gala – 3 ***

The Accessibility Gala is designed to be comedy for folks who need support and help to enjoy it, from the live captions of Claire Hill – for the sake of deaf and hard of hearing participants, to easy wheelchair access … Read More

Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward – 4****

Laura Davis is a refreshing comic with a wide array of topics, and takes on day to day life, that you definitely haven’t heard before, but, trust me, you want to now.

There is an overall sense of randomness to … Read More

Robin Grainger:- Dog Complex 3.5 ***

Robin Grainger has been around the comedy scene in Scotland for a few years now and although is now Edinburgh based hails from a village in rural Aberdeenshire and references the contrast in the two places in his icebreaker material … Read More

Ross Leslie: Pretty Shy for a White Guy 4****

Ross Leslie has been gaining a reputation over the years as a talented comic who is always a safe pair of hands in comedy terms and having seen his show I can concur. Leslie is a local guy, Edinburgh born … Read More

Richard Herring – RHLSTP 3***

If you are an ardent fan of Richard Herring, and his podcasts then, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to see the creation process live in the splendid auditorium that is the Grand Hall, George street. Previous non Fringe … Read More

Arthur Smith – SYD 5*****

Arthur Smith, the one with the gravelly voice, the one from TVs the Grumpy Old men. Arthur has been playing at the Fringe since 1977 which takes some beating as records go. This is a nostalgic story about Arthur’s late … Read More