Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites 4****

Fresh from a celebrated appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, comedy crossdresser Kate Butch brings her spectacular new show to the Fringe, a musical called Bush!, emphatically with an apostrophe, in an attempt to rival other jukebox musicals like Mamma … Read More

Nina Conti: Whose Face is it Anyway 5*****

Nina has become a household name along side her trusted, sarcastic monkey and hilarious face masks. This show was completely unscripted with audience participation key.

Monkey made several appearances throughout the show, even offering some counselling to members of … Read More

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair 4.5****

Luke Rollason’s show is an excellent and very entertaining hour of comedy, performed clown-style by a skinny wiry man in pink with endless facial expressions, doubtless coming from mime training, who really looks the part. Traditionally clown shows are tedious … Read More

Kurt Sterling – Corporate Chronicles 4****

This is Kurt Sterling’s first time at The Fringe and he means business. Corporate business!

Following a successful run at both the Adelaide and Sydney Fringe, he’s bringing his “Corporate Chronicles “ halfway across the world to entertain us here … Read More

Matt Castellvi: Dirtbag 3.5***

Matt Castellvi’s solo show Dirtbag! at the Fringe is an electrifying ride that leaves you breathless and in stitches. If you’re a fan of brash in your face rude and loud comedy, then this is the show for you. Castellvi, … Read More

Eleanor Morton – Haunted House 4.5****

In a dark basement, part of the Monkey Barrel group, the stage is set with an impressive old dolls house, spookily lit with lights, and then Eleanor Morton appears, dressed in a white Victorian style dress and questions the audience … Read More

Patrick Monahan – The Talkinator 4.5****

In the depths of the Edinburgh’s Cowgate there lurks The Talkinator, AKA genial Teesider Patrick Monahan. He lurks in the upper level of Legends, which is appropriate as Monahan is somewhat of a legend in Fringe terms. Patrick is a … Read More

Gareth Waugh – This Guy 4.5 ****

For more than a decade local lad Gareth Waugh has been a major player on the Scottish comedy scene, and elsewhere, often opening for TV comics on their tours. It is not hard to see why; he is definitely a … Read More

Flo and Joan- The Joan and Flo Show 4.5****

Real life sisters Rosie and Nicola Dempsey perform as Flo and Joan, borrowing the names from elderly relatives and they have been an undoubted success for nearly a decade. Sell-out Fringe shows, TV appearances, bank adverts and an Amazon Prime … Read More

Bella Hull: Piggie 4.5****

Bella Hull elicits more involuntary noises and facial expressions from an audience than I have experienced in a long time; not all laughter (though plenty of that), and pretty much continuous through the show. Her own facial expressions and body … Read More