Phil Nichol :- Your Wronger (WIP) 4****

Having just finished a 9 month run in London’s West End in the much acclaimed musical Everyone’s Talking About Jamie and with his own national tour coming up, Phil Nichol would have been expected to maybe have a rest … Read More

Lou Sanders: Shame Pig 4****

Lou Sanders discloses enough in this show that you feel her shame – and how much she now owns it – but after the show you realise she hasn’t said as much as it seemed, and there’s more story to … Read More

Ivo Graham – Motion Sickness 4****

Ivo Graham is a very amiable and very funny young man. He plays on his poshness and his lack of experience of worldly matters, all making him very endearing to the packed crowd in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. He has … Read More

Gareth Waugh :- Oh Boy…! 4****

Local comedian Gareth Waugh returns to Fringe 2018 with his second Edinburgh hour following last year’s success of Honestly?, and he has been promoted to The Sportsman, a ‘big boys’ room he says.

And it’s not only in that … Read More

Jen Brister :- Meaningless 4****

Jen Brister is happy to be in Edinburgh. In fact I think that she is happy to be anywhere currently. As a forty something non-biological mother of 3 year old twin boys, she is pre-menopausal and to make life even … Read More

Micky Overman :- Role Model 3***

Micky Overman is a Dutch comedian, albeit one that has spent a lot of time in Canada and has a bit of Irish in her. She’ll explain, and is doing her Edinburgh debut hour within the bowel of The … Read More

Alex Edelman :- Just for Us 5*****

It’s been a couple of years since Alex Edelman graced the Fringe but he is back, Just for Us, in 2018 playing in the prestigious Pleasance Cabaret bar and packing it out nightly. And it is so easy to … Read More

Martha McBrier – Fur Coat Nae Knickers 3***

Warning: spoilers. There’s a point in this show where the tone utterly changes and you will not see it coming. And that is brilliant, because the show is story-telling about growing up in the west of Scotland in the 70s, … Read More

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse 4****

I’m not sure why I haven’t come across Ms Keyworth before; she’s very good. Her performance demonstrated a good grasp of the art of the pause, pacing, tone and rhythm; it isn’t a crowd-work type show but she worked well … Read More

Sara Barron: For Worse 4****

Ms Barron nailed her introduction and had a lacklustre Wednesday audience on side even before she hit the stage. From that stage she delivers good, well crafted stand-up which kept (most of) the audience well-engaged for the duration (some people … Read More