1290.5 Steps to Autistic Success – Kittenageddon (Sidequests and Buffering) 3***

Birmingham-born Stags Woodward feels like the kind of performer the Free Fringe was invented for: inventive, unpredictable, and capable of turning a cramped karaoke room into a communal experiment. He’s a poet, writer, and comic who thrives on the edges … Read More

Andy Gleeks: Fragments 4****

There are worse problems to have at the Fringe than too many punters, and Andy Gleeks has that rare high-class headache: the room is rammed, it’s midday, and people are still filing in, shoulder to shoulder, pints in hand. Fragments hasn’t even … Read More

And All That Jazz: A half hour by Gillian Gurganus 4****

Here’s a debut show you wanna see!!  Gillian Gurganus in All that Jazz, has a 30 minute banger that’s a theatrical roller-coaster. This stunning Triple Threat Canadian/American, is keen to make it big, and I truly believe she will.  … Read More

Nina Conti: Who’s Face Is It Anyway? – 5*****

I had the pleasure of experiencing an hour-long masterclass in comedy from Nina Conti. It was, without a doubt, the best show I’ve seen at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Conti opened the show with warm, engaging interaction, highlighting that … Read More

Ali Brice Presents Eric Meat Gets The Chop 3.5***

Ali Brice plays the role of Eric Meat, an office worker just getting back into the workplace after an enforced 3 month sabbatical.  Theres an impending HR meeting hanging above his head as he takes us into the world … Read More

2 Boys, 1 Bucket – Kie Carson & Cameron Jones 3.5***

2 up and coming young comedians, performing in the basement of a pub, it has Edinburgh Fringe written all over it!  Kie Carson and Cameron Jones split the bill in this comedy caper in the aptly titled 2 Boys, … Read More

Daniel Delby – 33 years single 4****

33 Years Single is a sad inditement, or is it?  What makes it seem unbelievable is that Daniel Delby comes across as a bit of a charmer, a cheeky chappy, a bit of a ladies man, so where’s the … Read More

Liz Bains – Great Wife Material 4****

Kent-born comedian, writer, and globe-trotter Liz Bains has the kind of backstory that sounds perfectly ordinary on paper — until you actually hear her tell it. She’s lived, worked, and wandered across the world, but instead of morphing into a … Read More

Baby Wants Candy 5*****

Baby Wants Candy has become an Edinburgh Fringe institution, selling out for the past six years.

Until recently, I wasn’t a fan of improvised shows, I usually avoided them and in truth possibly labelled Improv as a bit cringey. That … Read More

Denzil de Cristo: Artificially Intelligent Procrastinating Pundit 4****

Denzil de Cristo introduces himself as “Wolverine if he were undergoing chemotherapy” — a line that sounds brutal on paper but, in context, is a sharp, self-deprecating icebreaker. In truth, he’s more of a Marvel in his own right, armed with a … Read More