Fern Brady: People are Idiots 4****

Fern Brady is an angry young woman. She is even going through anger management for this. Is it her hair colour? Her being Scottish? No that is racist. She just is.

Now living in London this West Lothian comedian … Read More

Elf Lyons: Being Barbarella 4****

In the packed out French Connection in the Voodoo Rooms the atmosphere builds. Enter from the back a silver being, shedding parts of their costume. It is Elf Lyons setting up to be sexee. And it works. The tall slim … Read More

Garrett Millerick: A Selection of Things I’ve Said to Taxi Drivers 4****

There is no question of the stage presence Garrett Millerick has. It flows from the stage spilling out to engulf the furnace of a room.

He is a big unit too, and resplendent with a full beard you would definitely … Read More

Kai Humphries: How to be Happy 4****

Although Kai Humphries now is an Edinburgh resident he spent the majority of his life in Blyth, a town near Newcastle and he launches into a deconstruction of his life there poking fun at the UKIP office there, the shallowness … Read More

Holly Burn: I am Kirsty K 4****

There is no doubt that Holly Burn, oops that should be Kirsty K, is an artiste that gives her all to her show, and she is never afraid if being different, a few years ago she did her show … Read More

Kevin Day: Hairline 4****

Kevin Day is a veteran of many years on the comedy scene and has been at the top of his game for most of them. He is often found on the telly and is also a writer for many other … Read More

Suzy Bennett: Gumption! 4****

Okay I now think I have found the official hottest venue ever, the black cupboard, well it’s hardly bigger, with a low roof and when the excess of thirty people are packed in… it’s unbearable, but no one leaves, all … Read More

Bruce Fummey: A History of Scotland 4****

Bruce Fummey has set himself the challenge of covering a thousand years of Scottish history, and being funny about it, in an hour. While he didn’t make it all the way through to the present day in perhaps … Read More

Cardinal Sin 3***

This felt like a student, rather than professional, production, which is what it is. It’s in the guide as comedy, but this is very much comic theatre: a farcical play (the play is in the genre of farce, … Read More

Tatterdemalion 5*****

The only criticism I have of the show I saw is that the audience were a little confused and slow to understand what was expected of them. Everything else was brilliant.

The show, as the programme … Read More