Kate Smurthwaite: The Wrong Sort of Feminist ****

Kate Smurthwaite may be the wrong sort of feminist for a specific institution’s student association, but I think she’s probably the right kind to be doing comedy on the Fringe: articulate, reasoned, persuasive, and funny. She doesn’t do … Read More

Seymour Mace – Niche as F*ck! 4 Stars ****

There is something so appealing about going to see a Seymour Mace show. It’s not easy to explain, it just is, very appealing. Could it be that this genial Geordie is a nice guy? Could it be that he doesn’t … Read More

Neil Henry’s Magical Mindsquirm – 5 Stars

Okay let’s make this clear. I don’t do magic shows in general. So I was not predisposed to being impressed. But I was. In fact blown away is a more accurate description. Within moments I was transformed back to being … Read More

THE AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARD 2015

Entries are now open for The Amused Moose Comedy Award 2015 which searches for the best comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from as yet undiscovered talent, whether emerging or overlooked.

The winner of the Amused Moose Comedy … Read More

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE AMUSED MOOSE LAUGH OFF 2015

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE AMUSED MOOSE LAUGH OFF 2015 The prestigious Amused Moose Laugh Off contest, which searches out the next big comedy stars from new talent across the UK, is about to kick off with online entries … Read More

Nick Doody vs The Debonair Assassin – 5*****

Nick Doody is a likeable comic, with a way of making even quite dark topics incredibly funny. His opening about buying a hammer then wanders past Edinburgh flats near schools, and inner and outer versions of ourselves, with some black … Read More

Pam Ford: Happy in Your Skin Too – 3***

This show is actually an update of Ford’s previous show “Happy in Your Skin”, but with progress between then and now. It stands alone perfectly well.

At the very start, Ford gets the audience to put pieces of paper in … Read More

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – 5*****

It’s such a simple premise – take suggestions from the audience and improvise a musical around them. The Showstopper team make this look so ridiculously easy you forget they and the band are making up everything, including the set, on … Read More

Flamenco for Kids – 4****

Getting children from age four to fourteen to do the same thing can seem like herding cats. Yet if that’s the case, guitarist Ricardo Garcia and dancer Frederic Gomez, aided by costume lady Julie Gunn, rounded up twenty or so … Read More

Hate ‘n’ Live – 2**

The concept of this show is just great. Comedians ranting about the stuff they hate. As opinionated creatures, this could be brilliant, but as a partly improvised show, this obviously depends on the wit, and writing speed of the performers, … Read More