The Evolution Will Be Televised 5*****

Other performers take note: an audience’s response is linked to how well you fulfil expectations. Ms Smurthwaite told us at the start that it wasn’t all going to be funny, but if it wasn’t, we’d be learning. Expert … Read More

A Game of Loners – 3***

Three of the brighter up and coming comedians of the Scottish scene have joined together to stage an hour of comedy as part of The Scottish Comedy Festival at The Beehive Inn.

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Russell Grant -Strictly Edinburgh 4****

I guess there can’t be many people in the UK who are not aware of larger than life TV personality Russell Grant but if most of them are like me I don’t know so much of him away from the … Read More

Damian Clark: Go Ahead, Make My Damo – 4****

The title of this show doesn’t do it justice, as it sounds like the performer will have a fight on his hands. Yet actually, the nearest thing to violence was the constant pelting us with jokes that hit the spot, … Read More

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – And So Am I – 4****

A man in the queue said “It doesn’t feel like I’ve done the Fringe unless I’ve seen the Socks,” and I’m inclined to agree with him. A fringe institution, the Socks have that spark of something different that always feels … Read More

Pete Johansson – Several Jokes 4****

On a wet evening early in week three, Pete Johansson, a British based Canadian opened to his select crowd talking about vulnerability fear and his show title, which was claimed to actually live up to its billing, containing several jokes … Read More

Luke Toulson: Laid-Back Grouch 4****

Mr Toulson does not look as old as he says he is, and he’s a very genial grouch, even with the two teenagers in the front row who talked most of the way through the set. It’s not … Read More

Frisky and Mannish- Just Too Much 4***

There is no doubt that Frisky and Mannish have carved their own special niche on the Edinburgh Fringe that didn’t come close to being filled last year when the duo had a year off. But fear not they are back … Read More

Rory O’Hanlon – Have Jokes Will Travel 4****

 Rory O’Hanlon is an Irish comedian who has been coming to the Fringe for a while now and is steadily building a place for himself as the literally standing room only show I saw will testify … Read More

Paul Savage Finds Every Joke in the Bible 3***

I am continually encouraged by the fact that people will put on shows which require brains to be engaged, and that audiences will attend them. This show is literary criticism and interpretation which also happens to be pointing … Read More