Madame Magenta: Libros Mystica 4****

Madam disclosed to us at the start of the show that she’d lost much of her music during a technical meltdown earlier in the Fringe. If that is indeed the case, I’m even more impressed, because this did … Read More

Michael Downey – Blue Sometimes 3***

Michael Downey is an Irish comedian with a distinctive look that is for sure a look that his posters say is like the love child of Alan Davies and Johnny Vegas and there could be something … Read More

Loretta Maine: Strong Independent Woman (Unless I Am Very Tired) 4****

Following a recent tour of her show Bipolar and multiple brushes with the law not to mention bottles of white wine Loretta has had a makeover. She is being moved into pop rather than the C&W … Read More

Tom Rhodes – Colossus 3***

Tom Rhodes has been a stand-up comic for 30 years it seems but until this year the only time that he had performed in Edinburgh was an occasion when he died at the legendry Late ‘n … Read More

Francesco De Carlo – Italians Do It Later 3***

Stand-up is never an easy thing to do. Playing a late night gig in the aptly named Pleasance Bunker is not the best place to perform, but to do it when English is not your first language takes a lot of … Read More

Nish Kumar – Ruminations on the Nature of Subjectivity 4****

There is no doubt the progress that Nish Kumar has made over the years and nicely matured into a comedian with mass appeal… in spite of suggestions he should leave his ethnicity out of sets in … Read More

Stuart Black – The Crossroads 3***

There is no doubt that Stuart Black is a compelling storyteller and a considerate performer, moving some chairs in his small venue to allow the audience to get a business class experience as he relates his … Read More

Stuart Goldsmith – Extra Life 4****

Some comics seem to have the ability to make an audience feel comfortable from the onset, whist others inspire trepidation.

Goldsmith falls into the first category as the packed out Attic space … Read More

Alex Edelman – Millennial 5*****

Every now and then I get a feeling that I am witnessing a precious talent that is destined for the very top. This was one of these occasions.

Edelman is New York based twenty something comic who is blessed with … Read More

Rob Deering – Music Face 4****

Rob Deering is a comedian who is always at the Fringe in seems and he is always guaranteed to produce a very good comedy / music show always featuring heavily his trusty guitar and his myriad … Read More