Nina Conti – The Dating Show 5*****

As I stood outside in a very large queue in the searing heat waiting to get into the Nina Conti Dating Show, I could feel there was a real buzz of excitement. People looking for a good show to kick … Read More

Josh Jones: Waste of Space 4****

Josh Jones is a very camp northern comedian. His stand up is fast paced, energetic, high energy. He barely stops for breath between one topic to another.

Unlike a lot of young comedians appearing at the Fringe, Josh has … Read More

Celya AB: Swimming 4****

Celya AB is an emerging comedy talent having won the Birmingham Breaking Talent Award back in 2019. Birmingham plays quite a part in her observational comedy in what is her Edinburgh Fringe debut.

Celya is French and moved “intentionally” from … Read More

Kai Humphries – Mischief! 4.5 ****

Kai Humphries, a native of Blyth in the Northeast of England has been around the comedy circuit for a while, I first saw him way back in 2009, when he was already showing the ability that has been honed over … Read More

Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic 2.5**

I kinda thought that this show was going to be a double act with Tom & Jack, however what we get is a show split in 2 with the boys plying their trade separately. It’s a cracking venue they share … Read More

Michelle Brasier: Average Bear 5*****

This vibrant and emotional show got the standing ovation it certainly deserved. Almost the whole audience waited around at the end to tell Ms Brasier how much they liked the show. It’s getting five stars in this review, and if … Read More

Harriet Dyer: Trigger Warning 5*****

Harriet Dyer talks and it’s delightful, and she also talks with her hands, and that is wonderful. They do something almost like sign language: story elements’ positions in space are described in relation to each other, or a person acquires … Read More

Tony Law: A Now Begin In Again 4****

It’s a delight to see a show where an artist is performing to an audience comprised almost entirely of their people. The audience know what they’re there for, the performer knows what the audience wants, and that creates a feedback … Read More

Nic Sampson: Marathon 1904 4****

The marathon at the 1904 Olympic Games was a disaster for all sorts of reasons, but Mr Sampson has made the telling of its story into a success of a show. With some AV props, various characters – including Alice … Read More

Tessa Coates: Get Your Tessa Coates You’ve Pulled 4****

This show starts at a solid ‘good’ and improves immediately from there to achieve ‘excellent’ about half way through. Material and presentation aside, this is almost entirely due to Ms Coates’ skill in grabbing the audience by the emotions and … Read More