Ada and Bron: The Origin of Love 4****

Fast paced, thoroughly entertaining and often frantic, The Origin of Love is a late-night dreamscape that probably makes little more sense than one of those vivid, wine-soaked dreams.

Ada and Bron tumble through a blur of nightclub jazz, cake-sitting, trouser-shedding … Read More

Krystal Evans – A Star is Burnt 4****

American born Krystal Evans has been on the Scottish comedy scene for quite a while, and following on from last years critically acclaimed show, The Hottest Girl in Burn Camp, those of us who hadn’t seen it were given a … Read More

Kate Pinchuck: Don’t Panic! 4****

South African–born, UK-based Kate Pinchuck opens her show not by bounding on stage, but with a wryly inventive recorded airplane announcement. We’re asked to fasten our seatbelts, expect a little turbulence, and note where the emergency exits are. It’s more … Read More

Twonkey’s Zip Wire to Zanzibar – 5*****

Being a fan of the experience that is Twonkey is not an easy thing to summarise, nor an easy thing to recommend. I am truly of the belief that he is the Fringe’s very own David Lynch with all the … Read More

Jamie D’Sousa – Brownie 4 ****

I saw Jamie D’Sousa during his first Edinburgh run in 2022 and thought that he had a lot of potential so was keen to see how he had progressed.

D’Sousa is from Staines, of Swiss and Indian heritage, a topic … Read More

Lorraine Hoodless – Good Girl 3 ½ ***

Lorraine Hoodless has been performing for a few years during the Fringe and I have enjoyed her shows in a less-than-ideal room.

She is back and in a better, more central space this year and the show I attended was … Read More

The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)) – 4****

Following on from the smash hits of Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, AwkwardProds returns with another mixup of camp craziness, this time parodying the seasonal silliness of Christmas (or insert-public-holiday-here) movies so exemplified by Netflix … Read More

Jacob Nussey: Primed – 3.5***

Jacob Nussey delivered a brilliantly dry and deadpan hour of stand-up, drawing from his experiences as an Amazon warehouse worker. A lad from Mansfield whose football dreams fizzled out, Jacob left school with minimal qualifications—describing it more as a leisure … Read More

Brian Molley Quartet – …And Jazz Was Born in Scotland 4****

Forget tidy genre boxes and Wikipedia timelines—the Brian Molley Quartet grab jazz, spun it through a ceilidh, baptised it in a Hebridean storm, and let it loose to dance across the Atlantic. For an hour in the subterranean hush of … Read More

Matt Harvey: I Got Bit By A Monkey Once 3***

Matt Harvey, straight outta Melbourne, tells stories the way your weird uncle knits you socks for Christmas—kind of comforting, kind of weird, and honestly, a bit wonky in spots. Don’t come looking for rapid-fire punchlines, this guy’s more about dragging … Read More