Bennett Arron : I Regret This Already 4****

Bennett Arron has enjoyed a long career in comedy, as a performer, writer and documentary maker. He is BAFTA Shortlisted and was in the Top 10 Jokes at the Fringe 2023.

Arron’s unique gentle style of self deprecating story telling … Read More

Phil Ellis : Soppy Stern 4.5****

Phil Ellis has been bringing his show, and his own brand of northern banter, club comedian trade mark style to the Fringe every year since 2013. He has received nowhere like the level of recognition he deserves.

He may finally … Read More

Mythos: Ragnarök – 5*****

The cult-hit bombastic fusion of theatre, folklore and bodyslams, Mythos: Ragnarök is once again climbing to the top of the steel cage of the Fringe and is ready to jump.

The first and, unbelievably, only show … Read More

David Elms Describes a Room – 5*****

It’s always a delight to see a truly unique show. David Elms Describes a Room may be, as the man himself admits, not the most catchy title, but what it might lack in quippyness, it more than makes up … Read More

Simple Town – 3***

2025 marks the Fringe debut for American comedy group Simple Town and their self-titled sketch show. There was a certain buzz in the audience as we filed in that implied that many were anticipating a tight hour of … Read More

1 Irish, 1 English – Ollie Fox & Reece Kidd 4****

1 Irish, 1 English, does exactly what it says on the flyer!  2 comedians splitting a venue for an hour’s worth of top-notch stand-up.  And 2 quite different styles of stand up on offer.

Reece … Read More

Kate Dolan: The Critic 4.5****

We meet Kate Dolan in a room rather like a portakabin, wearing a large plant pot on her head crowned with what is probably a plastic box bush. And from that moment, we know exactly where we are – in … Read More

Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Munroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time) 5*****

Joe Kent Walters’ white-face creation, Frankie Munro, the MC of the Misty Moon Working Men’s Club, never fails to whip up a storm of mirth – and tonight, we are again happily caught up in it.

This time, we meet … Read More

Ed Night: Your Old Mucker 5****

Ed Night welcomes us into his world with the cheeky ease of Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner drifting through the speakers. What follows is a rapid-fire cascade of material so dense with laughter that punchlines are still ricocheting while … Read More

Kathryn Gordon: A Journey of Flight 4****

Journey of Flight is an immersive 50-minute dance performance that carries the audience on a graceful and moving passage through the skies. Created in Shetland and inspired by the migration of birds, it weaves together mesmerising choreography, evocative live music … Read More