Ed Gamble Stampede 4****

There is no doubt that Ed Gamble, often seen on TV shows like ‘Mock the Week’ is fast becoming one of the must see comics in Fringe circles and is selling out his large space on a daily basis, and … Read More

Juliette Burton – Decision Time 4***

Decisions decisions. It’s always a problem for everyone I suppose to a lesser or greater extent. But we usually get there. Juliette can agonise over the smallest decision even driven to tears over it. Juliette has always had her issues … Read More

Keep Out of My Box (and Other Useful Advice) 4****

The show is described as a multi-character, mega, mini-musical, brought to us from New Zealand by Torum Heng and Edinburgh should be delighted she made the journey.

I really was not sure what to expect when I first arrived … Read More

Diane Spencer – Seamless 4****

Diane Spencer returns to Edinburgh in 2016 with her seventh solo show entitled Seamless and like the title suggests the hour flows from section to section as smoothly as silk. I have seen many of the previous offerings and you … Read More

Chris Forbes – Tall Needy Mutant 4****

With Edinburgh show titles required in January each year, often a lot have no direct clue to what the hour will be about. The 2016 material is in most cases still in its embryo form at best back them obviously. … Read More

Lucie Pohl: Apohlcalypse Now 5*****

Since seeing her debut Fringe show, Hi Hitler, in 2014, for me, Lucie is one of the must see performers of the Edinburgh Fringe, and again she did not disappoint. In this year’s show Lucie hones her exceptional acting skills … Read More

Ismo Leikola: Observing the Obvious 4****

English to anyone who doesn’t speak it as a first language has a lot of little anomalies, in this show Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola, shares his humorous observations on a number of these. He starts off with our silent letters … Read More

Davey Connor: So There You Go 3***

Davey Connor is a lovely, funny, Scottish comedian with a laid back, relaxed style of delivery. He is very personable, well written with a lot of personal material and works really well with the audience. Davey tells amusing anecdotes around his … Read More

Gearoid Farrelly: Gearoid less travelled 3***

Gearoid starts by telling us the title of his show is to help people pronounce his name properly as no one ever does, they say it like haemorrhoid instead. This entertaining camp Irishman then went on to provide an … Read More

Kai Humphries: How to be Happy 4****

Although Kai Humphries now is an Edinburgh resident he spent the majority of his life in Blyth, a town near Newcastle and he launches into a deconstruction of his life there poking fun at the UKIP office there, the shallowness … Read More