Sara Barron – Hard Feelings 4****

Sara Barron has lived, loved, married and procreated in the UK for more than ten years now, but has still retained her ‘American Energy’, something she injects into her latest offering this Fringe. Sara prowls he stage area, interacts with … Read More

Tom Rosenthal : Manhood 4****

Tom Rosenthal is an accomplished actor, largely known for his starring roles on TV in Friday Night Dinner and Plebs. His appeal is wide and varied, there are teenage girls wearing his tour t-shirt in the front row and his … Read More

Tom Lucy : Melt 4****

Tom Lucy has the ability to read the room. He has the talent and comic expertise to pick out just a few audience members who make perfect fodder for his style of stand up. Tonight might have been the exception … Read More

Boris the Third 4****

Pleasance Courtyard – Pleasance One

Until 29th August

Something for the Weekend take us back to the cloisters at Eton School in 1982, when an 18-year-old Boris Johnson took the lead in Richard III, without bothering to learn his lines. … Read More

Mark Watson : This Can’t Be It 4.5****

Mark Watson made his Edinburgh Fringe debut back in 2001. There are audience members who were not yet born back then, and as Mark points out, a few 90’s to 2000’s references; Blur V Oasis, 9/11 . . just might … Read More

Showstopper! The improvised Musical 4.5****

Back in 2009 I first saw Showstopper! And thoroughly enjoyed it so I guess it was long overdue a return visit, now staged in the barn of a venue Pleasance Grand, with every ticket sold it has become a Fringe … Read More

Lily Phillips: Smut 4****

If you like comedy fast and furious, delivered by a pocket rocket in a jumpsuit, then go and see Lily Philips show Smut.

This no-nonsense, straight talking lady, keeps her audience very well entertained with her huge range of subject … Read More

Ciaran Dowd: King Rodolfo 4.5****

King Rodolfo is an epic tale of what life was like in the 17th century in Spain and the story of how a humble peasant becomes king! His entrance to the stage with his town criers is a spectacle in … Read More

Alison Spittal – Wet 4.5****

The Attic space at the Pleasance can be an uncomfortable, warm and clammy environment to watch comedy in but has a history of being a home for some performers who have gone on to great things. Who would bet against … Read More

Siblings: Siblage 4****

Siblings sketch comedy invites us into the surreal world of Siblage high, attended exclusively by siblings. The assembly/ talent show is hosted by head girls and real life siblings Marina and Maddy. It’s a wonderfully ludicrous hour of oddball comedy. The … Read More