one4review | On 26, Aug 2026

In the back of the Southsider pub, something is stirring quietly. No, it isn’t the pub punters popping their heads in asking where the toilet is. It’s primarily because London-based Sasha’s Bluetooth speaker is broken. Always inventive, she’s got her phone up against the mic for the intro music. It’s tinny, lo-fi, DIY, but it works.

The show takes us through her own blurred lines of understanding: the pressure of friends all getting engaged to nice boyfriends, baby jealousy, and comparing dating on Hinge to Groupon vouchers. It’s gloriously daft and pure Fringe fare, which the crowd loves and comes along with. Middle-class guilt gets a look in, while her lack of family connections makes her seem more relatable and likeable.

She may use words as comedic weapons, but it’s the songs that are the victory ceremony. On the keyboard, she goes from From a Slug, dissing a Snail, to a call to arms for men to up their game in Everyone’s Learning Spanish. This is whipsmart Gen Z Flanders and Swann territory. Then she goes one step further with “Spiders in the Bath,” which has strong Bill Bailey signatures.

There is Tim Minchin-esque genius in a Cockney Victorian musical that shows her range and absolutely slays. Still, she saves the best for the end: a Katy B diss track for a nursing home that levels the place, followed by “Baby, You’re Going to Fine – Stop Fucking Crying” refrain that sounds like a Kirsty MacColl hit single from the 80s.

At the end of this fabulous show, the audience starts booing, primarily because it’s ended too soon and they want more. A standing ovation follows. Even the punters trying to find the toilets are sticking their heads through, clapping and seeing what the noise is about, then joining in the applause, hopefully having dried their hands. It’s a communal experience in every sense of the word.

Already making noise on social media and with spots on Radio 1, Sasha has everything in place to become a major star. This is musical comedy at the highest standard. She’s the Millennial Victoria Wood we’ve all been waiting for, telling street-smart stories with Lily Allen and Kate Nash aesthetics.

The Edinburgh Fringe isn’t all about seeing the big, heavily promoted acts. It’s about discovery, and in a PBH Free Fringe venue on the periphery of south Edinburgh, Sansha is the freshest original new act on show.

If you’re chasing the next big thing, or want to impress your teenage kids by being in the know, get along to this now.
*****
Reviewed by Steve H
16.30 to 17.30
PBH at Southsider  
Until 30th August