Jenny Bede: The First Pregnant Woman in the World 4.5****

Ms Bede bounces on to the stage in a voluminous dress to which she makes no reference and performs the first of many astute and pithy songs on and around the subjects of pregnancy, birth, and being a mum. She … Read More

Pernille Haaland: Resting Confused Face 4****

After some crowd-work which felt more like group-work and involved going round the entire audience and finding out everyone’s names, home towns and professions, Ms Haaland delivered a delightful show of observational stand-up, drawing on her recent experience of moving … Read More

Hatty Ashdown: The Worry Drawer 2.5**

Hatty’s assistant, Trina, does a lovely job of introducing the immediately likeable Hatty Ashdown on to the stage, and Hatty fully embraced the rock-and-roll lifestyle of a free Fringe performer to give as many of the audience as she could … Read More

Liam Withnail – Hot Sauce 5*****

Edinburgh based Englishman Liam Withnail had a pretty damned good Fringe in 2019. He got a top agent, had a sellout show, a big budget for next year in a big venue. He was even going to run in the … Read More

Kate Barron – Losing Myself 4****

UK living Canadian comic Kate Barron opens gently with the difference between Canadian and American accents, how in England regional accents, even shopping habits are used to define or judge and how she has adopted the passive aggressive British trait … Read More

Elsa McTaggart – Her Story 4****

The hour of 10.45 a.m. is kinda early in Fringe terms but there was a large audience in attendance to witness the opening day of Her Story, just one of the many shows that Elsa Jean McTaggart is performing this … Read More

The Smeds and The Smoos – 5*****

Think Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Capulets you have Smeds and Montagues are Smoos. Also one is red and the other blue. And they’re aliens. Also, it’s for kids. Finally, it’s fantastic!

Meet Janet and Bill, our star-crossed lovers … Read More

The Adventures of Bo Peep 3***

We open onto a small house next to a bridge and flowing river before we are introduced to our duo of the show, the farmers of close-knit meadows. Little Bo Peep comes in the form an adorable small puppet, operated … Read More

Bee Story – 5*****

The Queen has arrived! And what an entrance from our queen bee! Probably one of the largest entrances you will see at the fringe and it sets the tone for a larger-than-life showcase of talent. Our worker bee is doing … Read More

Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy 4****

Lee Ridley is The Lost Voice Guy and you will know him from winning Britain’s Got Talent in 2018. His disability doesn’t stop him from being incredibly funny and via the use of a communication aid and an I-pad he … Read More