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

FLIP Fabrique: Six 4****

The Canadian troupe FLIP Fabrique deliver a dazzling acrobatic comedy that fuses jaw-dropping skill with playful storytelling.

Five strangers are drawn to an abandoned forest house by a cryptic invitation. The show opens with a lone guest arriving during a … Read More

Chortle Student Comedy Awards final 2025 4.5****

After a nationwide university tour, seven comedically talented students won through to earn a place in the final of Britain’s funniest student competition: Sofia Lambis, Rob Mac an Tuile, Anoushay Omaha, Anna George, Kwesi Sekyi, Fred Carver and Kathy Rivett, … Read More

RapGPT – Apex Hoots – 4****

Saying something genuinely new in audience-participation comedy is a tall order. Most of the time, it’s the same tired formula: in-vogue villains (Trump, Putin), awkward meet-cutes in a pub, or “what are they feeling?” And let’s be honest — beyond … Read More

Scott Kyle – It’s Not Where You Start…. 4****

From the very first animated montage, it’s clear this won’t be your standard-issue actor’s reminiscence, stitched together with tired anecdotes and predictable “and then I got the call” beats. Instead, Scott Kyle — best known to millions as Ross the … Read More

The Best of Scottish Comedy – The Stand – 4****

The Best of Scottish is a standing institution at The Stand, a nightly reminder that Scotland’s comedy scene is not only alive and well, but constantly regenerating in the most unexpected and satisfying ways. The premise is simple, but foolproof: … Read More

Flick   4.5****

Flick packs Summerhall’s Red Lecture Theatre for an hour of sharply observed, darkly funny and quietly unsettling solo theatre. Dressed in hospital scrubs, palliative care nurse Madelaine Nunn commands the stage, revealing that she works in an end-of-life cancer hospice, … Read More