Dean T Beirne: Fated to Pretend (WIP) 3***

Born in Aberdeen, Dean T Beirne is a talent across many fields. He describes himself as the kind of guy who should be running a comic shop in The Simpsons — nerd credentials firmly intact — and it’s a solid … Read More

David Ian: Am I Mean? – 4****

To the uninitiated, David Ian may appear to be a rising name. With Am I Mean? he brings to Edinburgh a show as precise in concept as it is in execution. Is Ian mean? Friends have told him for years he comes … Read More

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow : Show Pony – 4****

Nick Mohammed’s camp, northern, comedic, sparkly jacket, bow tie wearing alter ego; AKA Mr Swallow performs to a packed Playhouse audience. Let the mayhem begin as Mr Swallow launches straight in to a rambling routine ridiculing the Lego age limits … Read More

Anna Hale : Control Freak 4****

Anna Hale is a very talented singer songwriter musician. At one point in the show when she first steps away from the keyboard and picks up the guitar, she says; is there anything I can’t do?! My thoughts exactly!

We … Read More

Baron Vordenburg’s Guide to the Paranormal – Dark Pony Productions 3***

Baron Vordenburg is the world’s leading expert in one very specific thing – hunting and killing monsters. More specifically, vampires. And in the special seminar version of his Guide to the Paranormal, he promises to tell you how.

A play … Read More

Laser Kiwi – Everybody Knows – 5*****

Returning with their brand new show “about ideas that are good, and ideas that are so bad they’re good”, Laser Kiwi bring their own special blend of sketches, comedy, circus acrobatics and weirdness to the Fringe.

A New Zealand trio … Read More

Mick McNeill: I’m Not Anything – 4****

Mick McNeill is clocking up the comedy miles. A regular on the Scottish circuit and fresh from opening for Connor Burns, he’s now stepping up with his debut Fringe hour I’m Not Anything. On this form, he’s showing exactly how that leap … Read More

Daisy Earl: Rattle – 4****

Daisy Earl strolls on with a grin, antennae up and tuned in from the start. She has nothing to prove. The only woman ever to win Scottish Comedian of the Year — which looks impressive on a poster — but … Read More

This is your trial! The fully improvised comedy courtroom 4****

A courtroom set up where the audience accuses their friends and family of crimes and the comedian hosts take on the roles of the judge and lawyers. The others in the audience help decide whether the accused is guilty … Read More

Samantha Day: The Great British Menu (of Petty Complaints) – 4****

Some Fringe shows lean on glitz, lights, and polish. Samantha Day goes the other way — with a lo-fi, almost game-show format that pits the “immatures” against the “matures” in a battle over life’s tiniest irritations. And it works a … Read More