Hugo Hayes – A Bunch of Characters -3.5***

Hugo Hayes brings his very popular Instagram sketches to life with his first foray at The Fringe with his show, “A Bunch of Characters”. I saw him performing very early in his run and he’s still working out what lands … Read More

Davina Bentley : Dancing While Old 4****

At the ripe old age of forty two Davina Bentley reckons she is pretty old and not quite the catch she was ten years ago. She has, however, packed a lot in and had quite a career as a lawyer … Read More

Mr Chonkers: Work in Chonkers 4★★★★½

There are about 250 people squashed into Monkey Barrel waiting to see Mr Chonkers.

Some have no idea who he is. For others in the clown world, this is their Bill Burr, Louis C.K or Dave Chappelle. In the strange … Read More

Skank Sinatra: How to Succeed in Show Business Without Really Trying 4★★★★

Skank Sinatra is like a being from another planet that everyone in this audience has been searching for.

Boy are they glad when she lands singing in another language. As she jumps into a parody of Kylie, she brings huge … Read More

Garrett Millerick: We Tried it Your Way 4****

I did not expect an AI to be able to make me Laugh but today, it actually did.

Garrett Millerick is a grumpy middle-aged man. He is all of the things you might expect a grumpy middle-aged man to be, … Read More

2 White Guys Rapping : Macshane and Delby – 4’5****

If freestyle rapping and tons of off the cuff comedy is your “thang”, then this is absolutely the show for you. 2 White Guys Rapping is one of the coolest gigs at the Fringe.

It’s full of audience participation … Read More

Nathan Cassidy — From The Ashes 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cassidy is back with his new show, and things have changed since last year. It’s Christmas past; he’s divorced and finds himself living in a basement, not so much a digital nomad but a dadless Basement Jaxx, as his kids … Read More

Mike Wozniak: The Bench 5★★★★★

Mike Wozniak opens The Bench by making it absolutely clear that it is not our fault the show didn’t start on time.

Wozniak plays every upstanding, waffling, friendly, over-informed, village-council-attending middle-aged man you’ve ever known, holding court with excellence bar … Read More

Boxticker – Becky Price 4****

After a comedy hiatus of 11 years Becky Price returns for a short run at this year’s Fringe. Her comedy career was going well, and then suddenly she vanished. Okay probably to do further study, she is an NHS nurse, … Read More

Hasan Al-Habib: Stuck in the Middle (East) With You 4★★★★

Hasan Al-Habib is television-ready. A clever, talented comedian with a PhD in oncology, he combines great timing, strong material and excellent callbacks with a great gift for wordplay. The eldest child in an Iraqi immigrant family in Birmingham, he mines … Read More