Good with Faces 4.5****

The spacious but hot venue within stunning Summerhall is set out with props to take you right into the living room of Anne Garrick, now a single mother living with her 5-year-old son Max.

Anne is visited by a child … Read More

Raul Kohli: Buddha vs Jesus 3☆☆☆

This show has backstory, and unusually, it’s backstory that does in fact have bearing on the show and the performance: both actors – in a two-character play – presumably fully rehearsed, lines perfected and movements blocked – pulled out of … Read More

Ostrich 4.5****

Do you know what a Fifer is, if you’re from Scotland of course you do, introducing Tilly Mackenzie, born in Kirkcaldy and don’t you forget it! Sit back and enjoy this performance because you’re going to get both barrels as … Read More

MC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo Baby ★★★★½

MC Hammersmith sends out his butler to greet the 250 of us squeezed into Assembly 3.

His butler (Stuart Murphy) takes the reins of the room, hilariously betraying Hammersmith with things he’s said in passing that clearly weren’t meant to … Read More

Trainspotting Live – 5*****

Now this is an experience, be prepared to feel all the emotions, and not necessarily in combinations that you are used to. Everything from start to finish was impactful, though depending on your seating, more so for some than others. … Read More

Frankie McNair: HugeAss Mindset 5*****

Frankie McNair is clearly too much for this audience — far too funny, far too fast. She has us cackling at things we’d really really rather not be seen laughing at, it seems impossible not to though.

She careens onto … Read More

Sarah Bradley : How to Write a Romcom 4****

In a converted lecture room, Sarah Bradley sets her stall out early, with a top-notch, high-production VT intro filmed around Edinburgh, setting the tone that we are not in Kansas anymore. We are about to be transferred to the romcom-osphere, … Read More

Alan Jay : Hell Hath No Humour Like a Gayboy Scorned 4****

Glasgow’s Alan Jay is a man on a mission and sets his stall out with a spring-break trapdoor entrance, with an energy that immediately takes hold of a sold-out crowd. And boy, are they up for it, to the extent … Read More

Ruaridh Miller : Autocorrect Thinks My Name is “Rubbish” 4****

Edinburgh’s favourite son Ruaridh Miller is back for his second Fringe hour and the ginger prince’s crown is brighter than ever. As the title says on the tin, he’s found out in the last twelve months that the world has … Read More

Meg Millane- Bride to be 4****

Meg Millane returns to the fringe with her latest show, Bride to be. Her character is engaged to be married (Obviously), as Meg dissects the intricacies of the planning behind a wedding, and the different people involved, she adds her … Read More