Unit 46

* * * * 4 stars

Fresh from successful productions in Sydney and Adelaide, this is a poignant yet funny insight to the world of neighbours who don’t communicate living in Units, or apartments, in Australia.  

Since being recently fired … Read More

Warren & Hanbury: All to Bare

** 2 stars

This is a comedy sketch show that is playing late in the Gilded Balloon and the show I attended had a lot of people in the audience, so it must be going well. I suppose.

Both … Read More

Daniel Sloss: Teenage Kicks

***** 5 stars

I suppose it is just about a year now since I first saw a teenager take to the stage at the Stand Comedy Club and blow  it away with a short slot that belied his tender years and … Read More

Isma Almas Bombs

*** 3 stars

I first saw Isma Almas  a few months ago when she was doing a slot at the Stand Comedy Club and thoroughly enjoyed her set, so keen to see more I joined a group of many in … Read More

Jason John Whitehead: Emotional Whitemale

**** 4 stars

I have seen Jason John Whitehead a number of times during the Fringe and always in a late evening slot, so I was intrigued to see how a late afternoon gig would suit his style.

Opening … Read More

Kevin Tomlinson : Truth or Dare?

*** 3 stars

Improvised comedy is tricksy.  Do it right and the audience will be granted a uniquely entertaining experience.  Do it wrong and everyone’s fairly uncomfortable for an hour.  In the case of Kevin Tomlinson’s late-night show ‘Truth or … Read More

Newsrevue 30th Anniversary

**** 4 stars

It was 30 years ago that NewsRevue first graced the Edinburgh Fringe and although it was a few years after that that I started regularly attending shows in August, since I discovered them in 1995 I don’t … Read More

Patrick Monahan’s Stories and Fables for Kids That Like To Sit At Tables

**** 4 stars

Patrick Monahan is well known as a likeable, charming comedian, and while this is his first show aimed at children “aged five to 105,” the fun factor shows his stage presence isn’t wasted here either.

His interaction … Read More

Russell Kane: Human Dressage

***** 5 stars

Over the years that I have been attending Fringe gigs I have seen any number of comedians do their shows and each has their own style. Russell Kane is one of the many fine performers who just … Read More

Shappi Khorsandi – The Distracted Activist

**** 4 stars

I have been following the career development of this very talented lady for a number of years now and am pleased to say each year she is just getting better and better.

Shappi bounds onto the … Read More