Masud Milas Routes 3***

Masud Milas informs his audience at the top of his hour he is always being asked about his accent and explains its roots, African mother, English father, born in Hong Kong and did his growing up in New Zealand, hmm … Read More

Stu and Garry’s Improv Show 4****

Stu Murphy and his partner in crime Garry Dobson are two of the very best improve comedians around, a fact that is not unknown to anyone who frequents The Stand Comedy Club were they host their weekly show. The guys … Read More

Paul Currie: FFFFFFFMILK! 5*****

Park your serious at the door, you won’t be needing it here. You might need some sort of waterproofing if you sit near the front, and definitely your best singing voice.

Paul Currie seems like a nice bloke, neither … Read More

John Scott Smashes It to F*ck 4****

I’d not heard of John Scott prior to this Fringe, but clearly lots of other people have, because this show was standing room only. I was lucky to manoeuvre into a space where I could see a sliver of the … Read More

Lucy Porter Consequences 4****

The lights dim, the introduction made, the capacity audience eagerly await the entrance of the comic and them she appears, wheeling a trolley with glasses and sherry. Is this really a comedy show or a drinks party? Rest assured it … Read More

Croft and Pearce – Are not Themselves 4****

Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce are comedy actresses of exceptional talent and are returning to Fringe 2016 with another hour of sketch comedy that is beautifully linked. Each vignette is funny in it’s own right, but with the immaculate writing … Read More

Jo Caufield – Pretending to Care 4****

Jo Caulfield can always be relied on to write and perform an hour of well though gags and stories, delivered in the trade mark style she has perfected over the year. Ms Caulfield seems to have quite a lot that … Read More

Carey Marx – Hero of the People 5*****

If you are searching for a hero, then there is one lurking deep in the underworld below the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh’s old town and that hero is a 50 year old guy with a wicked sense of humour. Marx … Read More

Bourgeois and Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying 5*****

It’s Maurice, with a slightly French accent, rather than ‘morris’, as I’d been thinking of it. I really enjoyed this show, and the audience I was in with seemed to too: we got to sing along, and even meet them … Read More

John-Luke Roberts Builds a Monster 3***

John-Luke Roberts does not do conventional stand up. But then equally, he also did not do this show, since his set was presented by the ghost of his father (you’ll know he died last year if you saw last year’s … Read More