Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe 4 Stars ****

There are quite a few Fringe institutions around, late nights, poor diet, rain of course and Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe. The first three are not great but the last one is a different proposition.

For the excess of … Read More

Jenny Eclair – Eclairious

****

Jenny Eclair’s humour is quite divisive, along lines of gender, age and probably comedy. Some of the people in the audience just didn’t find her amusing. I thought … Read More

Carey Marx: Intensive Carey 4 Stars ****

Carey Marx has always been a vastly underrated comedian in my opinion, and I am at a loss as to how he is still not as well-known as others.

His major health scare last year prior to the Fringe is … Read More

Seymour Mace Presents, Marmaduke Spatula’s F*ckin’ Spectacular Cabaret of Sunshine Show 4 Stars ****

Seymour Mace is back. After a couple of years when he was in a different made albeit still turning out interesting stuff, the ‘real’ Seymour returns this year with this entitled extravaganza.

It is an all singing all dancing … Read More

Mitch Benn is The 37th Beatle 4 Stars ****

Mitch Benn has been coming to the Edinburgh Fringe probably for longer than he cares to remember and I have been seeing his shows each time he is here so as usual I had his 2013 near the top of … Read More

Gary Delaney 2 This Time It’s Not Personal 4 Star ****

Until recent TV appearance Gary Delaney was somewhat a hidden gem on the comedy scene. However this has changed somewhat over the last couple of years and know people are more aware of him his profile was risen sharply. The … Read More

Matt Green – Alive 4 Stars ****

Matt Green is a comic who has been around for a while, in fact I first saw him perform in 1999 while he was still at university and over those years something has been consistent is the way he always … Read More

Catriona Knox – Player 4 Stars ****

Ms Knox is a talented comedy actress who I have seen over a few Fringes now so it was no surprise that I was in a rather busy performance area to see her 2013 performance.

Greeted in person as … Read More

Chris Coltrane – Compassion is Subversive

*****

Chris Coltrane is an activist with what might be described as anti-tory principles; this year’s superb show pokes some serious fun at some of the more idiotic policies and political events of the last year, spiced with … Read More

Janey Godley is Ungagged 5 Stars *****

It has been a couple of years now since Janey Godley has performed a run at the Fringe, so for her legion of fans it was great to see her back and as an added bonus her extremely funny … Read More