Vinegar Knickers – On The Edge

4 Star

**** 

Vinegar Knickers are collectively Samantha Baines, Katie Burnetts and Harriet Fisher, one of the many female sketch comedy groups that are around at the Fringe this year.

I saw the ladies show last year and thought they … Read More

Voices in Your Head: Deborah Frances-White

4 Star

**** 

Deborah Frances-White has created this late night comedy treat and ably leads some of the best comics around Edinburgh through an hour of entertainment that is an absolute treat.

Ms Frances-White allocates props to the audience members … Read More

Markus Birdman: Love, Life and Death

3 Star

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Markus Birdman has been around the comedy scene for a long time now and he states at the top he is getting old. Hmmmm. He suffered a stroke and turned 40 in quick succession a couple of … Read More

Martin Mor: A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday

5 Star

*****

Martin Mor certainly lives up to the title of his show. Once you have seen him you will never forget him that’s for sure.

The man is larger than life in every aspect, he is a big … Read More

Seymour Mace – Squeg

3 Star

***   

Seymour Mace is a hugely likeable comedian who has been doing it kinda tough over the last couple of years, so it was good to see a sell out show on the performance I attended.

He always … Read More

Gavin Webster – Bill Hicks Wasn’t Very Good

4 Star

**** 

No one could ever accuse Gavin Webster of not creating an impression. Whether with it is with his somewhat controversial show title or even his imposing stage presence it is a brave person to ignore him. Also … Read More

Pete Johansson – Utopian Crack Pipe

4 Star

**** 

Pete Johansson is one of seemingly thousands of top class Canadian comics around at the moment, and although living in the UK for a number of years and he is trying to assimilate  it seems it is … Read More

Dead Cat Bounce – Howl of the She-Leopard

*****

Imagine Journey, Foreigner and Whitesnake somehow combined to make one band with a guitarist/vocalist, bassist and drummer, but the songs they made were about Australian immigration stats, rugby and Christians in love. They even look the part with the … Read More

Playing Politics

*****

This is a five star show all round. The music is impeccable: guitar, vocals, harmonies and solos. The sound across the speakers is great. The songs – which you’ll know the tunes to ‘but not the lyrics’ – are … Read More

The Great Puppet Horn

****

My only criticism of this show is that it could have done with a bigger screen for the size and shape of the room. Everything else was fantastic. Two men sit to the sides of a screen … Read More