Jen Brister – Now and Then

4 Star

**** 

Jen Brister is an Anglo-Spanish female who has been on the comedy scene for a while now but strangely this is the first time I had seen he Fringe offering.

Ms Brister feels she is getting old, … Read More

Chris McCausland – Not Blind Enough

4 Star

**** 

For a few years now I have been watching this Liverpool born comic and each time I have seen him it has always been a really good show and this is no exception.

For those who don’t … Read More

And They Played Shang-a-Lang

4 stars ****

More of a play with songs, this comedy recalls the memories of ‘Jim Douglas’ growing up through his teenage years in the 70s. I felt the plot line of Jim dying and his niece reading his last … Read More

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale

****

Dan Nightingale is an unknown name to me and I would suspect he is to many who regularly attend the Fringe. He last appeared at the Underbelly in 2008. If he has been away honing up his act, then … Read More

Sean Hughes Stands Up

***

I wasn’t a huge fan of this show. I don’t think it’s funny to be outright rude to your audience: all but calling one person ugly and decrying another’s clothing choice. Some enjoyed his humour though, and those being … Read More

Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience

****

Jeff Leach is self-confessedly ‘needy’, and he has fine tuned his techniques for getting the responses he needs from the audience. His apparent honesty is entirely charming, and does create a predisposition to find him funny – … Read More

Rob Auton: The Yellow Show

***

I think this show might appeal to you if, in addition to ‘knowing of the colour yellow’ you don’t mind a little insanity in your comedy and enjoy things that are completely surreal, like the song from … Read More

Kevin Shepherd: Thus Spoke Kev – Free

4 Stars ****

Thus Spoke Kev is a show about Nietzsche, a German philosopher whose name is best copy & pasted, and whose best known work is “God is Dead.” Sounds a right giggle, right?! Well, it was a very … Read More

Birth Order

3 Star

***

Rachel Anderson kicks off with an upbeat start, followed by explaining her interest in Birth Order. She’s one of five, with a massive wider family, and the first born.

This apparently makes her the dominant one, the … Read More

Funny Women at the Fringe

4 Star

****

It’s always difficult to review a show like this as the only thing that can be covered in reality is the concept as such is the nature of the beast is that the comics change daily.

Now … Read More