Fergus Craig Still watches Neighbours

* * * 3 stars

Fergus Craig is a young stand-up with a confession to make. He still watches Neighbours!! And judging by the numbers that are pouring into his show he is not alone in the sustained fascination with … Read More

Girls with Guns

* * * * 4 stars

With all the controversy that has been stirred up in the media in recent weeks over various detrimental comments made about female comedians it is perhaps a stroke of luck, or maybe very good … Read More

Mark Walker – Scorpio

* * * 3 stars

There is a growing tendency towards combining stand up comedy with an educational approach, allied with the use of PowerPoint to provide visual illustrations. Mark Walker’s show belongs to this movement and there is a … Read More

Nathan Caton: Can’t Tell me Nothin’

* * * * 4 stars

Natan Caton is yet another of the new comics gracing Edinburgh for Fringe 2009, and one that had slipped under my comedy radar up to now. Not anymore however!

Caton is another well educated … Read More

Neil Delamere: Bookmarks

* * * * * 5 stars

It was nearly two years ago that I first became aware of Neil Delamere when I saw him on a best of Irish at The Stand Comedy Club and although it was too … Read More

Minority Report

* * * 3 stars

Ava Vidal is performing two shows this Fringe, and I was the reviewer to see Minority Report.

The concept is that Ms Vidal, a very funny comedian, with the aid of pre filmed footage, … Read More

Phil Nichol: A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly…

* * * * * 5 stars

Geoff may have discovered Phil Nichol before me but this Fringe I have seen all three of his shows. In his stand-up at the Stand II we meet yet another new character. Phil … Read More

The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show

* * * * 4 stars

Have you ever looked at the Edinburgh Fringe programme and thought where do I start?  I know I certainly have. How do I select the good shows from the dross? Well, this could be the … Read More

Glenn Wool : Let Your Hands Go

* * * * 4 stars

Glenn Wool has a certain swagger in his style that I’m growing to appreciate more every year.  He’s loud and brash and crude, but that doesn’t hide the fact that underneath his scruffy exterior … Read More

Jason Byrne – The Byrne Supremacy

* * * * * 5 stars

What can I say about Jason Byrne I have not already said over and over again? I have loved this mad Irishman since we first saw him 13 years ago in Pleasance Two. … Read More