Alice Brine – Brinestorm 4****

Alice Brine is doing her first ever Edinburgh hour, although comes with a huge reputation and following earned in her native New Zealand.

Alice has a larger than life personality, and from her entrance to the sold out room to … Read More

Jamie MacDonald: Reasonably Adjusted 5*****

“Fancy seeing this show?” the words that can either strike fear, excitement but certainly a note of apprehension to any festival goer. However – I struck comedy gold when I was offered tickets to see Jamie MacDonald at The Gilded … Read More

Comedy at the Woodside Aberdour 12/12/21

So what does one do on a dreich December Sunday evening in Aberdour? The solution was on hand with a new venture staged at the revamped Woodside with the staging of their first comedy night and to hopefully … Read More

50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh Again 4****

This show has a very cold open, but it takes Michelle Christine a very short time to turn a bemused audience into a delighted one. With no fanfare, she assumes her position on the bench-seat masquerading as a stage, explains … Read More

Daphna Baram: Unmuted 3***

Ms Baram doesn’t apologise for her Israeli accent anymore (why should she ever have?), and there’s little else to be apologetic about in this show either. Ms Baram is a story teller, and this year – and the rest of … Read More

Larry Dean:- Work in Progress 5*****

It is more than a little unusual for a work in progress to be reviewed, but having spoken to him after the gig, ever amiable Dean was more than happy for this to be done so here we go. With … Read More

Alistair Barrie :- Unfurloughed 5*****

It has been a tough 18 months for everybody due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the restrictions it has imposed on the world, and amongst those industries hit hard the world of stand- up is up there with the … Read More

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals 3***

This show is a bit of a chaotic shambles, through Ms McMahon herself is a delight. Some of the shambles is the venue: adjacent hand dryers, the facility for latecomers to wander in, the seats in odd places, and the … Read More

Paul Currie: TEET 4****

A bearded man in a blue velour catsuit and a pair of stylish ankle boots leads an audience whose collective accent is both creepy and vaguely Liverpudlian through a show equal parts anarchy, cult, and giddy delight. Mr Currie’s comedy … Read More

Esther Manito #NotAllMen 4****

The delightful Ms Manito greeted us at the door and said goodbye from there at the end, and the bit in between was accomplished and smoothly delivered and not at all like a sixth-ever performance, performed without the benefit of … Read More