Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof 4****

Mr Frank is a newcomer to the Fringe, but not to comedy, having performed in America for some time. His experience is evident in his confidence and easy facility with his material, and in his effusive, enthusiastic energy on stage. … Read More

Michael Odewale : #BlackBearsMatter 4****

Michael Odewale’s style of comedy is intimate and almost confessional. This is a fresh voice with a fresh perspective on what it is to be perceived as the threat. Being a young black man you have to be a little … Read More

Carl Hutchinson :- I know I Shouldn’t behave like This 5*****

Carl Hutchinson is a comic who should have a higher profile than he already has in the comedy world because he can always be relied upon to deliver and deliver he does with his 2019 showcase of his talents. I … Read More

Tom Toal in Mediocre Boy 4****

Tom Toal is a name that has been gracing the Fringe for a while now and it is good to see him back and entertaining one and all in his all new show. For a guy who is suffering from … Read More

Huge Davies: The Carpark 4****

Huge Davies delivers an hour of deadpan musical comedy wearing a strap on keyboard. It is a carefully crafted show full of jokes that creep up on you unawares with belly laughs a plenty. It isn’t the grand musical in … Read More

Frankenstein: How to build a monster 5*****

I was particularly excited to see Frankenstien: how to make a monster, having a few years ago stumbled upon snippets of it at Latitude and being totally blown away. In the intervening years the show has transformed into a slick … Read More

Maria Shehata – Hero 3***

Maria Shehata is of Egyptian Coptic Christian heritage and American nationality, but feels most at home living in Britain. It is navigating her identity as a grown woman and the expectations on her from these cultures, which forms the context … Read More

Baby loves disco – 1*

You find yourself in Edinburgh with an 11 month old and see an advert for ‘Baby loves disco’, which says it’s a “fringe sell-out 10 years running”, great! Two hours to take the little one to play with other babies … Read More

Matt Parker: Humble Pi – 5*****

Some of the audience members first in were able to play Pacman while they waited for the rest of us to settle in. There’s something about a screen that makes Pacman a surprising spectator sport.

So this is a show … Read More

VIKING – 4****

This tale of Viking adventures through cold Scandinavian winters was fast paced, with lots of action, and plenty of laughs throughout.

After the Viking fighters return home, the village storyteller dies, passing on the mantle to Ragnarr Ragnarson. To be … Read More