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

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This? 4****

The title of this show gives you a clear idea of what to expect – a comic analysis of Weir’s relationship with her mother, who was not a naturally maternal woman, and how this influenced her self-esteem, which in turn … Read More

Accessibility Gala – 3 ***

The Accessibility Gala is designed to be comedy for folks who need support and help to enjoy it, from the live captions of Claire Hill – for the sake of deaf and hard of hearing participants, to easy wheelchair access … Read More

Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward – 4****

Laura Davis is a refreshing comic with a wide array of topics, and takes on day to day life, that you definitely haven’t heard before, but, trust me, you want to now.

There is an overall sense of randomness to … Read More

Feast of Fools – 3***

Storyteller Dan Serridge is a big personality for such a small room. Playing ‘in the round’ can be challenging, but he took it in his stride, taking his audience on an international journey of tasty tales.

Starting, as is traditional, … Read More