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

Robin Grainger:- Dog Complex 3.5 ***

Robin Grainger has been around the comedy scene in Scotland for a few years now and although is now Edinburgh based hails from a village in rural Aberdeenshire and references the contrast in the two places in his icebreaker material … Read More

Blizzard – 4****

Canadian based Flip Fabrique promise to take you on a “crazy, poetic and gentle journey in the dead of winter” which doesn’t give you any real idea of what is about to unfold and that’s probably for the best.

We … Read More

Mengele – Smokescreen Productions – 5*****

I spent a gripping hour watching this play written and directed by Philip Wharam and Tim Marriot. Based on Philip Wharam’s novel ‘Right To Live’ and with advice and support from the Holocaust Educational Trust, Mengele is a portrait of … Read More

Choir of Man – 5*****

The General Assembly Hall on the Mound becomes the Jungle Bar for the evening, a bastion of the fast disappearing old-time local, where customers sing and dance with great gusto and the audience is treated to a free beer on … Read More

George Egg: Movable Feast – 4****

George Egg is a chef and comedian, who specialises in cooking food in unusual locations. This time it’s on moving vehicles, trains and planes, and he begins by taking out his laptop and plugging it into the power socket of … Read More

Ross Leslie: Pretty Shy for a White Guy 4****

Ross Leslie has been gaining a reputation over the years as a talented comic who is always a safe pair of hands in comedy terms and having seen his show I can concur. Leslie is a local guy, Edinburgh born … Read More