Adele Cliff’s Topical Early Late Show With Adele Cliff 4****

Adele Cliff returns to the Fringe with a topical news show. So topical that it is written each day and covers up to the minute headlines. Tonight’s offering includes the Clacton by election and dodgy Nigel features heavily.

The venue … Read More

Rowan Hackett : Brewed 4****

Rowan Hackett makes a low-key entrance, and glows like a ginger lighthouse, radiating a Scottish warmth and welcoming that puts the audience at ease. The show is deeply personal. Hackett takes us through a childhood populated by a father with … Read More

Becoming Dr Ruth – 5*****

On an Uncharacteristically boiling hot afternoon in Edinburgh, I was reluctant to step into the small busy portacabin, I have never been so glad to go against my instincts.

The setting was the living room of Dr Ruths New York … Read More

Rory Bemner – Making an impression – 4.5****

A packed out show of perhaps a certain demographic, which became apparent when comedian Rob Rouse who joined in the evening with Bremner introduced the show and asked for a cheer from audience members of certain ages, there appeared to … Read More

Shantify – 4.5****

A show featuring 6 West End performers, Shantify has become a Fringe regular in recent years regularly selling out performances.

The venue was ideal and the feature of a catwalk stage meant that you had an almost prefect view no … Read More

Olaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factor Until They Let Me Go 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Novelist, otherworldly, view-askew story-spinner Olaf Falafel is back.

It all begins with a typically weird VT and, from there, logic is politely shown the door. Goths apparently need showers. Jason Statham has balance problems. Dr Bananos’ nursery crimes amuse us. … Read More

Ignacio Lopez – The Four of us are dying up here – 4.5****

“The 4 of us dying up here” is the latest offering from seasoned hybrid Welsh/Spaniard, Ignacio Lopez. His style is easy going and relaxed and very engaging. He’s a gifted storyteller, and his hilarious tales keeps the audience locked for … Read More

Freddie Meredith : Need A Light? 4****

By way of introduction we are shown Freddie Meredith’s alter ego’s Instagram feed packed full of posts of his pre big night poses. This sets the scene. Freddie then makes his grand entrance and without saying a word, and it … Read More

A Clown’s Lullaby

The promotional material for A Clown’s Lullaby suggests it will be “a hilariously rib-tickling clown performance for younglings” and that it’s suitable for 5+, this is exactly what I was expecting as I queued with my 5-year-old, however in queue … Read More

Omar Badawy: Guided Detour 4★★★★

Omar Badawy’s delightful debut is a guided detour through identity, belonging, and one particularly eventful journey on foot across London. An accomplished writer for Saturday Night Live UK, he brings an assured, chatty stage presence to this cleverly constructed hour, … Read More