Wendy Wason – Hotel California 4****

Wendy Wason has been missing from the Fringe for a while and it was good to see her back performing her latest show this year.

The show … Read More

Celia Pacquola – Tell Me How it Works Out 4****

Celia is an Aussie comedian who has been a regular performer over the last few Fringes and is a firm favourite of many and that is of no real surprise given … Read More

Lucy Porter – Me Time 5*****

Has it really been more than a decade since this little bundle of happiness first graced the Fringe? Apparently as she informs the packed to the gunwales crowd that it is her tenth show and I am sure there was … Read More

Dane Baptiste – Citizen Dane 4****

Dane Baptiste is a comic doing his first Edinburgh show which I suppose must be a nerve-racking experience but it didn’t seem so for this cool guy of Grenadian heritage.

From the … Read More

Kraken 5*****

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This is another of those shows that you have to be ready to engage with because it’s not a sit back and be passive type of thing. And there’s lots of audience participation – not just from … Read More

Vikki Stone: Instrumental 5*****

I’m not sure its usual for comedy show to induce tears other than those of laughter. This show, which Vikki describes as about ‘trying’, but which could just as easily be about her relationship with her late father, has one … Read More

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Juplicity 4****

This is the poetry one (he’s in a few this year), although Mr Jupitus did also point that out fairly early on just to make sure.

There are two approaches to the free fringe: relative unknowns … Read More

Charmian Hughes: Raj Rage! 4****

A good story told well doesn’t necessarily have to be funny to be engaging, but Ms Hughes’ managed to be amusing into the bargain as well. This piece of comic theatre intertwines the story of Charmian’s visits to India with … Read More

Human Child. 4****

Having racked my brains for some artistic, dramatic description of this show, none of which sum this perfomance up better than a simply beautiful, clever and lovely experince.

What we tend to forget about Fringe performances is that the majority … Read More

The Fantastical Story Factory 4****

I always find the shows which are built upon spontaneous improvisation the most difficult to pull off, given that you can never fully know what is about to be thrown in your direction. When you put children in charge, I … Read More