Leviathan x Asmodeus 4****

A double bill of Scotland’s next bright young things, and first to take the stage is Saoirse O’Hooligan. She gets off to a strong start, and it’s delightful, getting the crowd immediately with the barbed comments she’s had about looking … Read More

Tim Biglowe — Plonka 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Biglowe is back in Edinburgh, and word has spread. A packed-out back of a record shop, no seats, standing room only and a queue like a conga line out the door.

He starts by telling the crowd that he still … Read More

Becky Goodman: The Day My Sugar Daddy Dumped Me – 4****

Becky Goodman bursts onstage pumped and ready. Cher’s Do You Believe thumps through the room before flipping into The Flying Lizards’ deadpan Money (That’s What I Want) — a clever, pointed touch that pays off later in the story. We rewind to 2013. Goodman … Read More

Lorraine Hoodless – Good Girl 3 ½ ***

Lorraine Hoodless has been performing for a few years during the Fringe and I have enjoyed her shows in a less-than-ideal room.

She is back and in a better, more central space this year and the show I attended was … Read More

Mark Simmons – His Latest Jokes 4.5 ****

For 17 years now Mark Simmons has been performing his shows at the Fringe. Maybe he is not the most famous of one-liner comedians but, in my opinion. he is probably the best. And I am not alone in my … Read More

Lorraine Hoodless – DINK (Double Income No Kids) 4****

Being tucked into a very hot room, in the back of a busy pub, with noise spillage from outside the performance area cannot be the easiest experience, but maybe it is the most affordable way for unrepresented acts to take … Read More

Don’t stop believing: Theatric remix of 1980’s 4****

How good is your 80’s knowledge? Well this show will test you to the limit. Don’t stop believing is writer and performer Torrey Shine’s masterpiece.

Torrey incorporates over two hundred 80’s songs and movie quotes into a singing, story telling … Read More

Mark Simmons: New Jokes 4.5****

Mark Simmons has over the years built an enthusiastic following who may well have discovered him because one of his jokes was again high in the Best Jokes on the Fringe list.  His mostly one-liner puns suit that format … Read More

Lorraine Hoodless – Bumpy 3.5

There definitely plusses and minuses in performing Free Fringe shows, the big plus being you do not lose a small fortune as you might in a bigger pay venue, but the draw back of this people tend to wander in … Read More

Alistair Barrie – AlistairCratic 4.5****

Deep in the bowels of Edinburgh’s Old Town, at the Liquid Rooms Annexe, lurks the lair of Alistair Barrie, a stand-up of renown, returning to his August habitat once more. A popular return judging by the healthy numbers attending his … Read More