Matty Hutson: Don’t Hold Back 5*****

Matty Hutson achieves top marks in every aspect of the show. He’s an excellent musician (guitar, keyboard, electronic manipulation), and writes music that you wouldn’t be surprised to hear on a streaming service. It is melodically pleasing and harmonically sound. … Read More

Chloe Petts – If You Can’t Say Anything Nice 4.5 ****

Chloe Petts returns to Edinburgh for her ‘difficult’ second  show this year following the critically acclaimed sell-out run last year. She was thought of in some circles as being too nice. Is this show different? Well it certainly an angrier … Read More

Josh Weller: Age Against the Machine 4****

Josh Weller delivers an excellent hour of comedy about music, also involving musical comedy. He started life aiming for a successful music career, but it didn’t work out. A decade and a half later, Josh is able to find quite … Read More

Ivo Graham- Organised Fun 4****

It seems a long time ago that I first saw Ivo Graham at the Fringe as a young up and coming comic.

Obviously his star is still rising, Graham is always appearing on TV whether it is his stand-up … Read More

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical 4****

First of all don’t be expecting a boy band’s Christmas Hits musical. This is a musical parody of a Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life that follows NSYNC founder Chris Kirkpatrick as he travels back in time to his … Read More

Leila Navabi: Composition 4****

This show sort of wanders around in three star territory for the first three quarters of the hour, leaving you wondering what the fuss has been about. Leila Navabi is a great performer, so this is by no means unenjoyable, … Read More

Annabel Marlow…is this okay?? 4****

Ms Marlow has a great voice, and in her opening gambit entreats us – and perhaps herself – not to wonder why we’re there, but rather to just enjoy the moment. The show has a throughline of reminders to ignore … Read More

Matt Forde- Inside No.10 5*****

Never can it have been easier to be a political comedian and impressionist than at the present time. There are just so many open-goals to shoot at. Or can it?. Perhaps there are just too many politicians of all colours, … Read More

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons 4****

Kirsty Mann delivers a lovely show which is scooting across the Venn diagram to the overlap of comedy with theatre-slash-play. There’s a lot of theatricality in this show, from the lighting to the sketch-scenes to the characters (all played by … Read More

Green Fingers – 3.5***

We wait for the show to begin with Kermit’s ‘It’s not easy being green,’ setting the mood for the show that follows. Green Fingers, as told by Flo and Adam (Fladam). Is about a small boy from the quaint village … Read More