Hasan Al-Habib: Stuck in the Middle (East) With You 4★★★★

Hasan Al-Habib is television-ready. A clever, talented comedian with a PhD in oncology, he combines great timing, strong material and excellent callbacks with a great gift for wordplay. The eldest child in an Iraqi immigrant family in Birmingham, he mines … Read More

Colin Cloud: Hoax 4****

Colin Cloud’s Hoax is interesting. Dramatic and although a little scattered across ideas still a good show for anyone interested In Mind reading, getting shocked or just having a good time. 

To say the skill of Colin Cloud … Read More

Rosie Holt : The Illegal Aliens Have Landed 4****

Rosie Holt could almost be described as an Edinburgh Fringe veteran, making her Fringe debut back in 2017. Rosie has amassed quite a following which is much in evidence tonight at the Pleasance 2. Rosie’s alter ego has crossed the … Read More

Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying 4.5****

Rosie Jones asks if anyone doesn’t know who she is. I don’t, actually, but I stay silent. “Get out! Get out! Get out!” she screams to joyful laughter. Why is this not scary or mean? Because Jones, who has cerebral … Read More

Trainspotting Live – 5*****

Now this is an experience, be prepared to feel all the emotions, and not necessarily in combinations that you are used to. Everything from start to finish was impactful, though depending on your seating, more so for some than others. … Read More

Dom McGovern : Prize Hog 4****

Prize Hog is the debut Fringe show from Dom McGovern, a comedian, writer and actor from London. He is the co-writer of Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg. Episodes of the show have been viewed more than twenty million times … Read More

Kemah Bob – Love Child 3***

From a brief sighting of Kemah Bob on TV 2 years ago, I took a chance on going to see her debut show Misfortunate in a packed-out room and thought she had enormous talent so on her return I was … Read More

Business Casual : Cowboys – 4****

Yeeha!! Business Casual : Cowboys is a romp through The Wild West you won’t want to miss. Our hapless trio, manage to construct a story out of extortion, murder and revenge with more than a few laughs along the … Read More

Anna Hale : Control Freak 4****

Anna Hale is a very talented singer songwriter musician. At one point in the show when she first steps away from the keyboard and picks up the guitar, she says; is there anything I can’t do?! My thoughts exactly!

We … Read More

Jazz Emu: The Pleasure is All Yours – 5*****

Returning again to the Fringe, Jazz Emu – the debonair musical maestro alter-ego of comedian Archie Henderson – has a new show that is designed to do one thing, make his entire audience fully gruntled.

A social media sensation, Jazz … Read More