Kiell Smith-Bynoe V Ed MacArthur: String V SPITTA – 5*****

This year marked a short lived return for the smash-hit sell-out musical comedy show from Kiell Smith-Bynoe V Ed MacArthur about duelling children’s entertainers duking it out to become the undisputed king of birthday parties for the under 10s.

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Sophie Garrad – Poor Little Rich Girl – 4 ½ ****

She’s the girl in high school who runs the show, mean as hell, spoiled rotten and knows it. Sophie Garrad is older now, but she’s still as shallow and superficial, with added posh in her hilarious show, “Poor Little Rich … Read More

Amy Mason – Behold – 4****

What’s the weirdest Christmas present you’ve received in the post? Amy Mason gets a bit of a shock one year and isn’t very sure who its even from. In her one-woman show, “Behold”, Mason treats us to a quite dark … Read More

Amelia Hamilton: Forget Me Not – 5*****

Flamboyant, thought-provoking, and with top-class confidence, Amelia Hamilton is the rapping comic you didn’t expect but instantly adore. The show is fast-paced, clever, and utterly memorable – a stand-out mix of sharp stand-up, inventive raps with full-energy moves, plus such … Read More

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical 4****

There’s a reason Showstopper! has become such a staple of the Fringe: it’s the gold standard of improvised musical theatre. Every performance is made up entirely on the spot, with the audience choosing the setting, style, and even some of … Read More

Emmanuel Sonubi – Life After Near Death 5*****

Emmanuel Sonubi is huge, in stature, in presence and above all in comedic talent. From the onset he filled the room with his personality. He had the sold-out Pleasance Cabaret Bar in the palm of his hands and never let … Read More

Ada and Bron: The Origin of Love 4****

Fast paced, thoroughly entertaining and often frantic, The Origin of Love is a late-night dreamscape that probably makes little more sense than one of those vivid, wine-soaked dreams.

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The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here)) – 4****

Following on from the smash hits of Gwyneth Goes Skiing and Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, AwkwardProds returns with another mixup of camp craziness, this time parodying the seasonal silliness of Christmas (or insert-public-holiday-here) movies so exemplified by Netflix … Read More

Jacob Nussey: Primed – 3.5***

Jacob Nussey delivered a brilliantly dry and deadpan hour of stand-up, drawing from his experiences as an Amazon warehouse worker. A lad from Mansfield whose football dreams fizzled out, Jacob left school with minimal qualifications—describing it more as a leisure … Read More

Ivo Graham: Orange Crush 4.5****

Faced with disappointment from his young daughter about the fact he did not have a favourite colour, Ivo Graham has now decided it’s orange. In fact, he has committed so hard that he’s done a Fringe show about it. 

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