Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Rest
Well that was a Fringe that was. I’ve done the number crunching and it makes interesting reading. To me anyway. I saw 51 shows. I reviewed 17 for the Standard, 18 for beyond the joke.... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Luke McQueen: Comedian's Comedian, Pleasance Dome
Luke McQueen has a penchant for grand pranks. He once put on a show claiming that Frankie Boyle would be performing rather than McQueen and another time claimed to have been in a double act with Jack... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Grace Helbig: Let Me Get This Off My Chest, Pleasance Dome
Grace Helbig was one of the first social media stars, becoming a YouTube pioneer charting every minute of her life nearly twenty years ago, when some of today’s baby influencers weren’t even born.... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Marc Burrows: The Britpop Hour, Underbelly
Love Britpop? Then you'll love Marc Burrows' The Britpop Hour. That's essentially the pitch here. Music journalist and comedian Marc Burrows certainly loves a lot of it and is the perfect person to... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Scaramouche Jones, Hoots at Potterrow (Big Yurt)
How's this for devotion to your art? Actor/comedian Thom Tuck (Penny Dreadfuls, Horrible Histories, Play What I Wrote) first performed Scaramouche Jones at the Fringe 20 years ago. Then he did it... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty, Monkey Barrel
Is there a better way to start the day than to go and see Ian Smith? His show at the Monkey Barrel starts at 12.30 and the only problem is that it is a tough act to follow. You may not see a funnier... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Will Owen: Looking Fab at Fifty, Assembly Roxy,
If you don’t know Will Owen yet don’t worry you will. His latest Edinburgh Fringe show, Looking Fab At Fifty, is an effective calling card for this talented, engaging and witty performer who seems... more
Rob Auton Follows Edinburgh Run With Tour
Rob Auton has become something of an Edinburgh Fringe cult. Every year he returns with a brand new immaculately put together monologue, usually in the same venue, about something that has become an... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material, Pleasance Courtyard
Toussaint Douglass simply has funny bones. He also has a pigeon on wheels onstage. What more could you want from an Edinburgh Fringe debut?In his first full length show Accessible Pigeon Material... more
Review: Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – James Trickey: Don’t Count On Me, Pleasance Courtyard
James Trickey is an accountant but wants to chuck it all in to be come a full-time stand-up comedian. The mad fool. Or is he? I’m sure he’s done the number crunching and cost benefit analysis to work... more
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