Some Edinburgh shows try to butter you up with a badge. Some offer free sweets. In Cerys Bradley's Not Overthinking Things 2019 I got a free autism diagnosis. Not everyone gets this - I volunteered... more
Reviews
Geraldine Hickey is having a strange gig. The one time Melbourne Comedy Award winner has lost her voice and is reduced to talking in a whisper. The Assembly venue known as the Box is so hot... more
Julia Masli is magic. She appears in a white frilly outfit. She has a golden leg instead of an arm, and another three little legs peeping from her oversized black hat. There’s a... more
Way back in the mists of time “interpretive dance” was a by-word for pretentious Fringe shows – which comics used to use as a punch-line.I can’t remember ever seeing any actual interpretive dance,... more
Daniel Foxx comes to the Fringe with a full-length show for the first time and a TitTok reputation under his belt for sharp, knowing character-based clips. Villain, however, is very much Daniel's own... more
Kieran Hodgson has made his name over the years coming up with differently themed autobiographical Edinburgh Fringe shows. There have been shows about his cycling fixation, playing the violin and one... more
Mancunian comic Josh Jones broke through in Edinburgh last year, picking up an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination for his debut, Waste Of Space. But he had already done the hard yards,... more
It is easy to work out by the picture on this page what Janine Harouni has been up to recently. At the time of writing she is 8 and a half months pregnant. Her first baby is due in the first week of... more
Paul Foot has been delighting Fringe audiences for years with his bizarre imagination and outrageous stories – exceptional for having only the slightest relation to reality as the rest of us know it... more
There seems to be a bit of a theme this year of comedians who have found their strength through contact sports. For Elliot Steel it’s martial arts, which has helped him negotiate his fears and... more
