Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
23/08/2017 … As a reviewer, you’re supposed to be able to spot bullshit a mile off, ignore hype, see the comedian for what they really are.
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 23 August 2017
Scott Agnew: Spunk on Our Lady's Face
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2017 … No one has anecdotes quite like Scott Agnew.
Tue 22 August 2017
Tiernan Douieb: Miserably Happy
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
22/08/2017 … Tiernan Douieb is as game as any comic, and he makes a decent fist of getting a mid-afternoon audience in the difficult Waverley Ba going against the odds.
Tom Stade: I Swear
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2017 … Well into middle age, Tom Stade retains a rock-and-roll swagger in his feisty stand-up, even able to flick devil-horn fingers to the crowd and it not feel ironic.
Viggo Venn - The Life of Pepito
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
22/08/2017 … Slight but consistently amusing, the solo debut of the Norwegian half of Zach & Viggo rests securely on Viggo Venn's playful, goofy charm.
Desiree Burch: Unf*ckable
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2017 … The top deck of a bus is a very confined space for the massive character that is Desiree Burch.
Ellyn Daniels: Emotional Terrorism
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
22/08/2017 … There’s an important caveat to this review: Ellyn Daniels has worked as a stand-up as part of a performing career that's also spanned dancing, modelling…
Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2017 … We have come to expect comedians baring their souls on stage, but Chinese-Swedish Evelyn Mok’s powerful debut is extraordinarily candid, even by the standards…