© Huw jennings Kwame Asante: Open Arms
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
16/08/2017 … ‘Hotly anticipated’ is an over-used adjective for debut shows, but Kwame Asante’s debut genuinely is just that.
2017 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 16 August 2017
© Huw jennings 
The Wrestling 2017
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
16/08/2017 … Oh, we all think we are so erudite, heading to the world's biggest arts festival in the hunt for the most cutting-edge performers on the cusp of the zeitgest.
Tue 15 August 2017
Boris & Sergy's One Man Extravaganza
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
15/08/2017 … Old-fashioned variety acts can be a hard sell to modern comedy fans, but Nina Conti proved that in the right hands, they can be as knowing and funny as anything…
Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2017 … Swan songs shouldn’t have encores – but the Doug Anthony Allstars never did play by the rules.
Aatif Nawaz: The Last Laugh
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
15/08/2017 … Celebrating ten years in stand-up, Aatif Nawaz is a proud British-Pakistani Muslim, drawing deeply on his background for this greatest hits set.
Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
15/08/2017 … Mat Ewins hoiks himself up on to the shelf at the back of his stage, and offers a sincere defence of pure silliness.
© Karla Gowlett Katy Brand: I Could've Been An Astronaut
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
15/08/2017 … Katy Brand’s reinvention from character lunatic to autobiographical stand-up continues with I Could’ve Been An Astronaut, which trades on a similar kind…
© BBC/Lucky Giant Quacks
15/08/2017 … The team behind Quacks, BBC Two’s new period medical comedy, are very proud of the research they’ve put in to ensure their scripts are historically accurate.