Markus Birdman: The Bearable Heaviness of Nearly Not Being
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
21/08/2022 … Last June, when barely in his 40s, Markus Birdman had a stroke, losing half his eyesight through a rare condition called homonymous hemianopsia.
2022 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 21 August 2022
Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live On Stage Every Night Or Your Money Back
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
21/08/2022 … Heidi Regan opens her show with a unique perspective on an old topic – the difference between men and women – that sets the bar high.
Julie Jay: Oops, This Is Toxic
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
21/08/2022 … In Oops This Is Toxic, Irish comic Julie Jay offers an amiable journey through the misogyny of her youth, rather clunkily tied to the ups and downs of Britney Spears’s…
Sat 20 August 2022
Kwame Asante: Living In Sin
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
20/08/2022 … That working as an A&E doctor affords Kwame Asante a raft of amusing tales of misadventure is virtually a given since human idiocy and capacity for self-harm,…
Frankie Thompson: Catts
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
20/08/2022 … Catts is the most apt show for the first Fringe to be sponsored by TikTok, given that it’s predominantly a frenetically-paced onslaught of tightly lip-synced…
Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
20/08/2022 … So pleased is he with the show’s title – One Sinha Lifetime – that Paul Sinha opens with a song of the same name.
Jake Baker: Unity
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
20/08/2022 … He might not have the backing of an agent or producer, but Jake Baker has brought a quietly impressive show to the Fringe.
Morgan Rees: Bi And Large
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
20/08/2022 … A teatime timeslot in an overly warm venue could have been a sleepy affair.