Alison Spittle: Soup
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … Little wonder that mental health is such a popular subject for Fringe comedy, given the intensely personal nature of stand-up.
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 07 August 2023
Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … There is one particular moment of surprise stupidity in Lorna Rose Treen’s debut hour guaranteed to have you laughing for its sheer ‘WTF just happened?’…
Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … After taking his sweet time to make a slightly stiff entrance in a tight tuxedo, Ikechukwu Ufomadu explains, in the style of a JFK speech, what words he’ll…
Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
07/08/2023 … Taking to the stage in his tartan jacket, Kieran Hodgson opens the show with a bold: ‘Yes, I’m Scottish’ in an accent that’s decidedly…
Sun 06 August 2023
Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2023 … It’s taken him ten shows, based around such specific themes as hair, the sky and the colour yellow, but Rob Auton has ended up where most comedians start –…
A Terrible Show for Terrible People
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2023 … Don’t be fooled by the title.
Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2023 … Krystal Evans’s Fringe debut is a show of two halves.
© Rebecca Need-Menear Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
06/08/2023 … A crucial and delicate moment in Liam Withnail’s 2022 show, True Defective, in which he opened up about addiction, was interrupted by the sound of an incongruously…