Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2023 … Comedians tend to have little shame when it comes to talking about themselves on stage – but one thing few British stand-ups will admit is being nakedly ambitious.
2023 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 23 August 2023
Tue 22 August 2023
Elliot Steel: Love and Hate Speech
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … Elliot Steel uses dark comedy as his selling point, but it is his insightfulness and quick wit that makes his show shine.
Kuan-Wen Huang: Ilha Formosa
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … Taiwan leads the world in semiconductors, able to cope with trillions of processes a second.
Joe McTernan: Life Advice That Won't Change Your Life
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … The emergence of viral online stars as Fringe performers in recent years has been a decidedly mixed blessing.
Benji Waterstones: You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … I’d wager this is the first autobiographical comedy shows to include the line, said in a gently reassuring Northern English lilt: ‘…And so I had…
Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … ‘This is a punk rock comedy show: it’s rude and loud,’ says former Scottish Comedian of the Year Rosco McClelland, dressed in white T-shirt and…
Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … Stuart Goldsmith knows nobody wants to hear about the impending environmental catastrophe – and as an incurable people-pleaser, he doesn’t really want…
Mark Dean Quinn: Is This Enough
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2023 … With Spank! no more and Late n Live getting earlier and tamer, the weirdos have reclaimed super-late nights at the Fringe.