Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2024 … Last year, after a decade of coming to the Fringe, Stuart Laws chose to take his comedy in a more personally honest direction as he revealed his autism diagnosis.
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 19 August 2024
Elf Lyons: Horses
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2024 … Clown queen Elf Lyons has been making some well-deserved waves with her new, extremely Elfy show, in which she examines her family history through the lens of equine…
Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2024 … This is a thoughtful piece about isolation, loneliness, ageing, mental health and emotionally stifled male friendships, but in the disguise of wildly funny stories…
Kate Dolan: A Different Kind of Unhinged
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2024 … Kate Dolan is extra.
Sun 18 August 2024
Paulina Lenoir: Puella Eterna
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
18/08/2024 … Even before we start, the stage of Assembly Roxy is a visual feast, full of clues to the spectacle Swiss-Mexican clown Paulina Lenoir is about to unwrap.
Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
18/08/2024 … A return to form for Chloe Petts after the more contrived, performative elements of last year's show, How You See Me, How You Don't feels rooted in a real…
Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
18/08/2024 … Flying very much under the radar this year with no publicity and very little press coverage, Rob Copland’s new show is a sparkling hidden gem of an hour, anchored…
© Steve Ullathorne Nina Gilligan: Goldfish
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
18/08/2024 … ‘Marketing people love working-class Northern women,’ says Nina Gilligan, reflecting on all the voiceover work her endearingly soft Mancunian accent…