Eric Rushton: Real One
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … For a guy who’s has always touted his lack of stage presence and charisma, Eric Rushton is quickly becoming a remarkably assured performer.
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Wed 14 August 2024
Rose Matafeo: On and On and On
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Thoughts and ideas come cascading out of Rose Matafeo at such a cracking rate, she appears to be racing through two shows’ worth of material in one.
Rachel Kaly: Hospital Hour
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … At four years of age, Rachel Kaly told her mother that she wanted to kill herself in M&M’s World because she realised the red M&M wasn’t ketchup…
Alfie Packham: My Gift to You
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Alfie Packham’s giving strong Simon Amstell vibes.
Pete Heat: Bogus
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Comedy magician Pete Heat is back at the festival, appropriately in one of the hottest rooms of the Fringe, which can't be doing wonders for our appreciation…
Paul McDaniel: Butter Beans
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … There’s a touch of Ardal O’Hanlon to Paul McDaniel’s comedy, a quietly-spoken Irishman (though from the North rather than the South),…
Joshua Robertson: Enable Me
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Joshua Robertson’s sweet and often filthy show is billed as kind of a confessional, purporting to 'explore the ups and downs of being a disabled dad'…
Louis Katz: Bountiful
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2024 … Obviously an intelligent guy, Louis Katz’s Fringe debut is a pushback against dumbing down, primarily in the reduction of every complex issue to an us-versus-them…