Jake Baker: Rule Breaker!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … How to do a stand-up about being cautious and unexciting, without that also being the mood of the show? That’s a dilemma Jake Baker hasn’t been able…
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 23 August 2024
Ryan Cullen: Cullen in the Name Of!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … The perennial challenge for even the most accomplished one-liner comic is how to vary the rhythm and tone of a whole hour of gags, lest the tried and tested setup-punchline…
Elaine Robertson: Delulu
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … An authentically open-hearted comedian so optimistic she even thought her home town of Consett, County Durham, was the bees’ knees, Elaine Robertson sparkles…
Fearghas Kelly: Whooooooooooo!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … For all the times I’ve heard Mat Ewins complain about his show going wrong, I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it fail in the room.
Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … When far-right rioters were trying to torch hotels and loot Greggs earlier this month, little did they know that they were promoting the work of a British Asian…
Alexis Gay: Unprofessional
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2024 … The debut show from New York-based comedian Alexis Gay makes some unlikely lemonade from the comedic lemons of getting severe burnout in a soul-destroying tech sales…
Thu 22 August 2024
Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive And Loving It
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2024 … After an incredibly strong showing with last year’s Hubba Hubba, Tom Lawrinson returns with an hour that hits in many ways but feels as if it should have more…
Ivo Graham: Grand Designs
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2024 … Ivo Graham sure knows how to own his poshness.