John Robertson: The Human Hurricane
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
19/08/2024 … With his booming, bombastic delivery and aggressive friendliness, John Robertson conveys a real force-of-nature energy, so it makes sense that he's now styling…
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 19 August 2024
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.
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…