Henry Rowley: Just Literally
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … How many reasons do you need to hate Henry Rowley? Young, posh and good-looking – so of course he’s been sycophantically profiled by toffs’ bible…
2024 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 26 August 2024
Isobel Rogers: How to Be Content
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Isobel Rogers demonstrates she can go deeper than many other comedy singer-songwriters when her opening song about self-care dares to raise the distinction between…
Jack Skipper: Skint
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … He may have just been nominated for best newcomer in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, but a straw poll of Jack Skipper’s audience reveals that most people are…
Madame Chandelier Saves Opera
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … It’s great to see a comedian display a talent beyond stand-up, and Madame Chandelier shows off her impressive operatic singing from the get-go, taking to the…
Dima Watermelon: Ukrainian Dream
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Ukrainian comedian Dima Watermelon likens my presence to review his show in the dying days of the Fringe to Britain’s military aid to his homeland –…
Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Last year, Mark Thomas won plaudits for starring in England And Son, a play written specially for him.
Aaron Twitchen: Himbo
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Despite its rather catch-all refrain that this is a show about love, it's perhaps more accurate to say that Aaron Twitchen's return to the Fringe for the…
Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2024 … Selena Mersey has a made a literal song and dance about her feminist dilemma in this musical comedy/burlesque hybrid.