Beth Vyse as Olive Hands: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
“This bit is really stupid,” Beth Vyse muttered to the audience, breaking character for a moment. She suggested that it’ll all be funnier if we just went along with it. This turned out to […]
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Seymour Mace Gets Sucked Off By God
Seymour Mace Gets Sucked Off By God is, if nothing else, a great name for an Edinburgh Fringe show. Happily the rest of the show is just as good. Shock tactics is the name […]
Ben Pope - Baby Sasquatch
Baby Sasquatch is Ben Pope’s debut hour, and it shows a lot of promise. Pope is a relaxed and assured performer and never afraid to put himself down; many of his best gags are […]
Alice Fraser - Ethos
If you like sci-fi concepts and cerebral meditation in your comedy, you need to see Alice Fraser. Ethos is the name of the artificial intelligence that shares the stage with Fraser, personified as a […]
Laura Davis - Ghost Machine
If you’ve seen the poster or been handed a flyer for Ghost Machine, you may know what to expect, but the first glance of Laura Davis covered in a bedsheet on a dark stage […]
Matthew Highton - Insufficient Memory
After greeting the audience members in a breezy, friendly manner, Matthew Highton begins his show with a sad story. His grandmother has recently been struggling with dementia, and only has a handful of memories […]
The Delightful Sausage - Regeneration Game
The Delightful Sausage (aka Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill) greet you as you walk into the room, offering cheese puffs on cocktail sticks (posh) and handing you an agenda for this week’s meeting. As […]
Richard Soames - Let’s Make A Movie
Richard Soames, auteur film director, is generously giving his time this August to give us a masterclass on modern cinema. It’s a practical workshop on special effects, foley work and dramatic acting for the […]
John Hastings - Float Like a Butterfly, John Hastings Like a Bee
While many comics toil with Edinburgh’s hot damp comedy rooms, John Hastings thrives. The accomplished Canadian was unfazed by the torridity of the Pleasance Courtyard basement, only complaining when outside noises like sirens or […]
Jen Brister - Meaningless
As a comedian and a non-biological mother of 3 year old fraternal twins, Jen Brister’s life already sounds hectic enough. Then Brister’s own mother moved in with her earlier this year. It’s clear that […]
