Barry Crimmins - Atlas’s Knees
Four years ago, Alexei Sayle returned to the Fringe after a seventeen year hiatus from stand-up comedy. It was an exciting time to witness a comedic legend return and perform to new generations who would […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Alasdair Beckett-King: The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries - Tom Ballard: Problematic
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries Every now and again there comes a show that I can really pick a fault with. In fact the only fault I can have with Alasdair Beckett-King’s show is that his […]
Jack Barry - High Treason
Now, no matter your stance on drugs there’s one reasonable reaction seeing a man in a suit covered in weed leaves. That’s second-hand embarrassment. But, it fits perfectly with the manic persona of Barry, and […]
Athena Kublenu - KMT
Athena Kublenu is sure to find herself a firm audience after KMT’s dry witted attack on popular culture. The show is an insight into Kublenu’s apathetic mind, which refuses to give into hyperbolic outrage. It […]
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
There’s honestly nothing I could say about How We Stop the Fascists that I didn’t say when reviewing Hoult’s last outing as Anna Man, A Sketch Show for Depressives. I loved that show and I […]
Goose - Amphetawaltz
You know what the problem with relying on the crowd too much is? The crowd aren’t funny people. The crowd are ordinary people who’ve come to see funny people. This simple fact is the knife […]
David Trent: Here’s Your Future - Sean Patton: Number One - Chris Chopping: Premature Emasculation
David Trent: Here’s Your Future The first time I was treated to the David Trent experience, I found a comedian excellently adept at disseminating chosen targets for all their follies, contradictions and the crassness of […]
Pat Cahill: The Fisherman - Darren Harriot: Defiant - Muriel: Badmaster
Pat Cahill - The Fisherman Any show that contains a segment dedicated to a character only known as “the dog of instant gratification” is instantly worth a watch. It’s also relieving then that Pat Cahill’s […]
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert - Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Game Shows - Alfie Brown
Ed Byrne: Spoiler Alert Ed Byrne is such a likable presence that it feels difficult to admit his new show Spoiler Alert is nothing that spectacular, but there’s nothing that memorable this time around. Byrne’s […]
Spencer Jones - The Audition
Spencer Jones informs the audience of how shows are prepared and titled in terms of their status, gesturing the levity of work in progress, preview and show, then signals his show is somewhere under the […]
