Andrew O’Neill: Escape
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Forging an uncertain path between surrealist stand-up and agitprop, Andrew O'Neill's latest Fringe offering retains all the fire and conviction of their…
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Sat 23 August 2025
© Matt Stronge Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Given that she’s challenged traditional definitions of femininity and spoken frankly about discovering her queerness relatively late in life, you could accurately…
Devin Gray: May Divorce Be With You
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Devin Gray got divorced and his wife didn't have the decency to make the split anything but amicable, leaving him grasping for recriminatory feelings to channel…
Sam Jay: We The People
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Sam Jay is a strikingly abrasive act, eschewing eye contact, staring into the middle distance while speaking; often holding her mic in crossed arms; making big,…
Caroline McEvoy: Train Man
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Caroline McEvoy is unfailingly nice in her Fringe debut, making latecomers feel welcome, chatting charmingly to the audience (no ‘comedian DESTROYS’…
Jack Barry: Let's Get Barried
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2025 … Some Fringe comedy shows are deep and meaningful explorations of personal struggle and revelation.
Fri 22 August 2025
Jamie MacDonald: Toxic Bastard
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2025 … Jamie MacDonald's recent shows have tended to be variations on the theme that just because he's blind, this doesn't preclude him from behaving badly.
Tiff Stevenson: Post-Coital
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
22/08/2025 … Tiff Stevenson has lured her audience here under false pretences, with a sultry poster and a title, Post-Coital, that suggests sexy times.