Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
24/08/2026 … If you’d have seen Sami Abu Wardeh’s forbidding work in progress at the Leicester Comedy Festival in February, you might be forgiven for approaching…
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Mon 24 August 2026
Ed Night: We'll Be Alright, Darling
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
24/08/2026 … ‘I’ve burst onto the scene eight or nine times,’ says Ed Night, dryly.
Emma Doran: Emmaculate
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
24/08/2026 … With wicked charm to spare, Emma Doran’s show is as good as a night out with your best friend.
Sun 23 August 2026
Madeleine Brettingham: Legend
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … ‘If you like child neglect, you’ll like this show,’ says Madeleine Brettingham at the top of her debut hour.
Freya Parker: An Hour Of Decay!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … At the end of this gentle reflection on ageing, Freya Parker evokes Jenny Joseph’s Warning poem – the one which starts: ‘When I am an old…
Keeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My Tits
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … This is an interesting document about life on the sharp end of tabloid culture from Keeley Hazell, who 1990s kids will bashfully remember as one of the pre-eminent…
Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … No one would ever accuse a Stephen Catling show of being slick, but Clown Fish Out Of Water proves too loose a collection of disjointed, surreal sketches, with…
© Matt Crockett Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … Ding dong, the witch is back! And Britain’s most divisive leader – brilliantly reimagined as a ‘prime miniSTAR’ of the cabaret scene by Matt…