Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
© Aly Wright Review of the visiting Indian comedian at Soho Theatre
28/08/2025 … Shamik Chakrabarti’s title, Despite Appearances, suggests we shouldn’t judge a book by a cover, but he seems to be very much the mild-mannered, easy-going…
![Derek Mitchell: Goblin [2025] | Edinburgh Fringe comedy review](/images/photos/small/dm-derek-mitchell-goblin-25.jpg "Derek Mitchell: Goblin [2025] | Edinburgh Fringe comedy review")
© Dylan Woodley Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2025 … Goblins starts off as a comedy of sweetly awkward adolescence, but ends so bleakly that the increasingly bitter humour can no longer penetrate the gloom.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2025 … Not wishing to sound callous, but you know you’ve got a good story to tell when you can start with your best friend’s death, rather than build to it.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
26/08/2025 … The first time I saw this show… well I didn’t see it at all, thanks to some appalling seating that afforded zero view of the stage.
Edinburgh Fringe theatre review
26/08/2025 … We all know comedians like Rodney Black, making unpleasant jokes wrapped in a veil of irony that supposedly makes them acceptable.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2025 … Women are crushing sitcoms, with the likes of Kat Sadler, Bridget Christie, Lucia Keskin, Nida Manzoor, Diane Morgan and the Amandaland crew creating some of the…
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2025 … Comedians used to be very coy about being Tories, at least until GB News made being a right-wing pundit a lucrative career option.
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
25/08/2025 … Often comedians might make a joke about how they’ve gathered us all before them to talk about Jesus.
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