Shamilton!
Review of the improvised hip-hop musical
11/09/2026 … It’s been going for ten years, so improvised hip-hop show Shamilton! must be doing something right.
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Jay Richardson on the cult favourite's mainstream outing
01/09/2026 … How do you retain the chaotic spirit and upstart cultishness of a show like Stamptown when it lands on the world's biggest streaming platform? That's…
Mon 31 August 2026
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All 212 shows seen at this year's festival
31/08/2026 … All 212 comedy shows Chortle reviewed at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (plus a dozen more seen in Melbourne) Bebe Cave: Swoon Celia…
Matthew Gallagher: Last Minute
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Matthew Gallagher rails against his venue’s description of him as a ‘joyous buffoon’, though it’s a persona he might do well to lean into.
Not Another Quiz Night
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … This is a hard show to review, for objectively it is not the funniest nor most inventive offering on the Fringe – but those taking part are having so…
Roger O’Sullivan: Divil May Cry
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Irish comedian Roger O’Sullivan talks of having a peasant mindset: the feeling that nothing good will ever happen to him, and if it does, it will eventually…
Cordelia Graham: Faint Heart Never F*cked A Pig
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Some people live huge lives.
© Hector Cuamba Kate Smurthwaite
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
31/08/2026 … Full marks for ambition for Kate Smurthwaite, whose verbose title explains exactly what stupidly demanding challenge she set herself this festival.