Paul Merryck: Ambulance for One
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2025 … Paul Merryck sounds like he’s lived an interesting life, or at least one that isn’t often documented on stage.
2025 Archives
Tue 12 August 2025
Dan Tiernan: All In
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2025 … Convention is that any Fringe review will talk about the narrative of the show in hand, explaining how Dan Tiernan’s here to talk us through the systems he…
Narin Oz: Inner Child(ish)
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2025 … Narin Oz’s new show is a tricky one to talk about, as it forcefully rebuffs most types of audience engagement.
'Edinburgh's a geographical time capsule of someone you forgot you were'
Sam Nicoresti on the best and worst of the Fringe
12/08/2025 … Alasdair Beckett-King is back at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Seaton Smith: Trauma Bonding
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2025 … American comic Seaton Smith has a magnetic energy on stage, a commanding presence, fluid delivery and a quick-thinking, playful manner in his many interactions with…
© Raph_PH/CC BY-SA 2.0 How much do you know about the work of Richard Curtis?
Test your knowledge of the romcom king
12/08/2025 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Roger O'Sullivan: Fekken
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2025 … Welcoming his audience with a montage of PS1 graphics and naming his show after the fighting game franchise, Roger O’Sullivan primes us for a nostalgia show…
© Mindy Tucker How I found myself by being other people
Lily Blumkin on how comedy characters and improv were more honest than stand-up
12/08/2025 … ‘That didn’t sound like me at all,’ I thought when the recording finished.