Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Having scored an artistic success with his last outing Chronic Boom, a story about his battles with chronic illness, the soulful Liam Withnail further develops the…
2025 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Fri 15 August 2025
Saaniya Abbas: Hellarious
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … The way Saaniya Abbas looks is important: small and cute, with her hair fashioned into two cat ears to amplify the quirky effect.
Nate Kitch: Something Different!!!!!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Nate Kitch’s debut last year was a show about nothing, ditching conventional notions of structure and routines for something more freewheeling and responsive…
© Matt Stronge Amy Annette: Busy Body
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Amy Annette says her sophomore Fringe show is about ‘social labels’ but there’s really only one that applies: fun aunt.
Robin Grainger: People Pleaser
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Such seems Robin Grainger's need to avoid disapproval that he initially describes his recent break-up as amicable, despite leaving him homeless with legal…
Marjolein Robertson: Lein
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Lein is the final part in a Fringe trilogy, whose titles have spelled out the Shetland comedian’s name over the past three years.
Paul Campbell: The Lost Tapes of Somerfield
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
15/08/2025 … Mancunian comic Paul Campbell is dressed for a funeral, entering in a dishevelled black suit and tie with wild hair and appearing rattled and concussed.
Thu 14 August 2025
Rory Marshall: Pathetic Little Characters
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
14/08/2025 … Pathetic Little Characters is an impressive calling card for Rory Marshall’s abilities to conjure up credible alter-egos, all intrinsically funny without…