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.
2026 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sun 23 August 2026
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…
Ayo Adenekan: Homeland Insecurity
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … Ayo Adenekan is a charmer, performing with restraint but an inner sparkle that suggests he adores being on stage.
Rhys James: Chop Logic
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … Rhys James wonders what it says about his relationship with sincerity that he can’t go two sentences without saying something flippant.
Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
23/08/2026 … Alex Franklin is having a bit of an annus mirabilis this year with her killer Mothman musical and this excellent hour of stand-up running simultaneously.