Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … Is comedy on the cusp of another much-vaunted #MeToo moment? It seems unlikely, with forces ranged against those seeking to speak out too entrenched, too much part…
2026 Reviews
Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Mon 17 August 2026
Kate Cheka: The Last Funny Woman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … Performing her sophomore Fringe show while heavily pregnant, Kate Cheka is reappraising her life… if not quite in the way you’d expect.
Lil Wenker: Boyking
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … For a show about a power-mad princelet, Boyking generates an unexpected party atmosphere on the way in, as American clown Lil Wenker explodes out of Bunker One,…
Chris Rutter: Ignorance Is Chris
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … To call Chris Rutter a slow burner would be an insult to tealights.
John Robertson: Excitable Boy!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … Visually, he’s part Rocky Horror’s Riff Raff and part musician Edgar Winter.
Chris Cantrill: Rewilding
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
17/08/2026 … In his Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show two years ago, Chris Cantrill told of the isolation he felt following his move from the city to rural Northumberland.
Sun 16 August 2026
Crybabies: The Scaring
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2026 … It’s simultaneously a relaxing and exciting feeling sitting down for a new show by Crybabies, the luxury leather-lined sportscar of the sketch world, knowing…
Aditya Mayya Pretends to Be Sad
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
16/08/2026 … When Aditya Mayya first got into comedy, he was enticed by the much-vaunted idea that you can get up on stage and say absolutely anything.