Naz Osmanoglu: Scandinaveland
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
24/08/2019 … Nordic noir and true crime podcasts are popular themes at this year’s Fringe – and Naz Osmanoglu sends both up in this schlocky spoof, set amid…
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Here are our reviews of comedy Gigs
Sat 24 August 2019
Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
24/08/2019 … It’s hardly any revelation that the idea of witches was codified misogyny; a way for men to both ostracise free-thinking women who wouldn’t conform to…
Fri 23 August 2019
Matt Parker: Humble Pi
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … Oh, how I’m tempted to award this show n stars, to represent any whole number you like, just because Matt Parker encourages just that sort of mucking about…
John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
23/08/2019 … If you can’t get a ticket for John Hastings charismatic hour of stand-up, perhaps check to see if his elderly aunt is performing tonight.
Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … Archie Henderson’s opening song sets himself up as a jack of all trades, but master of none – a common situation in the gig economy.
Rich Wilson: Death Becomes Him
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … As society hopefully tilts on its axis to a better place, a lot of comedians at this year’s Fringe shame men’s awful behaviour.
Simon Evans: Dressing for Dinner
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jay Richardson
23/08/2019 … The brave new world of identity politics seems a subject almost deliberately engineered for Simon Evans’s withering, recessed-eyeball scrutiny.
Rob Kemp: Moonraker 2: Moonrakerer
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
23/08/2019 … After losing his way with a previous attempt to follow up the cult, copyright-infringing hit The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp has regained his mojo with this giddily silly…