Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
04/08/2024 … He’s technically a nepo baby, but if you think that means Elliot Steel’s life is a bed of roses, he’s here to disabuse you.
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Sun 04 August 2024
Sophie Duker: But Daddy I Love Her
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
04/08/2024 … Sophie Duker draws on her vast reserves of charisma, confidence and energy to kick-start her latest show with a carnival vibe, dancing through the aisles before…
Derek Mitchell: Goblin
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
04/08/2024 … The second of two debut shows that Derek Mitchell is bringing to the Fringe this year, Goblin is a very different proposition to his introductory show Double Dutch…
Shitty Mozart
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
04/08/2024 … No one’s going to accuse Aaron Nemo of false advertising.
© Corrine Cummings Sam Lake: Esméralda
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
04/08/2024 … Sometimes it can feel as if the Edinburgh Fringe exists only as a forum for comedians to share their woes.
Sat 03 August 2024
Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
03/08/2024 … For her Fringe debut, as is the expectation, Hannah Platt lays out her vulnerabilities: her body dysmorphia, her suicidal thoughts, her long-term denial of her sexuality… Yet…
Alex Kealy: The Fear
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
03/08/2024 … In The Fear, Alex Kealy addresses the huge issues that scare him, like death, the collapse of social fabric or the really big one – a random stranger…
Elvis McGonagall: Gin & Catatonic?
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
03/08/2024 … Like many a political performer this Fringe, Radio 4 regular Elvis McGonagall has had some of the wind taken out of his sails by Labour’s ascent to power.