Comedy Reviews
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Alun Cochrane/ Sarah Keyworth/ Glenn Moore/ Sophie DukerFriday, 16 August 2019
Alun Cochrane Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 review: Arabella Weir - Does My Mum Loom Big In This?Thursday, 15 August 2019
If nothing else, Arabella Weir quips, she can thank her mother for providing the material for her first Fringe show. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Catherine Bohart / Matt Parker / Nigel Ng / Zoë Coombs MarrWednesday, 14 August 2019
Catherine Bohart Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Catherine Bohart has a most unusual starting point for her new show, Lemon. Last year at the Fringe, a woman was so appalled by the Irishwoman mentioning her sexuality – she’s bisexual – in her show Immaculate that she pronounced herself “disgusted” by its sexual content. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Phil Wang/ London Hughes/ Jack Gleadow/ Mr. ThingTuesday, 13 August 2019
Phil Wang Pleasance Courtyard ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Joanne McNally/ The Crown Dual/ Maisie Adam/ James McNicholas/ Titania McGrathMonday, 12 August 2019
Joanne McNally Assembly George Square ★★★★ The area Joanne McNally treads (actually stomps might be a better word, given her fantastically high-energy performance) in The Prosecco Express is not new – she’s 36 and wondering if she should settle down and have children, or would that mean settling for less – but the Irish comic makes it her own. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Clive Anderson / GoodbearFriday, 09 August 2019
Clive Anderson Assembly George Square **** Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Nick Helm/ Just These Please/ Anna DrezenThursday, 08 August 2019
Nick Helm Pleasance Dome **** What a pleasure it is that Nick Helm has returned to the Fringe after six years away after appearing in television comedies Uncle and The Reluctant Landlord. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Josie Long / Snort / Sara BarronTuesday, 06 August 2019
Josie Long The Stand ★★★★ It has been five years since Josie Long performed a full run at the Fringe, and in the meantime she has experienced a momentous event. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2019 reviews: Ciaran Dowd/ Tom Parry/ Suzi Ruffell, Pleasance CourtyardMonday, 05 August 2019
Ciaran Dowd *** Read more... |
Robin Ince, Soho Theatre review - fun among the chaosMonday, 15 July 2019
How to describe a show that by Robin Ince’s own admission doesn’t have a narrative strand, and for which he has written several pages of notes that he gets through only a small section of? Well here goes: he calls the show a mash-up of the two cultures of art and science in a celebration of the human mind, and Chaos of Delight is very well named. Read more... |
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