Comedy Reviews
Edinburgh Fringe 2024: Edinburgh Comedy Awards winnersSaturday, 24 August 2024![]()
Amy Gledhill won the Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show, the main award at the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Make Me Look Fit on the Poster. The show has variously been described as “bawdy comedy delivered with a blush”, “a funny woman rightly confident of her comedy talents” and “a brilliant physical comedian”. Accepting her award, Gledhill said: “This is insane. I saw the other people on this list and I thought, 'I don't have to write a script!'” Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Grace Mulvey / John TothillSaturday, 17 August 2024![]()
Grace Mulvey, Assembly Roxy ★★★ |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Sheeps / Mhairi BlackWednesday, 14 August 2024![]()
Sheeps, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Stevie Martin / Colin HoultTuesday, 13 August 2024![]()
Stevie Martin, Monkey Barrel ★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Chris Grace / Ania Magliano / Elvis McGonagallSaturday, 10 August 2024![]()
Chris Grace, Assembly George Square ★★★★ Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray / Sam LakeThursday, 08 August 2024![]()
Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ I have no idea what Sue Gray - the former senior civil servant who is now The Prime Minister’s right-hand woman - sounds like, but I’m guessing not someone who has stepped straight out of The Only Way Is Essex. Read more... |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Eric Rushton / Mark ThomasWednesday, 07 August 2024![]()
Eric Rushton, Monkey Barrel @ The Hive ★★★★ |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Anna Akana / Elliot Steel / Rosco McClellandTuesday, 06 August 2024![]()
Anna Akana, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ |
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 reviews: Jin Hao Li / Sian DaviesMonday, 05 August 2024![]()
Jin Hao Li Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Jin Hao Li was born in China, raised in Singapore and studied English at a Scottish university. So it’s perhaps not surprising that, in drawing on so many cultural sources, his brand of comedy should be so singular. Read more... |
Rahul Subramanian, Soho Theatre review - rush-hour traffic and upsetting DJsTuesday, 30 July 2024
Rahul Subramanian is a well-established comic in his native Mumbai, as evidenced by the appreciative audience of Indian expats gathered at Soho Theatre. His sellout dates in London acted as previews to his debut run at the Edinburgh Fringe, which starts on 2 August. Read more... |
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