Stand-up comedy, parody, and the like.
Comedy
There may be a coffee shop on every corner, but none are like The Alchemystorium Café. You see, there…
I first met Robin Cairns a few years ago at a Foakies night at the Royal Oak when he fair exploded on to the…
Mark Steel’s in town, for the first time on the Fringe in nineteen years.
Chalked hair, heavily applied lip liner wrinkles and a distinct lack of weary joints, Z Theatre Company’s…
How would you react if someone you knew and trusted turned out to have been spying on you for a major arms…
Comedy + August = Edinburgh seems an obvious equation, but it’s twelve years since Mitch Benn last performed…
Having watched clips on YouTube of Sarah Millican over the last year, I have never been more excited to go…
Incessantly branded as one of our youngest comedy success stories, Daniel Sloss is fast shaking off his…
It has always been a mystery to me, who decides what shows play in which venues at the Edinburgh Fringe.…
In the world of magic, women are generally no more than ‘the lovely assistant’. Not so with French cult…
I must start this review by declaring a conflict of interests: I decided to review Nick Gibb because I was…
We are welcomed personally on board the Starship Osiris by George Vere. It’s very much his vessel as we are…
When I reviewed A Betrayal of Penguins' show last year I said that they showed a great deal of potential…
Laughter is the order of the day in this hilarious piece that was specially commissioned for this year’s…
To St Andrew Square Garden for ‘Butterfly Rammy’, a curated collection of responses to the Referendum and its…
Improvised comedy or Improv “is a form of theatre where most or all of what is performed is created at the…
If, like me, you are an admirer of the art form that is the ‘One Man show’, you will find few sharper than…
Revolting Rhymes is a rip-roaring, mad-cap hour of hilarity, silliness and mayhem that kids from about 5…
It's rare that you see a genuinely natural comedic partnership - often double-acts are simply thrown together…
Enter with caution and an open mind as your every move is under the magnifying glass at the mercy of the…