Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sammy J – Hero Complex
Sarah Stringer
The beautiful thing about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, or any Fringe Festival, is getting to see DIY stuff, shows that are messy and chaotic because they can’t be slick every…
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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Eli Matthewson – Blood Bender
In the first half of Eli Matthewson’s show, he apologizes for being a bit too edgy when some of his stories have mild references to sex. By the end, he’s…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Hajar J Woodland – Hajar, Like Badger
Hajar J Woodland is a singer who’s doing comedy as a way to tell her story of how she got into that. It’s a reminder that comedians tend to be…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: David O’Doherty – At This Stage
Dave Baillie
Three things I know about David O’Doherty: I safely watched the 2026 solar eclipse on the steps outside the Aikman Theatre this week. Safe, that is, in the knowledge that…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Simon Munnery
A few seconds into Simon Munnery’s self-intro announcement from the backstage green room, we’re all reminded why we’re here. A performer who can get a dozen laughs from a minute…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Emma Holland – The Dog Dies at the Start
Emma Holland reverses the normal order of Fringe stand-up shows, in which the tragedy happens at the beginning, and she spends the rest of the hour making it funny. This…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Gareth Waugh – Is Pepsi Okay?
Gareth Waugh is an amiable and funny comedian, a rising star of the Scottish comedy scene – although if you’ve seen him before there’s perhaps a good chance it was…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Geoffrey Asmus – Patriautism
Geoffrey Asmus is an American with an impressive joke writing sensibility, one that’s frequently mentioned by fellow comedians on podcasts, and I was really curious to see him in action.…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Harriet Richardson – Creep
This show has a lot of buzz around it for a debut hour, though Harriet Richardson isn’t new to creative or performance-based work – she’s a performance artist, doing live…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Hasan Al-Habib – Stuck in the Middle (East) With You
Hasan Al-Habib is an immediately intense stage presence. He can jump between accents and voices, slipping fully into the construct that comedy historian Oliver Double calls “instant character”, where a…