Edinburgh Fringe Review: Amy Matthews – Definitions of Toast
Dave Baillie
Amy Matthews starts this afternoon by lampooning how difficult middle-aged men have it, before hitting us with a couple of really great bits about sneezes and jam. I haven’t seen…
Dave Baillie
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lara Ricote – Inkling
Starting with a completely incomprehensible impression of the Oracle of Delphi performed over the uplight of an under-chin torch is a bold move. We’re less than a minute in and…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Daniel Kitson – Thrum
A man stands on a stage and tells some stories. It might take an hour and forty, he says, but he’s not sure as he’s only said this all the…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: David Correos – Noise Zealand
Many shows at the Edinburgh Fringe claim to be ‘anarchic’, but I’m pretty sure only this one will cause a reviewer (me) to take the following note: “crowd cheer Eton…
Edinburgh Review: Eric Rushton – Could Well Be In
Last year Eric Rushton was in the Monkey Barrel-run Hive bar, which smelled so bad that I left wondering precisely how many monkeys had died in that barrel. This year…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Mike Wozniak – The Bench
It’s not often you see an Edinburgh show and wonder exactly how it works.
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Bella Hull – Mad Cow Disease
Bella Hull is a performer capable of quickly generating an impressive amount of energy in a room. As we were settling in, I’d worried that this midweek lunchtime audience seemed…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sarah Roberts – Scary Movie 7
Sarah Roberts solemnly enters the room, wearing a hooded robe and chains, in keeping with the horror theme of the title (and flyer and poster), before removing the hood, and…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: David O’Doherty – At This Stage
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…