Edinburgh Fringe Review: Dan Rath – Help Me Please
Sarah Stringer
If you like Dan Rath’s usual stuff, you will love this show. If you do not, you might want to give it a miss; Rath recommends that several times throughout…
Sarah Stringer
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Samira Banks – Not Banking On It WIP
Samira Banks first came on my radar when I watched the finals of the So You Think You’re Funny competition in 2023, and was not remotely surprised when she won,…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Nick Helm – Down ‘n’ Dirty Weekend
This show was a release party for part 1 of Nick Helm’s triple album, Down ‘N’ Dirty, which was released on Bandcamp this week. The initial release is for the…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Hannah Platt – Cult Classic
Cult Classic is Hannah Platt’s sophomore hour, but she has the skill and presence of someone with far more experience. She commands the room easily, despite being small and self-described…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Phil Nichol – Aren’t We Lucky
When Phil Nichol was a younger comedian, he was loud, intense, and extremely physical in the way he ran around the stage and into the crowd to jump on the…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Stuart Laws as Michael Caine and Nish Kumar as Christopher Nolan Doing Something For An Hour
Whoever had the idea to make Nish Kumar play the straight man (presumably Stuart Laws) is a genius. It’s far from an obvious choice, given his persona. But watching him…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sammy J – Hero Complex
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…
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: 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…