Edinburgh Fringe Review: Stuart Goldsmith – Canary
Sarah Stringer
Stuart Goldsmith has found a niche, and it’s working for him. Comedy is usually more interesting when it’s specific, and Goldsmith’s shows about the climate crisis and sustainability are no…
Comedy
Edinburgh Fringe Review: David Correos – Noise Zealand
Dave Baillie
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: Ed Night – We’ll Be All Right, Darling
We enter the venue to Clay Pigeons by Blaze Foley, which is one of the best songs ever written (in one comedy reviewer’s accurate opinion), and immediately sets a tone…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Dan Rath – Help Me Please
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…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Mike Wozniak – The Bench
It’s not often you see an Edinburgh show and wonder exactly how it works.
Tom Sainsbury – Lessons Not Learnt
Alex Finch
New Zealand’s Tom Sainsbury tests the crowd fairly early on in the show, asking who’s here because of his Instagram sketches (a large chunk of the audience), his appearance on…
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…