Edinburgh Fringe Review: Phil Nichol – Aren’t We Lucky
Sarah Stringer
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…
Comedy
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Bella Hull – Mad Cow Disease
Dave Baillie
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: 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: 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…
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…