Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Ballard – Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)
Sarah Stringer
Tom Ballard has picked an incredibly tricky subject for a comedy show in 2026: trying to defend his choice to do a Nazi salute on stage in his 2024 show,…
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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Rosco McClelland – The Bones
Two years ago, Rosco McClelland did a serious stand-up show about his potentially life-threatening medical condition. One year ago, he did a fun stand-up show with material about Roombas, and…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Cashman – NPC (Nearly Perfect Comedian)
Tom Cashman has a persona that’s hard to pin down. Sometimes he relies too hard on mainstream tropes and seems like he’d make a great club comedian, but he also…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Frankie McNair – Huge Ass Mindset
Frankie McNair is new to Edinburgh, arriving from Australia with a show that comes highly recommended by reviews, overseas awards nominations, and word of mouth. The actual performance lived up…
Film Review: Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma
Alex Finch
When it comes to world-building Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma deserves some kind of an award for covering the most ground in the shortest time period.…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Rich Hall – Chin Music
Dave Baillie
I’m currently half way through Rich Hall’s excellent autobiography Nailing It at the moment and so when I spotted that he was playing the Teviot Debating Hall I had no…
Edinburgh Fringe Diary: August 21, 2026
I scheduled 10 shows to watch on August 21 as, to misappropriate a John-Luke Roberts quote, an experiment in whether someone can do that. They were all at the Monkey…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Amy Matthews – Definitions of Toast
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…
Edinburgh Fringe review: Susie McCabe – Coming of Rage
Susie McCabe has had a terrible year. Her marriage ended, her dad died (but I wouldn’t call this a Dead Dad show, not enough tears), she had to arrange a…
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…