Edinburgh Fringe review: Susie McCabe – Coming of Rage
Sarah Stringer
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
Dave Baillie
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: Caitriona Dowden – Sesh Head
Comedy is often best when it’s specific, and Caitriona Dowden has built a career on this principle. Her first hour was about Medieval theology; her second about apocalyptic dread, and…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Rob Auton – Jupiter
An outsider’s perspective is often an advantage in comedy – an immigrant talking about a country where they didn’t grow up, a queer person dissecting the dominant straight culture, a…
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: Li Jin Hao – Falling From a Moon
Li Jin Hao: like if someone looked at Johnny White Really-Really and said, “Not quite whimsical enough.” Li’s debut hour, Swimming a Submarine (now on YouTube for free), was a…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Stuart Goldsmith – Canary
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…
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: 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…