Film Review: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Alex Finch
David Wain’s not particularly well known on this side of the pond, which feels quite appalling as the man’s responsible for some of the funniest tv and movie comedy of…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Guy Williams – Rich people are stealing from you and blaming brown people and trans people and some people believe them aaahhhhhh!
Sarah Stringer
This is Guy Williams’ third show in Edinburgh, and if you liked the first two, you will like this one. It’s more stuff along the Guy Williams line: shouty, angry,…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Sean Morely – Backchannel
We’ve all been there. We’ve all seen a stand-up show that makes some interesting observation, and we’ve thought, “I wonder if that’s true, it would be cool to test it.”…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tom Ballard – Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)
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,…
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
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…