Elf Lyons has made a beautiful show about horses – and particularly about the way she used to pretend to be a horse as a child. Adopting an absurdly grand, grown-up voice she introduces herself... more
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Amy Gledhill steps onto the stage in a brightly coloured outfit and an extravagant wig – looking much as she appears on the poster for this show – which is one of the funniest on the Fringe. She... more
There has been a lot of talk at the Fringe this year about comedians mining their own trauma for material. It used to be dead dad shows, but that has now been overtaken by shows more specifially... more
Back in 2020 Irish comedian Grace Mulvey won the inaugural BBC Galton and Simpson Bursary for Comedy Writing. I presume there wasn’t a BBC Galton and Simpson Bursary for Comedy Talking or she would... more
Josh Thomas, creator of the brilliant sitcoms ‘Please Like Me’ and ‘Everything’s Going to Be Okay’ has never done an Edinburgh show – although he was a finalist in So You Think You’re Funny in 2005.... more
It's the show you've been waiting for. The show that you thought might never happen. The show that goes to places that other shows can only imagine. Well, maybe. It's Shitty Mozart, the hi-tech low... more
It’s a while since I’ve heard the words ‘nonce’ and ‘paedo’ used as a punchline. It’s not edgy to do this, frankly it’s old fashioned. But there is a coterie of young-ish male comics who... more
Alfie Brown has always been known to be one of comedy’s more thoughtful stand-ups. One where you can’t help but resort to cliches such as “taboo-busting” and that worst cliche of all, “edgy”. So... more
Bobby Davro is dong a run at this year's Fringe but if you want to see impressions at their finest go and see Emma Sidi. Well, maybe that's not quite true. She doesn't do Frank Spencer or Stephen... more
There’s something odd going on here. If you’ve been around the Gilded Balloon you might have run into Nate Kitch, storming out of his own show, talking to the techies about his audience –... more
