Three men wearing ill-fitted old fashioned pastel suits bound onto the stage. We are about to see the greatest band in the history of the world. The Flop! Except nothing happens.... more
Reviews
Lily Phillips has had her fair share of being objectified. She trained as a dancer then worked on the lower rungs of show business. She used to get paid to impersonate the blonde Disney... more
The Edinburgh Fringe has a habit of throwing up weird and wonderful physical comedy shows that are left wide open to interpretation. A few years ago it was Natalie Palamides and her egg-chucking show... more
Twenty years ago I ran into Simon Munnery as he was coming out of St Leonard’s police station, the morning after he was arrested on Arthur Smith’s traditional 2AM walking tour of the Royal Mile.... more
Lots of people have asked the question why comics do what they do, given that so many are so socially awkward and shy. You won’t find a better explanation than the one in Rob Auton’s show, which... more
Crizards Will Rowland and Eddy Hare say they've been called the "UK's lowest energy double act" and that is certainly not a case of mis-selling. Their new show Cowboys is so laid back it almost... more
Freshly married, living in London and now a British citizen, Italian Luca Cupani is enjoying a new lease of life. But it wasn’t always that way. Cupani tried and failed to leave Italy many times... more
Olaf Falafel's show is always one of the daftest, looniest shows on the Fringe. It's also free if you are what Falafel calls an "opportunistic chancer" who is quick enough to do a runner before... more
Do reviews matter? In 2018 early on during the Fringe I reviewed Tom Ward's show and gave it three stars. Towards the end of the festival I was googling around and saw that Ward had written something... more
If you are worried that your energy bills are going to be too high this winter plug into Sara Barron. The London-based US comic has what is known as "American Energy" – she is brassy, loud and an... more
