If in doubt get your bum out. It's a tried and tested comic technique and Australian physical comedian Garry Starr puts it to excellent use in his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Garry Starr Performs... more
Reviews
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern might well be dead, but The Pin are live and funny as ever at this year’s Fringe. In a tightly scripted hour, Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden bend the form of sketch comedy... more
The Amused Moose New Comedy Awards are a good way of getting a flavour of the Fringe in one hit. Eight acts did ten-minute sections from their show in the hope of picking up a prize previously won by... more
It's Daniel Connell’s first ever time in Edinburgh – but he’s been recommended to me by every Australian comic I know. Finally I got to see him myself – and I love him too.Connell, who’s softly... more
Rhys Nicholson is super sharp. As sharp as his perfectly pressed suit, his elegantly arched scarlet quiff and his perfectly filed golden fingernails. He’s a stand up who is unashamedly himself,... more
Comedy is having a confessional moment. True stories are tumbling from the lips of comics all over town and it is not a bad thing.“Everything I am going to tell you on stage is true,” says Mandy... more
With newspapers shrinking and the number of shows increasing it has been particularly hard for less-established Edinburgh Fringe acts to get press coverage this year. Or even get press into their... more
Rob Auton begins by welcoming his audience. “Hello, what’s your name. Where are you from?“Are you from York? So am I?”He’s long-haired, bearded, softly spoken, seemingly shy. The props he... more
There are so many strong shows at the Edinburgh Fringe this year it is easy for some to get overlooked by reviewers. Sean McLoughlin doesn't seem to have had many critics in so far but he doesn't... more
#MeToo is a watershed for the arts, and comedy is responding loud and clear. I don’t mean to put two young female comedians alongside the hashtag without good grounds, but Lazy Susan want to take us... more
