Comedy
Oliver Farrimond: Britain's foremost pornographer arrives for his show armed and ready. Bounding up the centre aisle wielding a video camera, the crowd visibly recoils ...
Theatre
Ed Ballard: There's a new serial killer on the block, says Eugene Crowley, a creepy "mind-hunter" from the "Southern United States". We should all watch out, he s...
Andrew Chadwick: The title of Keith Farnan's show originates in a sign he once saw on the wall of his boss' office whilst working in the US. Farnan bases his material ...
Junta Sekimori: With the right atmosphere this could be a really enchanting evening event to set you up for a spirited late night of Fringe festivities. But relying h...
Jo Bedford: There’s nothing subtle about Mommie and the Minister. From drag queens, through incest and child abuse, to melodramatic spurts of fake blood, th...
Ella Hickson: Naïve and bumbling Kenny arrives fresh from the job centre to take up a position as a security guard in a set of tower blocks. Higgins, the veter...
Chris McCall: Dave Gorman has a lot to answer for. His Googlewhack adventure was more than just a comedy show, it was an inspiration to joke-starved comedians every...
Neil Pooran: Right from its lively, inventive opening, Cure stands out as a classy and extremely enjoyable production. We see the five characters emerge like facel...
Tom Crookston: As you wander from the Gilded Balloon Teviot, past the Grolsch Green and down to the Smirnoff Underbelly, it’s easy to forget that the Edinburgh...
Ciaran Healy: The variety show is a lost art. Gone are the days of Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and few mourn their passing. Mawkish comperes, cheesy act...
Neil Pooran: Though he might not succeed in convincing everyone of America’s greatness, Lewis Schaffer succeeds in producing a damn funny stand-up act. His p...
Tom Crookston: Jollie does not start well. There’s some woeful singing, an accordion, and a couple of crass jokes about Myra Hindley. And, of course, there&rsq...
Ella Hickson: Pip Utton is the first man on earth to attempt a one-man The War of the Worlds performance. Using the original, unabridged script and a specially edit...
Hannah Thomas: In the four years since he last performed at the Fringe, Dan Antopolski's been busy "making babies." Unfortunately the fact that he's "a family man th...
Tom Crookston: Carey Marx has been accused of misogyny in his stand-up routines, but flatly denies it. “I’m a great fan of women,” he insists, &ldq...