

Sonali Misra
@MisraSonali
Dr Sonali Misra (she/her) is an award-winning Indian author with a PhD in Publishing Studies. Her short stories and personal essays can be found in British, Canadian and Indian anthologies and at The National Library of Scotland. Her debut nonfiction book, 21 Fantastic Failures: and what their stories teach us, was released in 2020. Her work-in-progress YA fantasy novel won her Scottish Book Trust's New Writers Award in 2023. When she is not writing or teaching, Sonali enjoys watching stand-up comedy and drag shows and is thus happily reviewing them at Fringe.
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Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!
Australian comic Nicholson returns to Fringe with an enchanting and uproarious hour about their life after marriage

Eleanor Morton: Haunted House
Mixing clever storytelling, humour and heart-wrenching tales, Eleanor Morton presents a haunting hour

Rahul Subramanian: Who Are You?
Energetic performer with a knack for observational comedy and creating a character that will stay with us long after

Ivo Graham: Grand Designs
Self-professed ‘posh twat’ Graham discusses his own grand designs, and how life often has other plans

Suhani Shah: Spellbound 2.0
Suhani Shah leaves her audience truly spellbound in her Fringe return

Jazz Emu: Knight Fever
Jazz Emu returns with a brilliant new musical comedy sketch about winning a knighthood – and our hearts

James Roque: Champorado
Sophomore show of Filipino-Kiwi comic hits the right notes in our comedic palette

Stuart McPherson: HORSE
Enviable stage presence and universal routines packed with back-to-back laughs

Vir Das: The Fool
Despite the show’s title, Vir Das is no fool – he knows exactly what to say and how to say it in this masterful solo stand-up hour

ALOK
ALOK combines spoken word and theatre with comedy in a thought-provoking solo act but leaves the audience wanting a bit more connection

Kanan Gill: What Is This?
Playful and charming Fringe debut with the perfect balance of comedic physicality and intellectual probing

In Everglade Studio
A vivd mix of comedy and discomfort, snappy dialogue, and toe-tapping original music make for an intriguing watch

Rhys James: Spilt Milk
With such a high ratio of laughs per minute, there will be no crying over this ‘Spilt Milk’ – unless it’s tears of laughter

La Clique
Experience every shade of cabaret brilliance at this outlandish and beautiful circus

BATSU!
Game show in the style of Japanese ‘penalty games’, our lives were incomplete before this perfect late-night Fringe pick

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live
Equal-opportunity hater/Indian comic makes his debut at the Fringe with an experimental crowd-work show

Comedians’ DJ Battles
Fun battle among comedians-turned-DJs is an ideal late-night event

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!
Physical gags, goofy humour, and roaring audience engagement, all packaged in an animated and loveable stage persona

Sikisa: Hear Me Out
Come for the comedy, and stay for the cheeky humour, reveals, and dance

Celya AB: Second Rodeo
Sophomore show has a blistering first half, yet slightly falls away in the second

Sofie Hagen: Banglord
Commanding stage presence and quick wit that would make anyone decry democracy and welcome Hagen as our benevolent dictator/banglord

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
The improv experts are back at Fringe and will have you doubling over in laughter, whether you’re a Jane Austen fan or not.

Monét X Change: Life be Lifein’
A clever act in combining Monét’s key skills – drag, comedy and song – to share her story with us in a heartfelt way

Sapan Verma: Shame On Me
Notable Indian comic navigates the lines between internet fame and the fear of retaliation in his home country