Reviews
Charlie Vero-Martin: Scrapbook
Joyful character comedy backed with historical fact
Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show
Skillful and silly comedy has the Patter Hoose shaking with laughter
Jessica Fostekew: Hench
Feminism, diet culture and sexist babies are all up for discussion in Fostekew’s hilarious hour of stand-up
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Dreamboat
A confident show from one of Scotland’s most promising young comedians
Funny In Real Life
Married duo deliver clever meta comedy about airing their family secrets for laughs
Demi Lardner: Ditch Witch 800
Technical hitches let down a potentially tremendous show
Matt Forde: Brexit, Pursued by a Bear
Forde’s political comedy is uneven but consistently entertaining
The Best Show We’ve Ever Done At The Edinburgh Fringe
Australian trio entertain as a hammy thespian family trapped in a Fringe bunker
Des Kapital: I’m Loving Engels Instead
Wobbly communism-themed musical comedy doesn’t spark a revolution
Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum
A masterful coming-of-age story told through clowning and a couple’s relationship
Children of the Quorn
Quirky, surprising and rewarding show from comedy sketch duo
Eleanor Conway: You May Recognise Me From Tinder
A remarkable show that mixes great humour with resonating personal experience.
Ciarán Dowd: Padre Rodolfo
Riotous character comedy is an hour of ecclesiastical excellence
Will Penswick: Nørdic(k)
Fishy whiff of over-familiarity can’t sink gleefully silly Scandi pastiche
Louise Leigh: Identifiable
Mild-mannered mainstream hour about middle-class motherhood
Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody
A light-hearted parody full of talent but lacking a coherent plot