Reviews

Monkey Barrel 2

Stuart McPherson: HORSE

Enviable stage presence and universal routines packed with back-to-back laughs

Just the Tonic @ The Mash House

3HAMS

3HAMS can’t find the balance between its competing elements, but remains a powerful play about eating disorders with two accomplished lead performances.

Pleasance Dome

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

Underbelly Bristo Square

ALOK

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

Pleasance Cabaret Bar

Kanan Gill: What Is This?

Playful and charming Fringe debut with the perfect balance of comedic physicality and intellectual probing

Hootananny

Alex Kitson: Must I Paint You a Picture

Alex Kitson brings the audience into a ‘secret’ that’s haunted him for over a decade through light jokes and clever asides.

Greenside @ Riddle's Court

Fit Ye Sayin’ Quine?

Charming, sincere, and unflinchingly Scottish theatre

Ollie Horn: Comedy for Toxic People (and Their Friends)

Comedian ‘nice guy’ transforms into a ‘toxic character’ for a ball-busting show of howling laughter and mocking the most ‘toxic’ people we may have met

Underbelly Cowgate

Bill’s 44th

RSVP ASAP for this superb birthday bash

C alto

/ And Her

Unashamedly intellectual portrait of a forgotten prodigy and an ill-fated queen

Edinburgh Playhouse

Declan McKenna

The rising star can do no wrong as he shows what all the buzz is about

C Venues - C

Man Up: A Show for Women!

Starring a woman in drag as a far-right pundit masquerading as a feminist ally, the show mocks today’s political climate through punchy jokes and an emotional undertone