Ross Leslie: Pretty Shy for a White Guy
Subtle humour stretched a little too thin in Leslie's first full hour
Cath is a freelance writer whose first published work was a critique of Ready Steady Cook in a national newspaper when she was 10. For 11 months of the year she can be found hunched over a laptop bemoaning the state of the world, but every August comes alive at the Fringe.
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Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk
Lexx has an uncanny knack of finding humour in heavy topics
Lou Sanders: Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy
An enjoyable, if familiar hour of comedy
Eleanor Morton: Post-Morton
Lukewarm comedy hour lacks bite
Ahir Shah: Dots
A subtle, poetic look at existential angst, faith and love from comedy award favourite Shah
Rosco McClelland
Magic Belly
Enjoyable, escapist hour from former Scottish Comedian of the Year McClelland
Fern Brady: Power and Chaos
Brady is on blistering, ballsy and bloody funny form
Jessica Fostekew: Hench
Feminism, diet culture and sexist babies are all up for discussion in Fostekew's hilarious hour of stand-up
Elizabeth Macneal
The Doll Factory
Sumptuous, engrossing depiction of obsession and ambition in the Victorian era.
Katie Lowe
The Furies
Absorbing, haunting and dark debut novel from Katie Lowe.