1+ week, 5+ day ago   (134+ words) Studied haplessness makes for a brilliant, satirical, physical comedy from Geoff Sobelle and co. A graduate from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to the Edinburgh International Festival, for which he’s produced the previous big hits Home and Food, Sobelle brings a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (164+ words) The Captain sees Adam Riches at the helm of another excellent, confidently unadorned sports comedy-drama The anatomy lecture theatre at Summerhall, formerly a veterinary college, makes the perfect setting for a play about Victorian men’s ambition, hubris and faith in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (238+ words) festmag.com Review: Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party Adam Flood’s relentless exploration of millennial anguish is bombastic, but in need of some fine tuning Processing his millennial angst through persistent beats and thirsty AutoTune, Adam Flood’s intense…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (89+ words) Kate Dehnert’s emotional show explores the fall-out from a ten-year relationship In a culture that’s joyfully embracing the ‘unhinged’, there’s no shortage at this year’s Fringe of radically open comedies featuring performers seeming to be right on the brink. Of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) Zoe Wohlfield delivers a committed performance exploring grief as she stages a funeral for her furry best friend Zoe Wohlfeld’s dog Twinkles, we discover via a cutesy hand-drawn opening animation, has died. And with the twisty and baroque set of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (232+ words) festmag.com Rob Copland: ONE (more please) Rob Copland grapples with professional woes and becoming a father in his latest show Rob Copland didn’t want to be at this year’s festival he huffs. Coming hard upon his daughter being born…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (304+ words) festmag.com Review: Robin Grainger: Lemonade Robin Grainger makes his anticipated Edinburgh Fringe return with Lemonade Born in Aberdeenshire and now local to the Edinburgh comedy scene, Robin Grainger has seen previous successes at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (154+ words) Ed Night delivers a tight set that is as introspective as it is mischievous The big question in the lengthy queue awaiting Ed Night’s new hour: would the once-sardonic outsider be all giddily upbeat after that Best Show nomination last…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (241+ words) festmag.com Review: Josh Pickar: Getting Off The comedian draws on his past as a death row lawyer to examine the US justice system Although the title is deceptive, and Pickar’s hour is more a monologue with jokes than a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (221+ words) festmag.com Themes of queer liberation and sexual awakening run through this addition to the carnivore horror genre Georgina Collins brings her debut Fringe play, exploring the mix of shame and desire that one 25-year-old feels, with a demonic twinkle…...