Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show (rating 5/5) A small company performs a series of five ten-minute comedies selected from three menus on different days, each one accompanied by free coffee, croissants and strawberries. Bite-Size Breakfast is a delicious highlight of the Fringe for the 12th year and features new and well-crafted writing that is fast-paced and […]
Edinburgh Fringe
Funny man with more than a few tricks up his sleeve
Pete Firman: Marvels (4/5) Anyone who has seen his television show will know exactly what to expect and Firman doesn’t disappoint. He’s quick, cheery and very clever, deliberately under-stating his tricks to achieve maximum elation when he pulls them off. A simple egg and handkerchief routine comes with a head-shaking surprise, as does his finale, […]
Comic genius in a game of making things up
Paul Merton’s Impro Chums (Rating 4/5) Returning to the Fringe after a one-year absence, Paul Merton’s Impro Chums is the show you can rely on even though it changes every evening. The trick is to have the best improv comics in the business, and Merton’s long-established reputation mean that’s a given. He’s joined by Lee […]
Master craftsman who keeps the show flowing
Mark Watson: The Infinite Show (Rating 5/5) This is a show about empathy, what it is and whether it’s easy to feel. If that makes it sound like it’s going to be deeply introspective and downbeat, think again as this is anything other than a show to make you feel sad. Watson celebrates life in […]
Smith delivers fantastic tribute to his late father
Arthur Smith : Syd (Rating 5/5) Every comedian apparently has a ‘dead dad show’ in them, and this is Arthur Smith’s, but as you would expect from a comedian of Smith’s standing it’s different from any dead dad show you’ll have seen before. The show is not Smith’s reflections on what the death of his […]