Kyle Ayers presents “Hard To Say” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kyle Ayers is working on being present, which is something we all should do but definitely trickier for him. Why is not hard to …
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Graham Kay: “Pete and Me” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Born in Ottawa but based in New York City, Graham Kay is clearly still very much a Canadian at heart. That’d likely be true …
Continue ReadingKevin James Doyle: “After Endgame” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐ Netflix made chess thrilling and seductive during the pandemic with The Queen’s Gambit. Kevin James Doyle’s show can’t hope to compete with that. Nor …
Continue ReadingAlice Snedden: “Highly Credible” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Alice Snedden’s new hour, her first Fringe show since before the pandemic, stands in stark contrast to the hours that precede her in the …
Continue ReadingAshley Gavin: “My Therapist Is Dying” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ NYC-based stand-up Ashley Gavin warns us early on that she knows she looks ridiculous when she cries as well as just how she dresses …
Continue ReadingAnna Akana: “It Gets Darker” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Actress Anna Akana has more than 2.8 million YouTube subscribers (and an additional 1.5 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram), and her first …
Continue ReadingCatherine McCafferty: “(Not) That Bad” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “If it’s not content, then why did it happen?” That’s a pithy way for someone who has grown up in the social media age …
Continue ReadingVeronica Osorio as “Medicine Woman” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ There’s something extra ominous about being led through a bar into a dark, damp cave as the clock approaches midnight, receiving a wooden percussive …
Continue ReadingIan Lockwood: “The Farewell Tour” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Lots of Fringe shows this month employ songs of the summer from Chappell Roan and Charli XCX to hype up the crowds and themselves. …
Continue ReadingElf Lyons: “Horses” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who wouldn’t want to see “the first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse.” Then you encounter Emily-Anne …
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