Lou Wall: “Breaking the Fifth Wall” at Edinburgh Fringe 205
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Lou Wall is one of my favorite powerpoint-based comedians working today, for the way she casually and chaotically edits and produces musical numbers to …
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Laura Benanti: “Nobody Cares” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Laura Benanti is a long way from Broadway. But her audience can find her just fine at her first Edinburgh Fringe, where audiences might …
Continue ReadingEpisode #475: Ismael Loutfi
Ismael Loutfi is a comedian and TV writer currently working on the animated series Mating Season from the makers of Big Mouth. His previous credits include …
Continue ReadingAlice Cockayne: “Licensed. Professional. Trained. Qualified.” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Some Fringe venues just feel built for late-night madcap humor. Pleasance Bunker Two is one of them, and while Alice Cockayne might specialize more …
Continue ReadingHal Cruttenden: “Can Dish It Out But Can’t Take It” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ The acts I tend to see playing the Cabaret Bar in Pleasance Courtyard each Fringe tend to be some of the most polished club …
Continue ReadingSusan Harrison: “Should I Still Be Doing This?” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ It feels like an insult slotting a sprightly character comedian in a spare classroom named Pip in the daylight hours of Fringe. Almost as …
Continue ReadingTiff Stevenson: “Post-Coital” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ In her hot perimenopause summer phase, Tiff Stevenson understands she cannot control the weather or a piece of her own hair that wants to …
Continue ReadingAdele Cliff: “Adele, Adele, Adele … Cliff It Isn’t The Consequences of My Own Actions” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Adele’s mother has died since her last proper Fringe show, but not to worry. This won’t be one of those Fringe shows. While Adele …
Continue ReadingNarin Oz: “Inner Child(ish)” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ If you’ve never witnessed a performer struggle with an empty room in the middle of the day and question all of their choices, then …
Continue ReadingDylan Adler: “Haus of Dy-Lan” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ One of those performances that feels like it’ll be an even stronger hour with packed houses (er, haus’s) by the end of August. After …
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