REVIEW: Max Olesker: Making The Cut
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdapted from his memoir Making the Cut: An Unorthodox Love Story, Max Olesker has carefully crafted a 60-minute routine centred around his romance with now wife Eliana.
Category Comedy
REVIEW: I’m Fine: Sasha Nezlobin
Reading Time: 2 minutesPutin isn’t someone who is likely to have a great sense of humour. Which is unfortunate, as maybe if he could take a joke, plus some criticism of the Russian government, Sasha Nezlobin wouldn’t have been designated a ‘foreign agent’ and exiled from his homeland.
REVIEW: Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEight years after first tackling her OCD on stage, Catherine Bohart is back at the Soho Theatre with a level of comic confidence that can only come from time, perspective, and a freshly signed mortgage.
REVIEW: Rope Drop: the Unofficial Disney Parks Comedy
Reading Time: 2 minutes“When you wish upon a star, this is the kind of Disney cabaret you could only dream of. Practically perfect in every way.” Hold on to your hats and glasses, because best friends Ayesha Patel and Jordan…
REVIEW: Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous
Reading Time: 2 minutesRuby Wax shares a gripping retrospective that teases time Ruby Wax is absolutely famous, however this statement would perhaps ring most resonantly during the 90s when she took the interview documentary genre by storm. Looking around the…
REVIEW: Duck @ Gilded Balloon
Reading Time: 2 minutesSam Morrison brings a new hour of stand up to the Fringe, that takes a look at grief, sexuality, religion and so much more, all while relating that to several members of the animal kingdom. DUCK explores these issues with a solid scientific base, while providing hilarious insights into Morrison's own life experiences.
REVIEW: Biscuit Barrel: The 69 Sketch Show @ GildedBalloon
Reading Time: 2 minutesBiscuit Barrel bring a high energy hour of sketches to the Fringe, with their signature challenge of showcasing sixty-nine sketches in one hour.
REVIEW: John Achkar @ Just The Spare Room
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe name of John Achkar’s show, listed in full on the Fringe website, is a full sentence, and a really long one: John Achkar: His country is collapsing. He's having a baby. So obviously, this is the right year for a Lebanese comedian you've never heard of to try English stand-up for the first time.
REVIEW: Hipster Hell @ PBH’s Free Fringe – BrewDog Lothian Rd
Reading Time: 2 minutes“There is something here amongst the chaos”
REVIEW: Tilting at Windmills @ Monkey Barrel
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A wry walk through the wreckage of modern life”