Reading Time: < 1 minuteFiona jumped into notability at last year's fringe as winner of the Edinburgh Comedy-ish Award. An experienced act and host she’s now building her next show and from what I can tell it’s going to be great.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a beautiful courtyard of possibly the poshest hotel I’ve ever stepped foot in there’s an early morning (for fringe) gathering for Funny Women at the fringe. A mixed group of ages and experience, everyone is stuck in chatting about the early days of the fringe. Snippets of conversations hang in the air ‘I had a small audience’, ‘make sure you steam’, ‘there’s massage chairs in Edinburgh Waverley.’
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt takes only a few seconds for the show to start making you laugh, with the group ridiculing the prestige they’ve been given for “winning a bunch of awards 50 years ago” setting the tone for another absurdist, satirical, and unserious show, with some serious talent. Any fan of Monty Python will feel right at home, sketches are littered with absurdist punchlines, wordplay that makes you roll your eyes violently, and sight gags that make you feel like you’re going a little insane. Each of the actors has a great chemistry , selling whacky character and scenes nonchalantly.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis highly relatable, dark comedy will speak to anyone who has been through the weird and wonderful stages of a breakup whilst still holding onto the hope that it can’t truly be over. The one-woman show is a monologue about heartbreak and the crazy things it can make us do.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNicole Nadler's Why Am I (Still) Like This? is a moving and hilarious exploration of life with ADHD that leaves audiences both crying and laughing. In this captivating one-woman show, Nadler fearlessly delves into her 30-year journey with neurodivergence, using a minimalist set to maximum effect.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSpruce Moose Comedy have created a fast paced and hilarious piece of theatre. It is set in the 1700’s, in the prime time of pirates. This piece of theatre could be translated to any venue, with a stage of any size and it would still be just as enjoyable. The protagonist, Sharkbait Mulligan (Matthew Davies) and his ‘shadowing’ intern Louie (Ahmed Amor) are thrown to the sharks by the agonist Captain Codpiece (Barnaby Evans). This is the catalyst to the beginning of the pirate’s quest to find treasure and the importance of having a supportive crew. You will crave rum after this show.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRaul Kohli’s show weaves a narrative around what it means to be British, and how this fits with our multicultural society of today. Son of a Hindu Indian and a Sikh Singaporean, he was raised in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and Geordie deadpan humour is apparent in abundance.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDarby James displays in 60 minutes everything you can really want and need from a musical comedy, as well as lovingly injecting existentialist fears (and possible answers) into you via excellent sperm based jokes, storytelling and songs.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLou Taylor starts her show with the best day of her life. And it’s a corker. Over the course of an hour, we’re brought into her inner confidences, with a combination of stories and short films, covering topics from unorthodox childhood career plans, eyebrow disasters, early relationships and the effect of 90s media on all of the above. We flip back and forth between the past and now, comparing generational differences and disappointing sexual encounters.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a show laced with his trademark multimedia elements, Ted takes us on a meticulously planned journey through his formative years, self-discovery and family relationships. After studying Netflix specials, he knows what makes up a “normal” comedy performance, and over the course of an hour, we tick those off in a charmingly comedic way, whilst maintaining the heart of his message. More tender moments are handled with a deftness of touch, and carefully balanced against the next laugh (of which there were many). Again, he had the data to prove the laughs are there.