REVIEW: JUPITER @ Assembly Roxy

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is much easier to understand how cults form after seeing Rob Auton. His latest show, JUPITER, sees him as an estate agent on the planet Jupiter.

Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is much easier to understand how cults form after seeing Rob Auton. His latest show, JUPITER, sees him as an estate agent on the planet Jupiter.

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou don’t need to have seen much stand-up before thinking that a lot of comics could benefit from therapy. Shrink Wrapped goes one step further and builds a whole show around it - three comics and a real-life clinical psychologist get together onstage, perform some routines, and sit down together to analyse them.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the male heir of a wealthy family doing comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe, Alfie Dundas maybe doesn’t have the most unique position in the festival.

Reading Time: 2 minutestheSpaceUK held its annual Press Launch on the opening Sunday of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and what an eclectic delight it was.

Reading Time: 2 minutesRory Marshall’s latest stand-up hour Thank You for the Opportunity adds a ripe bunch more to the list.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWithin a few minutes of being on stage, Chris Cantrill distances himself from political leanings, moves away from talking about any SNL UK gossip and delivers the funniest piece of fringe gossip that I have heard in a long time.

Reading Time: 2 minutesVivien Puppa Kocsis graced us all with her first live performance. And what a fabulous debut it was. She may not be a performer (yet), but she had irrefutable stage presence and commanded the room with ease.

Reading Time: 2 minutesNumerous award winning shows, fifteen years of Edinburgh Fringe performances, Scottish Comedian of the Year 2013 winner and Celtic fan, Larry Dean is somewhat of a darling of Scottish comedy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesJay Jurden is a prime example that great stand-up doesn't need elaborate staging.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 2026 Press Launch at Underbelly felt like a celebration. From the litany of joyous acts to the 20th birthday of “Violet” the Coo, there was plenty of fun to be had.