Edinburgh Fringe review: Matt Price, The Maryhill Dinosaur
This show is more storytelling than stand-up, and it’s all the better for it. Matt Price is ready and waiting as the seats fill up to welcome guests in, genuinely grateful for their presence.
Edinburgh Fringe review: John Scott & Viv Gee, Anything’s Better Than These Cunts
It’s as good a month as you’re ever going to get to be a Scottish political satirist right now. John Scott and Viv Gee enter the fray with a fairly no nonsense show title which let’s you know exactly what you’re in for.
Edinburgh Fringe review: ComedySportz UK
Splitting an impov troupe into two teams, ComedySportz creates a unique show of competitive improvised comedy that, for the most part, feels forced and patronising.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised
Due to the popularity of shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway?, short-form improv seems to be a much more common beast at the Fringe than long-form. As standard bearers for the latter, the boys making up Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised are a great demonstration of the magic that can only come through long-form improvisation.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Mickey Sharma, Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!
Mickey Sharma tells his 10-strong crowd that he’s just come off several nights of having a full room. The comedown to this size is very obvious in his apparent lack of enthusiasm tonight.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Andrew Bird, Up Against It
Andrew Bird settles into his show immediately with little introduction and faff, content to roll along with the whole hour to deliver laugh after laugh at a steady pace.
Edinburgh Fringe review: Josh Ladgrove, Come Heckle Christ
Jesus Christ, noted sandal fan and celebrity Son of God, famously said,“Let him who is without sin, cast the first stone.”
Edinburgh Fringe review: Adam Hess, Mustard
Adam Hess is one of the bigger names on the Free Fringe, as the line of fans with reserved seats and the secondary stand-by queue makes clear.
