Andrew Dipper

Review: Chris Ramsey: Aggrophobic – Pleasance Hut, Edinburgh.

Review: Chris Ramsey: Aggrophobic – Pleasance Hut, Edinburgh.

Chris Ramsey’s debut debut solo show at the Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Aggrophobic’, is an affable, entertaining performance from the Northern comedian.

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Dan Willis (Michael Jackson: World’s Greatest Entertainer) – Espionage, Edinburgh.

Review: Dan Willis (Michael Jackson: World’s Greatest Entertainer) – Espionage, Edinburgh.

Directly following Dan Willis’ ‘Ferris Bueller’s Way Of…’, the Newcastle comic performed a themed show in the same venue as a non-offensive, humorous tribute to Michael Jackson.

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Adam Hills: Mess Around – Assembly@Assembly Hall, Edinburgh.

Review: Adam Hills: Mess Around – Assembly@Assembly Hall, Edinburgh.

This year Adam Hills has thrown out the rule book. He declined to write an Edinburgh show, instead opting to ‘mess around’ with members of the audience as he says they’re ‘instantly more fascinating than any attention seeking comedian on-stage’.

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Richard Herring: Christ On A Bike – Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh.

Review: Richard Herring: Christ On A Bike – Assembly@George Street, Edinburgh.

‘I consider Richard Herring to be one of the must-see performers of any Edinburgh Festival’, writes Jamie Stubbs.

 Andrew Dipper

Review: Kai Humphries: Evolution – Underbelly, Edinburgh.

Review: Kai Humphries: Evolution – Underbelly, Edinburgh.

Bringing a solo show to Edinburgh after just over eighteen months as a comic is a brave decision…

 David Faircloth

Review: Bec Hill: I Didn’t Want To Play Your Stupid Game Anyway – Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh.

Review: Bec Hill: I Didn’t Want To Play Your Stupid Game Anyway – Guilded Balloon, Edinburgh.

The contrast between Bec’s child-like appearance and the booming voice sets the scene for the love-hate conflict between childish innocence and responsibility that Bec explores in her hour long set.

 Andrew Dipper

Review: Simon Donald Is Completely Hatstand – The Caves, Edinburgh.

Unless you’re a Northerner, the genius of Donald’s material is lost…

 Jamie Stubbs

Review: Dan Willis: Ferris Bueller’s Way Of… – Espionage, Edinburgh.

As a patron of the Newcastle comedy club Dan Willis has a hand in organising, I’ve been watching his Edinburgh shows for the past couple of years now.