Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it's clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy If we don't defend free speech, we live in tyranny. That's the tenor of the coverag…
It's a form of comedy that has fallen out of favour with TV, but a trio of fun acts are keeping the sketch flame alive One of the pleasures of the fringe is checking in with standups as they…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA gang of New Zealand comics and their very special guests become Elvis impersonators, hobbits and chimney sweeps in a fun fringe night Great was the excitement…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMischief Theatre are up to their old tricks as silly slapstick meets telepathy in a send-up of stage mentalism Stage mentalism " the world of Derren Brown and D…
Monkey Barrel @ The Hive, EdinburghThe endearing comic's Edinburgh debut is a riotously inventive show that blurs notions of race, gender and disability You could call Lara Ricote's Edinbur…
Underbelly, George Square, EdinburghIn her show All Change Please it's marriage, not politics, that's at the heart of the Mash Report satirist's finest jokes Rachel Parris always knew this m…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAdam Meggido's play finds the teenage Johnson starring in Shakespeare's tragedy and gives a taste of his future leadership Out of his depth as a tragedy unfolds…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghDebut show directed by Jordan Brookes sees Will Rowland and Eddy Hare deliver a familiar odd-couple turn with freshness "The UK's lowest energy double act," …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghBrokentalkers theatre company and feminist comic Adrienne Truscott joyfully burlesque the ugliness of machismo in art and in life The great male artist may soon be o…
Stand New Town theatre, EdinburghMaking her fringe standup debut after blazing a trail through modelling and activism, Olumide has some promising material but it fails to come together Fashi…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn her show The Woman's Hour, the viral comedy star offers caricatures of burbling backbenchers and a woke-bashing TV host In the darkness of our political mome…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghWith cartoonish flair, the likable comic " one half of sketch duo The Delightful Sausage " revels in the repeated indignity of being ditched for someone else The Girl…
The former PM's one-off onstage chat with standup Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he'd shown more of this side of himself to the electorate Where is the comedy, Matt Forde, in this…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghWith Lap of Shame, the comic delivers a set of breathtakingly rude jokes and thought-provoking ghastliness A friend of Frankie Boyle's, he tells us, stopped watching…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Childhood friends and LOL Word affiliates Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde leave no assumption unturned with their deft wit and breezy musical interplay A venerable tr…
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghThe standup delivers a compelling show that reflects on his Strictly Come Dancing notoriety and harsh childhood experiences Many may struggle to sympathise " far…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSikisa Bostwick-Barnes's ebullience carries her through a debut solo show that's punctuated with dance breaks You can see why Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes themed her …
Underbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghMilo McCabe's matinee-idol character initially feels at odds with his material, but it's hard not to be won over by his enthusiasm Milo McCabe performed as…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghReich's flouncing, self-obsessed comedy is a brittle skewering of irony and anxiety " and a must-see One of countless acts this fringe whose Covid-delayed debut…
In his Edinburgh fringe show Flying High the impressionist wants to convey the warmth and affection of the comic and Blankety Blank host Who knew, growing up in the 70s and 80s, that we were…
Canal Cafe theatre, LondonThis high-energy hour of songs and sketches includes a Conservative leadership medley from The Greatest Showman and Boris Johnson's Jailhouse Rock In the 43 years s…
Underbelly festival, LondonThe acrobatic feats of Jarred Dewey go some way to redeem a show that's way too high on cliches and exposed buttocks Enough buttock already! It's not a sentiment o…
Soho theatre, LondonArmed with cherry tomatoes, paper boats and a leaf-blower, Julia Masli, Viggo Venn and Sami Abu Wardeh brought the London clown festival to an uproarious close 'I hate cl…
Oxford PlayhouseThere are some low-wattage anecdotes in this set but the standup delivers gags about farting and haemorrhoids with an undeniable vitality There are seven signs of ageing, acc…
Soho theatre, LondonAt a crisis point for his country, Kielty's 'module on borders' is warm and engaging, though his even-handedness dims some of the laughter "A comedian shouldn't be gettin…