Gilded Balloon teviot, EdinburghIn recalling his brain haemorrhage, the Glaswegian comic " shortlisted for Edinburgh's best newcomer award " delivers a cheerful-squeamish setI've heard Scott…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIf some of this ex-panto star's flamboyant shtick feels a tad outdated, he still steamrollers the audience and finds killer angles on his materialNot many 23-ye…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghHis leftwing observations are repeatedly undercut for laughs but this is an enjoyable set from a provocative standup is clearly going placesTwenty-six-year-o…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghFrom tales of Grindr dates gone wrong to the gruff support of his grandad, Agnew opens up about his personal life in an engaging showAt this year's Edinburgh fringe …
Eight comedy shows are in the running for the prestigious prize at the Edinburgh festival, with James Acaster receiving a fifth consecutive nominationA confessional show about sexual assault…
More big-hitting acts like Daniel Kitson and Bridget Christie aren't launching their new shows in Edinburgh " they're developing them thereNot least among the excellent things about the Edin…
Soho theatre, LondonThis multimedia show is a cartoon misery memoir, not without its pleasures, but mainly two-dimensionalRichard Gadd had a sleeper hit last year with Cheese and Crack Whore…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVivacious New Zealander whips up a blizzard of youthful energy in one of the fringe's most memorable comedy debutsThe title of this New Zealander's first fringe…
John Kearns has turned failure into silly, soul-searching comedy. Will scooping Edinburgh's top comedy award spoil the punchline? Brian Logan meets the man hailed as the new Hancock"Can you …
Where comedians once made the most of minority experiences, Fin Taylor, Brendon Burns and Peter White are three performers on this year's fringe digging into white privilege We're used to st…
Kate Norris and Sinead Parker sketch out the desperation of a quarter-life crisis in lurid performance and fine writingAll Edinburgh venues have their ghosts, and in the Pleasance Attic I'm …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe affable comic expertly blends comedy and commentary in a routine that snipes unpityingly at Britain's political classOne of the worst things about Brexit, s…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghSweat-drenched Adam Drake teeters on the edge of chaos in a quickfire set of micro-sketches I've seen plenty of performers sweat on the Edinburgh fringe, but…
Stepping before an audience the size of a football team must make every comic's soul shrivel " and the experience is no less agonising for those watchingThere's no feeling quite like it. I a…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNick Mohammed's daft alter ego combines death-defying escapes with convention-shredding comedy in a show operating on several layers of reality Overlooked for a…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghFrom Gordon Brown confusing LGBT and BLT to her 'conscious uncoupling' from Corbyn-era Labour, the former Whitehall insider reveals a political culture as amu…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghTom Walker's Tory-blasting internet hit arrives on stage but there are precious few jokes in this deeply strange showWhat can it mean, that Jonathan Pie is one …
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghMore confident than last year's debut, Brady's show Male Comedienne focuses on what stripping taught her about feminism and female behaviour"What is this 'us girl…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom an inappropriate house-hunter to a slave-driving Willy Wonka, Phil Wang, George Fouracres and Jason Forbes are back with a fresh handful of bizarre skitsWe…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe wily Zucker and lanky Venn flounce their way through an hour of whimsical routines, infusing everything with an irresistible pleasure and spirit of innocence…
Voodoo Rooms, EdinburghHodgson leads us through the missteps of his early love life accompanied by his musical spirit-guide in another warm and playful solo storytelling showNo comic act has…
Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh Puffing on a treadmill, the comic builds from his crazed inner monologue while out jogging to offer a lurid portrait of a consciousness in meltdown'Who is the re…
Edinburgh Playhouse With riffs on the allure of Magic Mike and the horrors of marriage, the comic is on bleakly funny form " but the reflex cynicism lacks his usual subtletyLouis CK arrives …
With alliances between standups increasingly common, relationship gags are entering a brave new era in which both parties get to air their dirty linen on stageAs comedy gets ever bigger, and…
Edinburgh is hosting heaps of US comics including Bill Burr, Ari Shaffir and Mary Lynn Rajskub, star of TV's 24. Do they have much in common?"This is an American-style hour," says Ari Shaffi…