Chris Mackrell

★★★ Gilded Balloon (Venue 14) | Aug 5-30 | 22:15 | £ 10.00 / 8.50 Kevin J hails from the Broadwater Farm Estate in London, this is his first solo hour in Edinburgh so naturally the majority of the material is about his upbringing which may not necessarily translate for everyone in the audience.    Where his set does get entertaining is when he starts talking about previewing his new […]

★★★★★ Pleasance Courtyard | Aug 5-30 | 19:00 | £ 9.00 / 8.00 This is Ian Smith’s third solo production at the Edinburgh Fringe and it shows. Instead of jumping straight into his show Ian skillfully warms up the audience with some fun interaction and starts laying the groundwork for whats to come. Once the introductions are made you are off on a magical mystery tour of humor with subjects […]

★★★★ Pleasance Courtyard | Aug 5-30 | 16:15 | £ 10.00 / 8.50   When I was greeted at the door of Bunker Two at the Pleasance by Stephen Bailey I knew it was going to be a fun show. Colourfully dressed with a bow tie and a massive smile he welcomed everyone into his venue and we were right into the show.   The show is titled ‘Should've Been […]

★★★★ Underbelly George Square| Aug 5-31 | 21:35 | £ 10.50/9.50   My hopes were set high when I sat myself down in ‘The Wee Coo’ at Underbelly, George Square. I heard good things about ‘Goodbear’ from other festival goers and had already seen one half of the duo (Joe Barnes) as part of Minor Delays. Thankfully I was not disappointed!   Goodbear has possibly one of the best cold […]

★★★★ Assembly George Square Studios | Aug 5-30 | 18:30 | £ 10.50/12   Following on from 2012’s ‘Full Frontal Nerdity’ Festival Of The Spoken Nerd are back and this time they’ve brought graphs!    As with their previous show musical comedian Helen Arney, stand-up mathematician (real title) Matt Parker and science expert Steve Mould return with explosive live experiments, science themed songs and fun. The whole production is set […]

This weekend I sat down with Kieran Hodgson to chat about his Edinburgh Fringe show 'Lance' and his love of SciFi See Kieran Hodgson – Lance at the Voodoo Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 8th – 30th August. For more information visit www.edfringe.com

Chris Mackrell chats to comedian Stephen Bailey about his show 'Should Have Been A Popstar' and his time in Edinburgh so far.   See Stephen Bailey at the Pleasance: Bunker Two during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 5th – 30th August. For tickets visit www.pleasance.co.uk.

★★★★ Assembly Checkpoint | Aug 11-29| 22:15 | £ 12/15   As you walk in to Assembly Checkpoint you are greeted by your host for the evening Miss Behave clad head to toe in sequins reflecting the stage lights around the room like a human glitterball. Her first job of the night is  separating the room into two teams. How are you assigned your team? By mobile phone type of […]