“Olga Koch Comes From Money” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Olga Koch presented a thoroughly enjoyable hour about relationships and turning 30 last year in Edinburgh, but this year’s hour is next level. Koch, …
Larry Dean: “Dodger” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Larry Dean has made the Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist at three previous Fringes, and I wouldn’t be surprised if gets another Best Show nomination …
Abby Wambaugh: “The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Abby Wambaugh has fun mom energy. And Wambaugh is a fun mom, coming up with games such as “Scare The Banana” to get one …
Natalie Palamides: “WEER” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edinburgh’s Best Newcomer winner with “LAID” in 2017, Natalie Palamides’s follow-up, “NATE,” eventually made its way to Netflix as a special presented by Amy …
Dylan Mulvaney: “FAGHAG” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read my full review in The Daily Beast. An excerpt: From the opening moments of the musical—where she’s not waiting in the wings, but …
Abi Clarke: “(Role) Model” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I only learn from shame.” So says comedian Abi Clarke, who feels that being known as a content creator rather than as a comedian …
Kyle Ayers presents “Hard To Say” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kyle Ayers is working on being present, which is something we all should do but definitely trickier for him. Why is not hard to …
Graham Kay: “Pete and Me” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Born in Ottawa but based in New York City, Graham Kay is clearly still very much a Canadian at heart. That’d likely be true …
Kevin James Doyle: “After Endgame” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐ Netflix made chess thrilling and seductive during the pandemic with The Queen’s Gambit. Kevin James Doyle’s show can’t hope to compete with that. Nor …
Alice Snedden: “Highly Credible” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
⭐⭐⭐½ Alice Snedden’s new hour, her first Fringe show since before the pandemic, stands in stark contrast to the hours that precede her in the …