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Taking inspiration from the popular, eyebrow-raising game Cards Against Humanity, the well-versed contestants involved in this night take it in turns to... Read more »

Piece by piece, we’re getting to know Larry Dean. In this new hour of comedy he reveals more and more about himself, from childhood obsessions to prese... Read more »

Some combination of the cheap café tables, the purple whirling spotlights and the cheesy 70s pop filling the Arches' venue makes this feel like a stra... Read more »

It seems bizarre that a comic as articulate and insightful as Hardeep Singh Kohli ever appeared on anything as pedestrian as The One Show. Prone to roun... Read more »

Despite winning the panel prize in 2013, Adrienne Truscott [★★★☆☆] is still relatively new to stand-up comedy. Dirty jokes and anecdotes provide the lau... Read more »

Undoubtedly one of the best stand-ups to emerge in recent years is Aisling Bea. Like many others in her line of work, she started out in drama and with ... Read more »

Between appearances on The Now Show and Newsjack, Nish Kumar has been doing his homework. A show whose philosophical and political backbone has been crafted ... Read more »

Since 1995 The Stand Comedy Club has been showcasing some of the best comedic talent Scotland has to offer. This is due in no small part to that crucial seco... Read more »

When it comes to communicating complex scientific theories to a wide audience, humour has an essential part to play in making everything more palatable, and ... Read more »

In Paul Flannery’s The M.M.O.R.P.G. Show [★★★★], three brave representatives are plucked from our midst to carry out a quest taking place in ... Read more »

Foxdog Studios’ technological wizardry is matched only by their baffling modesty. This is a show in the basement of a pub, full of deadpan humour with ... Read more »

A decent comedy show doesn’t need a dramatic arc or a seamless structure, and the Andy Field Experience is proof of this. With a simple series of slide... Read more »

Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew are throwing an anarchic late-night 90s-themed party, and we’re all invited. Come in double denim and in a mood to part... Read more »

There is a lot of dodgy science around conception and female fertility in particular, all of which can make for a baby-based panic at certain points in someo... Read more »

It's as if Donald Trump's twitter account exists just to show how childish and out-of-touch a leader can be. Surely, someone in his position wouldn't be allo... Read more »

The Brothers Grimm's Rumpelstiltskin, the Faustian tale of greed and ambition, is used by Markus Birdman in reference to both himself and his 12-year-ol... Read more »

Fern Brady squeezes a lot of her colourful life into new show Suffer, Fools! Many comics would have taken the various incidents she has experienced... Read more »

A trio of confident performers, Janine Harouni, Meg Salter and Sally O’Leary are each capable of huge acts of slapstick and subtle impression... Read more »

At age 23, Will Setchell is taking steps into the terrifying plains of Adulthood, and would like to tell us about it. From his early days running around a fa... Read more »

Those of a weak disposition, conservative views or a fear of nipple-piercings should probably steer clear of Martin Mor's gigs. Anyone remotely bashful shoul... Read more »

At some point on the road to adulthood it became less acceptable to want to spend your days watching penguins swimming around, learning about dinosaurs, or d... Read more »

The Free Fringe has been going strong for nearly 20 years now and sprawls across the city much like the Festival Fringe itself did in its early years. The fa... Read more »

While other magicians slink on-stage with a leather briefcase or a glass cloche of tricks, or more likely, no receptacle at all, Luke Eaton stumbles int... Read more »

Airing the beefs of a slightly drunken crowd seems a surefire way of sourcing comedy, and the premise of This is Your Trial [★★☆☆☆] is an interesting on... Read more »

Though not – ahem – universally acknowledged by academics, the forgotten works of Jane Austen have been causing mild cases of hysteria ... Read more »

You recently got married and did a fantastic second Fringe show! Congrats! Is married life all it’s cracked up to be then? It’s very nice thanks... Read more »

As the Fringe programme has ballooned over recent years, so too has the number of discrete categories that shows fall into. “Look at the breadth of sho... Read more »

Few comedians’ material is on the same level of high-calibre analysis and theme-spotting prowess as Katherine Ryan. Variously described as icy, wa... Read more »

A recent exhibition at London’s House of Illustration celebrated and showcased Comix Creatrix, with art from around the world showing women’s inv... Read more »

For the philosophical side of finance, Aidan Killian’s The Money Shot  [★★] gives us an overview of how those with power keep the power, but does ... Read more »