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SK Shlomo: Surrender
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 20th Aug, 2019
Very few of Edinburgh Fringe’s 4,000+ shows this year are able to boast being incomparable to all others.
Melinda Hughes: Off the Scale
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 20th Aug, 2019
Melinda Hughes is a prodigious cabaret vocalist and political satirist who brings her new show Off The Scale to this year’s Fringe, backed by a wonderful three-piece band.
Comedy Hypnotist and Mentalist Mark Knight
- Review
- ★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 19th Aug, 2019
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
Les Quizérables
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 18th Aug, 2019
Les Quizérables is a fun and intimate quiz taking place in a dungeon-like cellar that entirely enhances the atmosphere.
Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat Lad-y
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar
- 18th Aug, 2019
Dave Bibby is a multi-talented comedian who crosses into many genres, and his award nominated show (for its poster design) Crazy Cat Lad-y is something of a one-man variety perform…
The Creative Martyrs: Kabarett DysUtopia
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
The term ‘cabaret’ is harder to pin down than the other show categories for Edinburgh Fringe.
Heaven Knows I'm Friz Frizzle Now
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh
- The Globe Bar
- 17th Aug, 2019
Friz Frizzle, the self-proclaimed ‘Song-Ruiner’ has a dream: to ruin your childhoods by bastardising well known songs that you grew up with.
The Rude Awakening: Sex, Shame and Liberation
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
Amber Topaz, the inaugural Miss Burlesque UK, brings Edinburgh Fringe a burlesqueless theatrical cabaret experience that is personal, informative, and inclusive.
MC Hammersmith's Magical Freestyle Factory!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma
- 17th Aug, 2019
Will Naameh is one of Edinburgh’s most talented and unique improvisers, although you’d be forgiven if you’ve not heard of him before.
Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 17th Aug, 2019
More of a personal theatrical experience than what one might expect from a show described as ‘cabaret’, Allie Jessing’s Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret sees the talented actress de…
Frank Sanazi – Ocean's Nein
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
With a blast of Darth Vader’s Imperial March, the tone is set before Pete Cunningham’s highly celebrated alter ego, the cult smash and ‘King of Dark Cabaret’, Frank Sanazi …
Chris Read: Little Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 17th Aug, 2019
Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year.
Chain of Trivia
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 17th Aug, 2019
BBC radio music aficionado Russell Clarke is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut in a show jam-packed with fascinating rock ‘n’ roll trivia and random connections between the sta…
Tomas McCabe: The Mind Reading Experiments
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 15th Aug, 2019
Fresh from consistently packing out the biggest room on PBH’s Free Fringe in 2018, Tomas McCabe walks out to a half-full room that is already half the size of his smash hit debut…
An Evening Without Kate Bush
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 15th Aug, 2019
Sarah-Louise Young is one of Edinburgh Fringe's most respected and sought after musical variety performers, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see why, as she delive…
Mat Ricardo's Varieties
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 14th Aug, 2019
The word ‘legend’ is bandied about a bit too much these days.
#Dave Alnwick: Actual Magic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 14th Aug, 2019
Dave Alnwick is a true magician’s magician, with many strings to his bow.
The Two Magicians with Kane & Abel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 13th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh Fringe's premier magical twins, Kane and Abel, return for their sixth run here in their regular home as the flagship magicians of PBH's Free Fringe venue the Liqu…
I Predict a Wyatt!
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 13th Aug, 2019
Sam Wyatt is an ambitious stand-up comedian who has taken a novel approach to this year’s festival, in designing a live gameshow with uniquely imaginative rounds.
Colin Cloud: Sinful
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2019
Colin Cloud is the undisputed rockstar of the Edinburgh Fringe magic world and one of the festival’s greatest success stories of recent years.
Ben Hart: The Nutshell
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum / Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 13th Aug, 2019
Fresh off becoming a household name through finishing third in this year's Britain's Got Talent, Ben Hart capitalises on his momentum by returning to the festival where he …
Stealth Aspies – Aspies Anonymous
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake
- 11th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a beacon of individuality for our time: it presents a platform for anybody with the desire to express themselves and whatever makes them individuals.
James Freedman: Moment of Truth
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2019
In Moment of Truth, James Freedman opens with an air of mystery.
Idris Stanton – Wham Glam Circus Man!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 11th Aug, 2019
If you’re a parent looking for a show that you can enjoy as much as your children, you may be looking quite hard.
Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 10th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet…
Chris Cook: Consequences
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 10th Aug, 2019
The Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s greatest hub for creativity, and many of the world’s top performers congregate here year after year.
#Dave Alnwick: Literally the Best Magician
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 10th Aug, 2019
Dave Alnwick, a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe magic circuit, is one of the more visually striking performers you're likely to see here.
Singalonga Pub Quiz
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 10th Aug, 2019
When I walked in to a packed out Finger’s Piano Bar I was greeted with the site of Mister Meredith affably talking to his punters, handing out paper and pens personally, and esta…
Cabaret of Curiosities
- Review
- ★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 9th Aug, 2019
Tatwood Puppets make their Edinburgh Fringe debut with the perfectly titled Cabaret of Curiosities.
Bec Hill: I'll Be Bec
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 9th Aug, 2019
If you’ve not experienced Bec Hill live yet, then I have some bad news for you, my friend – your life has yet to reach its maximum for potential happiness.
The Hypnotist – Live and Outrageous
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 8th Aug, 2019
Robert Temple is performing the only traditional hour-long hypnosis show in Edinburgh Fringe this year, so if you’re looking for a show where any number of people can volunteer t…
Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Punderstruck
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 8th Aug, 2019
A rock guitar-playing punsmith may sound like it has a niche appeal to a certain type of Fringegoer, but Robin Boot’s early afternoon show in Whistlebinkies managed to pull in a …
Paul Zenon: Trust Me!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 7th Aug, 2019
Paul Zenon is one of the UK’s most beloved and sought-after magicians – a veteran of TV shows, corporate events, and high end cabaret, as well as becoming a regular guest on th…
Alan Shed's Music, Comedy and Everything Else Interactive Quiz Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 7th Aug, 2019
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
Whose Mind is it Anyway?
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 6th Aug, 2019
“An improvised cinematic musical using a cast of actors performing alongside untested hypnotised volunteers expected to act, dance and even rap under the same impromptu condition…
Luke Jermay: Strange Power
- Review
- ★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th Aug, 2019
You’ll be forgiven if you’ve not heard of Luke Jermay before, but within the Magic and Mind Reading communities he is a well respected and accomplished performer, a prolific wr…
Louisa Fitzhardinge: Comma Sutra
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 6th Aug, 2019
Louisa Fitzhardinge’s magnum opus, Comma Sutra, promises to twang on the heartstrings of all us self-appointed vigilante protectors of the fundamental principles of the English L…
Harry Baker: I Am 10,000
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 6th Aug, 2019
If a show combining maths, poetry, comedy and rap sounds like it may be up your street, then boy, oh boy, do I have a show for you?! The youngest ever World Slam Poetry champion, H…
Flanders and Swann
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th Aug, 2019
In the queue for Flanders and Swann, I was struck (but not entirely surprised) that the audience were of a higher age demographic than any of the other 250 or so Edinburgh Fringe s…
Christina Bianco: First Impressions
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th Aug, 2019
With First Impressions, Christina Bianco further cements her reputation as the First Lady of Impersonation.
Charlie Caper – Sleight of Hand
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 6th Aug, 2019
If you were to ask every magician performing at Edinburgh Fringe who their favourite magician performing at Edinburgh Fringe is, you could expect the majority of them to respond in…
Rob Deering's Beat This
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 2nd Aug, 2019
Were you to design a concept for a show that ticks all the boxes from your wildest fantasies, if any festival in the world could fulfil your wishes, it’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Dali
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Imagination Workshop
- 2nd Aug, 2019
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience boasts that they have recently served their one millionth customer worldwide, and with an experience this hilarious, engaging and insulting, itâ…
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