Tag: Fringe 2025

Joke-a-minute stand-up expertly skirts the line

Matt Jenner’s one-man sketch show falls short

Drily delivered subversive takes from the US comedian

A riotously funny and upbeat insight into deviancy, fuelled by pettiness

Funny and moving show yearns for a stronger build-up to its climax

Acclaimed New York sketch troupe bring their smart, absurdist act to the Fringe

Ingenious send-up of bike obsessives is a cracking ride

Tale of motherhood and grief bristles with righteous anger

Big laughs come naturally in loving look back at lad culture’s problematic zenith

Much-loved internet comic dives deeper into his Irish-German upbringing in Fringe debut

Self-deprecating hour is light on ambition but full of charisma and warmth

Wonderfully daft antics give way to bitter eulogy of extinct species

Charming autobiographical tale deliberately avoids the fast track

Journey through performer’s past starts strong but fizzles out

Savvy and self-aware stand-up from acclaimed brainbox

Talented impersonator swipes light-heartedly at US news

Acid-tongued hour feels a bit like punching down

Expert room-reading gets huge laughs from tough topics

Beautifully crafted, naturally delivered hour of low-key stand-up

Surprisingly polite hijinks from the frequently brilliant absurdist comic

‘Yorkshire’s biggest bastard’ returns from the dead for more dishonest fun

Warmly delivered tales of navigating growing pains

Cantankerous third hour from off-beat contrarian comic

Impressive debut from chartered accountant turned stand up

Musical character comedy that is an ode to mid-noughties emo

Ali Brice dusts off the suit and tie and returns to his absurdist alter-ego

Tale of leaving home makes for delicately balanced stand-up with huge laughs

Confident hour of observational stand-up

Self-reflective tale of being American in the UK

A brain scrambling kinda-whodunnit from the Fringe veteran

An ode to Britain’s faded camp glamour set in the Isle of Wight’s last surviving launderette

Long is on terrific form with a deceptively rousing prehistory show

A comic with a charmingly idiosyncratic worldview

Tale of Tudor obsession is lightly plotted but delivered with gusto

Charming and bizarre nostalgia ride through early internet culture

The Welsh-born, Manchester-based comedian combines reality and fiction in an offbeat hour of stand-up

The Edinburgh-based Australian’s latest is a densely crafted stand-up hour

A witty and moving debut hour from American stand-up Alex Berr

A stand-up hour full of class, heart and laughs, but which could do with paring back

With the charismatic Matt at the helm, this enjoyable all-ages throwback will appeal to the cynics and believers alike

Hull returns to the Fringe, signature sarcasm and mischievous misdirection in tow

A commanding, hilarious stand-up hour with pathos to boot

A blistering, cathartic and vivid exploration of the trans experience

A unique social media experience is the catalyst for Jodie Sloan’s creative debut

With easy charisma, Mary O’Connell delivers a tightly woven hour about late-twenties growing pains

The comedy writer brings her TV writing chops to the stage, with a debut that takes aim at the wellness industry

Deadpan and intimate, Amy Mason’s unapologetic show recounts the comic’s absurd experience of being hacked

Kit Loyd puts in a committed performance, but strong execution fails to lift his derivative mime show

The character comedian outdoes her previous show with another slick hour that blends cringe humour with surrealism

Andrew Doherty’s satirical play-within-a-play sends up the nature of arts council funding in the UK

Irish-Palestinian comic Sami Abu Wardeh’s densely layered Fringe comeback roars with defiance