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Aug 26, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Huge Big Party Congratulations! to Australian comic Rhys Nicholson, who is newly married and returns to the Fringe with a brilliant stand-up hour, after the success of their 2022 show. Nicholson is the personification of that little voice in our head that says what we truly think, but sometimes must be squashed because of what society deems ‘proper’ or ‘polite’.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Having shot to fame through her impressions of Edinburgh ghost tour guides on social media, Eleanor Morton is back on the Fringe stage in a haunting hour. Morton has one of the cleverest storytelling structures seen in stand-up this Fringe. Her audience is ‘welcomed’ with jabs and thrills from a spooky voice. A toy house stands in a corner, arousing interest. When Morton enters – of course dressed in a white gown with messy hair, holding a candelabrum – we know we’re in for a creepy treat.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Who Rahul Subramanian is – as he proves in his Fringe debut – is an energetic performer with a knack for observational comedy and creating a character that will stay with us long after the show’s over. With appearances on Amazon Prime and Netflix, Subramanian is a household name in India. He has brought his first solo hour to the Fringe with ‘Who Are You?’ to full houses.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Self-professed ‘posh twat’ Ivo Graham performs at one of the largest venues of his Fringe career at the aptly named Pleasance Grand, as he takes us through his own grand designs and how life doesn’t always follow our plans. Graham’s love for music and PowerPoint would be known to those who’ve attended his ‘‘ before at Fringe. And he makes full use of both in his solo stand-up hour.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Suhani Shah says that she has been called a magician, a mentalist, a psychic, a psychiatrist, and a madwoman. Whichever she may be, she is definitely an excellent performer. The field of magic and mentalism tends to be male-dominated, so it’s refreshing to see Shah blowing away audiences in her act. What’s also special is her comedic flavour and the character she’s created. No serious, quiet, distant mentalists to be found here. Shah is warm, bubbly and quick-witted.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Jazz Emu is back at Fringe, this time with a full live band, in a quest to win himself a knighthood. What is his best chance to be knighted, you ask? Well, by performing a banger at the Royal Variety Show and beating his arch-nemesis Kelly Clarkson, of course. And we have the pleasure to be invited to its open rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall. Music greets the audience as we enter the venue, the three bandmates already on stage on the keys, drums, and bass guitar.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Filipino–Kiwi comedian James Roque returns to the Fringe with a hilarious, heartwarming stand-up hour that will make you stay back and buy your own ‘Champorado’ button badge. Named after a chocolate-rice-fish Filipino breakfast dish, the show too is the embodiment of sweet and salty. In a fresh take on Forrest Gump‘s famous line, Roque declares ‘Life is like a box of chocolates champorado’.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Scottish comedian Stuart McPherson is back at the Fringe with a new show that is – unlike the title suggests – not about horses. In fact, he cracks only two horse-themed jokes. The show instead marks the first anniversary of the entrance of two important women into his life. McPherson’s ease on stage is enviable. The immediate intimacy he envelops the room in makes it seem like he’s regaling friends at the local pub.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
Das returns to Fringe after his 2022 show, on the back of an Emmy Award win for his Netflix special. As is his style, he occupies the stage with easy confidence and hops between politically charged material, witty wordplay, and even some slapstick. Every word, gesture, tone is measured. When he searches for the right phrase, he lets the audience believe that he is waiting for inspiration to strike – but this is the practised routine of a perfectionist.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
theweereview.com | Sonali Misra
ALOK, a self-proclaimed gender- and genre-bending performer, combines spoken word and theatre with comedy in a thought-provoking solo act at the Fringe. The show starts off on an intriguing note. ALOK’s flippant attitude is unexpected, especially considering the heavy topics of transphobia, homophobia, racism and cyber-bullying that they discuss. Their poised presence immediately wows, a tell-tale sign of a New Yorker.
