Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me? ★★★
Emmy winner Bryan Safi explores confidence, queerness and relationships in his Fringe debut, Are You Mad at Me?
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Ayo Adenekan: Black Mediocrity ★★★★
Musings on growing up black, bisexual and Scottish form the core of Black Mediocrity, Ayo Adenekan’s Fringe stand-up debut
Make it Happen ★★★★
Finance meets satire and light farce in the comic, but sharply observed, corporate caper, Make it Happen, starring Brian Cox
Eli Matthewson: Night Terror ★★★★
Dark laughs and tales of twisted domesticity abound in Kiwi comic Eli Matthewson’s new stand-up offering, Night Terror.
Jack Traynor: Before I Forget ★★★★
Dark humour abounds with a generous serving of the personal in Before I Forget, from one of Scotland’s rising stand-ups, Jack Traynor
The Roommate ★★★
Two stage and screen legends power a slight, but ultimately winning, house share dramedy, The Roommate
Mhairi Black: Politics Isn’t for Me ★★★★★
In Politics Isn’t For Me, former SNP MP Mhairi Black recounts her life in politics and why she’s decided to (temporarily?) abandon it.
TERF ★★★
TERF is an ensemble piece imagining the Harry Potter cast staging an intervention on its author for her views on trans rights.
Aaron Twitchen: Himbo ★★★★
Interactive exploration of love, loss, pop bands, queer politics, and, er, lesbian seagulls from flamboyant Leeds-based stand-up, Aaron Twitchen.
Matt Forde: The End of an Era Tour ★★★★★
Searing political comedy from a master of the format.