Catherine Renton

@rentswrites

Cath is a freelance writer whose first published work was a critique of Ready Steady Cook in a national newspaper when she was 10. For 11 months of the year she can be found hunched over a laptop bemoaning the state of the world, but every August comes alive at the Fringe.

Reviews: 104

Other Articles: 1

Pleasance Courtyard

Nic Sampson: Marathon, 1904

A story so wild it has to be heard to be believed

Aaron Simmonds

Pleasance Courtyard

Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels

A great hour of comedy from award winning comedian

Pleasance Courtyard

Sara Barron: Hard Feelings

Another cracking hour of standup from Barron, though not for the faint-hearted

Pleasance Courtyard

Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder

What’s scarier – an intruder on your property or conversing with a teenager?

Assembly George Square - The Blue Room

Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing

An hour of funny storytelling, with the occasional gut punch from popular folk singer Petrie

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Stokes and Summers: Careering

Tiktok favourites bring their debut hour of absurd sketch comedy to the Fringe

Monkey Barrel - Carnivore

Liam Withnail – Hot Sauce

Another great hour of comedy from one of the circuit’s favourite standups

Monkey Barrel - The Hive

Micky Overman – Small Deaths

A well constructed, laugh-packed show that deserves a big audience

Monkey Barrel

Jessica Fostekew: Wench

Small talk, big talk and everything in between in this enjoyable hour of stand-up

Assembly Roxy

Kneecaps

Darkly comic play that will leave you weak at the knees

News

Edinburgh International Book Festival Launches 2022 Programme

The Book Festival will feature more than 600 events from 550 authors in 2022

Sarah Moss
The Fell

A claustrophobic lockdown tale that’s difficult to put down

Emma Gannon
Olive

Motherhood and the evolution of friendship are navigated well in Gannon’s debut fiction work

Janie Brown
Radical Acts of Love

Powerful true stories from end of life care inspire hope

Edinburgh Playhouse

9 to 5 The Musical

Musical adaptation of the 1980 film hits many high notes

Just The Tonic @ The Tron

Garrett Millerick: Smile

An hour of stories, jokes and rants from grouchy Fringe regular

Summerhall

Sex Education

Harry Clayton-Wright’s debut theatre piece is filthy, funny and f*cking fabulous

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Aidan Greene: Did I Stutter?

Heartfelt, hilarious hour of comedy from rising star Aidan Greene

Pleasance Courtyard

Boar

Lewis Doherty returns to the Fringe with another stunning, thrilling hour of theatre

Assembly George Square Studios

Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express

Another assured hour of comedy from Joanne McNally

Assembly George Square Studios

Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes

Cerebral storytelling and gentle laughs from Radio 4 veteran Kendall

Pleasance Dome

Max & Ivan: Commitment

Delightful hour of hilarious buffoonery from Max and Ivan

Monkey Barrel

Olga Koch: If/Then

Solid, if tonally uneven sophomore show from Best Newcomer nominee Koch

Just the Tonic @ The Mash House

Jenny Bede: The Musical

If you don’t laugh at Bede’s show you might want to check your pulse