August 28, 2024 Midlothian View
"Perfect for all ages"
The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024 team is offering free comedy every day at The Three Sisters ‘Maggie’s Room’ at 3:15pm. Bringing their favourite comedians from this year’s Fringe they showcase up to four stand-up comedians a day, but this time, it is completely PG. Surprisingly, keeping the comedy clean, it is the perfect show for all ages.Bringing on up to four talented stand-up’s, it gives the comedians a chance to entertain a crowd for up to 10-minutes and promote their own shows. The quality of stand-up, despite being held back by a £5 fine if they are rude on stage, was amazing, making the panto style crowd of heckling family’s roar into laughter. With each comedian engaging with the crowd and talking to children in the audience it was very much a show, despite not lacking the Fringe quality of comedy, tailored for children and teens.On my visit to the show on Monday the 12 th , David Chawner hosted followed by three acts, Rik Carranza, Dom Hattingwood and Oliver Coleman. All acts, despite only on stage for around 10 minutes, put on a quality act engaging with the audience but mainly focused on the children in the room. Edged on by the comedians, the crowd of the old cobbled tunnel of ‘Maggies Room’ were loud throughout the show with heckles and jokes made by members of audience making the show loud and electric.The jokes were vast in style and content with each comedian bringing their unique performance. Making jokes at adults in the crowd, they also involved many children in the room, asking them to tell jokes and making jokes towards them. The comedies content was up to date and raunchy at times with the style of comedy still be entertaining to the adults in the room with some slightly inappropriate jokes going over the children’s heads.Despite the show being made to share comedy with children and families, the host David Chawner, was overly dramatic and annoying at times, creating more of a panto style show that got the family’s involved. This overly-dramatic hosting was saved by the quality of comedy performed by the other comedians on stage, still engaging with the audience but mainly focused on their stand-up routine’s.CLEAN picks of the Fringe is a show made for families. So, if you are out for The Fringe with the family or trying to introduce your kids to stand-up comedy this show is for you. Click Here For Article