Comedy review: Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Fogg has thrown it all at this one: dead dad, dramatic tech moment, pre-show party, big screen, and excruciating puns.

Pleasance(33)

**

Take away the teeth-grindingly irritating whistles and bells and there is a lovely show here. Fogg is sweet and, despite the act, engaging.

There is some good material – it is just that some idiot thought it would be better to take the good stuff and have a perfectly good stand-up tit around in a headband under layers of inept gimmickry.

Until 28 August. Today 4:45pm.