Bite Me Comedy: Edinburgh Fringe Review 2026 ★★★★★

Date: 9 August 2026
Time: 5.15pm
Venue: Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho (Venue 303)
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Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
Reviewed by: Howard Bunch and Gail Bronfman Bunch

Bite Me Comedy is a regularly occurring London-based comedy show, hosted by comedians Francesca Rainey and Bianca Boorer, that features a rotating cast of guest comedians and has brought this format to the Fringe. At their final show on August 9th that we saw, the guest comedians were Courtney Bucher, Aerie David and Joshua Khoury.

As an initial matter, we have to express our admiration for the guts it takes for comedians to get up and deliver solo performances to total strangers that are intended to make them laugh. Our crowd was small, but the audience was receptive and leaned in to each performance and laughed at the jokes of each!

(Note: We kind of had to lean in because there were some difficulties with the audio system’s crispness and, at least initially, we had trouble hearing. But we moved forward and that issue was resolved.)

We loved how each comedian delivered a monologue which brought out the humor of their own individual background and upbringing and life, and how they became who they are today. This spanned the spectrum of racial, sexual and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Co-hostess Francesca Rainey has a sparkling, lovely presence and an uncanny resemblance to Tina Fey. She started the evening with a humorous recounting of her journey from a small town to the big city of London and her misadventures as a single woman along the way. Her comedic vocal delivery in floaty soprano tones is a perfect recall of beloved Carol Kane!

Courtney Bucher had the crowd laughing with her description of coming out to her mother, and of giving her mom a racy advent calendar that had a “clit sucker” behind the door for Day 24!

Next, Aerie David had the crowd laughing, and groaning while laughing, telling about her working in an abortion clinic for the NHS, and about being reprimanded for being too enthusiastic with her work!

The last guest comedian, Joshua Khoury, charmed and disarmed the crowd by embodying the character of such an insecure person that he had to check with friends on his exact wording before sending texts to a romantic interest.

Co-hostess Bianca Boorer ended the monologues and had everyone laughing as she described her life growing up as a Filipino/English person, coming out as bisexual and the funny interactions with her more traditional and conservative family.

The evening concluded with an improvised best “social faux pas” contest between David and Khoury, with the understated Khoury winning the crowd’s votes.

We really enjoyed ourselves at the show because we got to see, and kind of got to know, five different very funny people in one hour. It was entertaining, enjoyable, and we did not want to be anywhere else but listening and watching these comedians each do their thing and just waiting to enjoy our next laugh, because we knew more were on the way.

Based on these simple criteria, we give the entire show a 5-star review, and we honestly are looking forward to seeing our next comedy revue.