Josie Long - Trying is Good

Beginning my reviews of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe performances in the order I saw them (read each review to decide whether a recommendation from me is a good reason for you to see the show, or to avoid it at all costs) is the suitably cheery, feel-good comedy of Josie Long. Like the majority of shows in the first week of the festival, the tickets are half-price (excellent) and the show effectively billed as a ‘preview,’ giving all performers a license to be a bit less professional and to bend over occasionally to look at a script hidden in full view next to the mic stand. Still, there’s a tendency for the very first shows, no matter how chaotic and under-rehearsed, to ...