After a hit 2019 Fringe debut with Pindos, Milo Edwards returns to Edinburgh with his new eagerly existential comedy show Voicemail. Edwards is effortlessly articulate in his long-winded lines that spiral his audience into a crescendo of laughs. His scathingly sardonic set covers death, politics and the importance of dating someone who makes more money than you (it’s impossible to get taxed on cash earned by someone else).

As cynical as he is funny, Milo Edwards dives deep into the unrelenting passage of time. A millennial on the edge of his thirties, this candidly callous comic criticises our government for the unprecedented consequences of our cost-of-living crisis. Casually joking about his late parents and why he hates the phrase ‘passed away’, Edwards is a human embodiment of the phrase ‘if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry.’ A set that perhaps feels ever so slightly long (there’s only so much helpless despair a Fringe audience can take in one day), Voicemail is a dry and spiky account of our desperate decent into a meaningless future. With no hopeful message at the end, this is flavourful, nihilistic comedy that leaves you laughing with your eyes wide open. 

Reviewed at Just The Tonic At The Mash House as part of Edinburgh Fringe.