Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Incredible hour of hilarious story telling which comes to a brilliant and highly-satisfying ending! I would really recommend, not least for the temporary prawn tattoo you can get which I am totally obsessed with!

I’m a fan of Olga Koch and have seen her live performances several times. This show doesn’t disappoint. The usual naughty stories and jokes told with warmth and charisma. The venue was so hot she took off her blouse and joked about her bra and boobs while dripping sweat. Hilarious. Recommended

A hugely talented comedian, a well-structured show and, as it was warm, she poured us all a cup of water before she started (well, the first row anyway).

Olga lays herself bare in this hilarious hour. A great reminder that being well educated does not leave you unsusceptible to the wild desires of your heart and hormones. And that you can put a brave face on but sooner or later, you need to let someone in on how you are really feeling.

(*****) All round brilliant show. Each joke was perfectly delivered throughout a well-crafted narrative. At the end she handed out temporary tattoos which were the best merch we got at the Fringe.

Really excellent show that both had me laughing out loud and thinking deeply about relatable life themes - exactly what I want in a comedy show. Go see Olga!

Even if you’re a couple of minutes late they don’t let you. Absolute joke no other shows don’t let you in 2 mins late

Very good story teller with clever observations and good irony. Must see!

Possibly the best stand-up show of my week of Fringe. She's a phenomenal storyteller, sweeps you up into her mind palace. Never has one hour gone by so fast. I have nothing but praise for this show.

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail (****)
For my first show of the Fringe, Olga was all that a 70-year-old would expect from a 30-year-old single comedienne. Though she often used modern references that eluded me, she presented a witty, well-rehearsed, consistently funny routine focused on her dating adventures with a frequent sexual slant. Unique to her show is her humorous discussion of her Master’s thesis that asserts that people now treat celebrities as friends because the celebrities reveal parts of their lives on social media that previously only their real friends would be privy to.


This is the fifth most enjoyable of the 28 shows I have seen so far at the Fringe this year. I hope to see almost 200. You may see my other three-sentence reviews, in order from most enjoyable to worst, at my non-commercial website: https://fringefan.com/