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After a hiatus Struan returns to stand-up seeing that it needs a swift kick up the dick.

The comedian and columnist (The National) performs with the personal over the partizan but Chaotic Good isn’t just for handsome looking, wise cracking rogues but folks who crave to do the right thing with a delightfully silly streak but ideally some nihilism along the way.

Well worth staying up past your bedtime for this.

"Humble" ****½ - Adelaide Advertiser
"A truly authentic comedian" **** - Voice Mag
"Ginger" ** - The Skinny

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August 17, 2026  One4Review In the early hours of the morning this Fringe, you will find the wisest of comedy night owls, Struan Logan, perched. Wide-eyed and all things funny, he’s attracting the nocturnal woodland animals who want to listen. He makes everyone feel at ease and starts with tales from his Ayrshire childhood. Schools and bullying are nothing new in a show of this ilk, but explaining the mystic arts of getting vodka into a Capri Sun comes over as new and fresh. Another plus: he’s a proper card-carrying nerd too, given the nickname Hufflepuff, with a friend describing him as “the most Puffle of the Huffle.” Family strife plays a part in the show. Dad is a Tory, Mum a strong socialist, so he covers everything from the sellout that is Ringo Starr to how JK Rowling still gets on his nerves. There’s also a Melbourne misadventure before he realised he was getting no joy out of comedy and ended up being sectioned, which is explained with detail and relatability rather than being heavy-handed. But he’s got himself a spirit animal in the shape of a Corgi and is turning things around, although the voice of paranoia and bipolar still rattles his cage on occasion. Overall, Logan is very likeable and, at times, has flashes of brilliance. While the hour is still finding its feet, there are some excellent pieces. Don’t class this as a comeback. He’s been working on himself and the comedy for a while, and that is on point, with someone who has something interesting to tell. Struan 2.0 has arrived, improved and ready to take on the world. The time might be late, but all in attendance were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for someone well worth staying up for. Click Here

August 16, 2026  Chortle There are three ways you can go with a very late show at the Fringe: weird cult, high-energy party, or chill-out chat. Struan Logan was always going to be in the latter camp, forever conducting himself as a people-pleasing Hufflepuff – in strong evidence here as he fusses to ensure every audience member is comfortable before the 1am show starts. He’s relatively mainstream in his approach, talking about how his accommodating manner makes him very different from the rough, gruff stereotype of Scottish masculinity. He has a little bit of attitude - but mostly that’s aimed at those who have too much attitude, such as the braggadocio alpha male ‘question everything’ podcasters who nonetheless all plough the same furrow. But his own politics are not middle of the road – as demonstrated when he calls out Nish Kumar, of all people, for not being woke enough. In a 2024 interview, the former Mash Report host called Nando’s ‘the only thing uniting this fractured country’, which Logan considers hypocrisy, given the chicken chain has used a legal but opaque offshore scheme to pay less tax. His call for a boycott of Oatly because the milk alternative is on sale in Israel – helping the state appear progressive and ‘veganwashing’ its actions in Gaza, critics say – causes something of a ruckus in the room. Not because of Middle East politics, but because the Swedes here take umbrage at a jibe against a company from their homeland. However, Logan’s voice of calm prevails. A couple of standout stories define this show, both concerning mental health. One involves a particularly insane heckler on stage in Melbourne, Australia; the other concerns his own bipolar diagnosis (there can’t be many comics this Fringe calling Kanye West ‘relatable’) which led to Logan being sectioned, cracking jokes as he got dragged away. There’s clearly a lot more to this than he’s prepared to share yet, and this feels a little like a teaser for a future, darker show he’s yet to write, which would require stepping out of his comfort zone – something he’s understandably reluctant to do. Otherwise, Logan often falls into the trap of talking too much around his subjects, offering mildly amusing conversation, but not enough focus on landing a hard gag. And when he does hit a punchline, he has a tendency to talk too much beyond it, rather than letting the joke speak for itself. Such shortcomings mean the show probably wouldn’t survive contact with prime time, but in the early hours the stakes are lower, and hanging out with a cordial host sharing conversational anecdotes could hit the spot. Click Here

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