Alex Prescot: Cosy - Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025

​Alex Prescot’s Cosy is exactly what the title promises: a warm, smile-inducing hour that feels like a much-needed hug. From the moment the audience enters, Prescot sets the tone with a jaunty piano tune, establishing himself as a performer you can’t help but root for. Charming, approachable, and refreshingly free of cynicism, he radiates the kind of energy your mum wishes your boyfriend had.

His show thrives on spontaneity, with every performance shaped by audience interaction. He weaves the crowd’s stories into sharp, witty, and completely original songs, ensuring no two shows are ever the same.

Threaded throughout is a more personal narrative: the tale of his former double act, broken up when his partner moved to Australia. Prescot plays this experience with a dash of cheeky bite especially in his tongue-in-cheek barbs aimed at the land Down Under. It’s a testament to his craft that the show remains relentlessly feel-good while still carrying emotional weight.

The music itself is cheery, well-crafted, and consistently funny, with lyrics that land somewhere between cabaret and stand-up. Visual gags, enhanced by cleverly deployed PowerPoint slides, add a playful multimedia dimension too.

At its core, Cosy is a show that embodies its name. It’s witty, warm, and endlessly entertaining and a reminder that comedy doesn’t need cynicism to connect. Prescot may have won “biggest smile” back in high school, but now it’s his audiences who leave beaming.

4/5

Lee Hutchison