AMELIA HAMILTON: Forget Me Not

5 stars ~

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe ~

Flamboyant, thought-provoking, and with top-class confidence, Amelia Hamilton is the rapping comic you didn’t expect but instantly adore. The show is fast-paced, clever, and utterly memorable– a stand-out mix of sharp stand-up, inventive raps with full-energy moves, plus such natural warmth that she connects with everyone in the room.

Amelia has huge presence on stage – accomplished, engaging, quick-witted – a consummate performer who can turn STEM smarts, middle-class upbringing, and discreet flirtation into a set that is both delightfully surprising and comedically skilled. The audience love the fact that this is not what they anticipated: every rap, every routine, flips presumptions on their head.

The lyrics are outstanding: well-written delivered fast, eliciting genuine laughter while linking seamlessly into the storytelling. Topics fly from “burning the house down” childhood warnings to the gender investment gap, from break-up fury (delivered with gleeful venom) to intrusive thoughts, ghosts on social media and “naughty nanas” who deserve better than bland eulogies.

Each rap is inventive, each story threaded with a pressure-point honesty, and the confession that wanting to make the world a better place is itself a huge pressure.

What makes it work so well is Hamilton’s engaging, talented delivery: a performer trusted immediately, like the friend you could confidently bring home, regardless that she might rap about anxiety, the inevitability of everyone being forgotten, and even Stocks & Shares ISAs, because she is such an astonishingly charming company.

Delightful, accomplished, and a genuine stand-out: Amelia Hamilton is a name to watch out for.

Reviewed by RoxyReviews for One4Review on 21 August 2025