REVIEW: Verity Sharpe: Landlord’s Wet Dream, EdFringe 2026 ★★★★

Bikini Kill welcomes us into Daisy at Underbelly, Bristo Square. We are not disappointed by the punkish, impertinent and rough-around-the-edges hour of biting political commentary that follows in Verity Sharpe’s debut solo comedy show.

Landlord’s Wet Dream hits the ground running in this chaotic and seemingly impulsive commentary on the UK housing crisis, exposing the harsh realities of renting in London, complete with hypocritical landlords refusing to fix damp and experiences of universal credit and job centres. Through sharp, witty one-liners and hilarious physical comedy using intricately homemade props (and even a song!), Sharpe has created a highly original, enraged yet genuinely funny show that becomes an urgent rallying cry for justice. The bed bug poem is a particular highlight.

Amongst the stand-up and sketches are snappy and satirical poems, which Sharpe delivers with fiery and charged conviction. The structure of Landlord’s Wet Dream is constantly inventive, blending together personal anecdotes from living in a guardianship with punk band imaginings, each effectively bookended with parodied phone calls with a dodgy landlord. Landlord’s Wet Dream is a comedy show that really, genuinely links into the themes we expect from the title, and takes them further than we could have hoped for, at once playing for laughs while also delivering pertinent and authentic political takes.

Sharpe certainly grows in confidence throughout the hour and, whilst there were some hesitations and stumbles in the first third, they come into their own once they fully lean into their unique persona, complete with vacant and occasionally demonic stares. I am excited to see what Verity Sharpe tackles next.

Performances of Verity Sharpe: Landlord’s Wet Dream have now concluded at EdFringe 2026.