REVIEW: Ricky Riddlegang and the Riddle Gang, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
After last year’s successful run of Cream Tea and Incest (back on at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with an all-female cast), Benjamin Alborough and The...
REVIEW: Cicada 3301, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★★
You are unlikely to see a show at the Edinburgh Fringe that's anything like Cambridge University's Cicada 3301. A thoroughly original, smart and razor-sharp script...
REVIEW: 2Elfth Night, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
How many actors do you need to make a Shakespeare play? Two, as it turns out, along with a willing cast of audience participants. Comedic...
REVIEW: Leopold Vindictive, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★☆☆☆
In 1940s Belgium, we're privy to the lives of brave civilians who passed information to the British government through carrier pigeons. It's a concept with...
REVIEW: Bristol Revunions: Roadtrip! Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
The Bristol Revunions are back for the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Roadtrip!, a sketch comedy show about a group of country musicians who regale...
REVIEW: Shakespeare! The Panto, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 ★★☆☆☆
Putting the character of William Shakespeare into a pantomime themed fringe show is an interesting concept. Shakespeare! The Panto takes this concept and takes it to...
REVIEW: The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 ★★★★☆
A genius combination of mime, mellow drama and physical theatre (not an element of drama I often enjoy), The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar follows the story...
REVIEW: The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 ★★★★☆
Ok boys and girls, here we are again. Welcome to the tidal wave of improvised comedy show’s available at the Fringe. Along with accapella and...
REVIEW: Matt Hoss: Here Comes Your Man, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019 ★★★☆☆
Matt Hoss. What a unique individual. I’ll be honest, there isn’t a huge amount to say about Matt Hoss. However what there is to say...
REVIEW: The Durham Revue: Unnatural Disaster, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
"Have you ever seen Mr Tumnus's foreskin?" The Durham Revue is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Unnatural Disaster, another eclectic mix of weird and...
REVIEW: I’m Just Kidneying Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
Amanda Nicastro invites an audience to listen to her real-life story of how she donated her kidney in order to save her sisters life. Sounds...
REVIEW: Bristol Revunions: Party! Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
Much like with Bristol Improv, the Revunions have brought two shows to the Fringe - one free, one paid. If you're in the mood to...
REVIEW: Loud Poets, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
I've been blessed in this year's Edinburgh Fringe to get to see such a variety of shows: stand-up, musicals, sci-fi, and now spoken word poetry....
REVIEW: Portents, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★☆☆
Portents is weird. Like, really weird. After an evocative and atmospheric opening, the play settles into a set-up of the three performers (Ross Hunter, Ben...
REVIEW: We Apologise for the Inconvenience, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
“Hell isn’t dark. Hell isn’t fire and brimstones and pitchforks. Hell is A4-sized.” We all know Douglas Adams, the acclaimed author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide...
REVIEW: Redacted Arachnid, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★★
Redacted Arachnid is so much fucking fun. From their own admission, the Corpus Christi Owlets found the Wikipedia page of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,...
REVIEW: Void, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★☆☆
“If you’re a figment of my imagination then you could at least be on my side.” What happens after we die? I don’t know, but...
REVIEW: The 2 Mouthed Men Show, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★★
Allow me to introduce you to the idea of beatboxing and comedy combined by two men on stage for an hour. Doesn’t sound like your...
REVIEW: Alex Kealy: Rationale, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★★★★☆
"The only drug I've ever been addicted to is moral outrage." As I extolled in my review of Trump: The Musical, political comedy is quite...
REVIEW: Trump The Musical, Edinburgh Fringe 2019 ★☆☆☆☆
Spoilers. Not that it matters. It was a dark and stormy day in Edinburgh. The sky cracked asunder, as the Norse God Thor wrought his...