Raft 4****

Raft deals with abuse, but it’s sensitive and respectful and gentle with its subject, and the central sea-monster metaphor means it can focus on the experience of the women involved without giving any more attention to the monster than … Read More

Tom Lucy : Melt 4****

Tom Lucy has the ability to read the room. He has the talent and comic expertise to pick out just a few audience members who make perfect fodder for his style of stand up. Tonight might have been the exception … Read More

Dragons and Mythical Beasts – 5*****

It would be wrong for me to say this is anything other than brilliant. A fully packed hour of fun and audience interaction where you get to meet and greet all sorts of Mythical entities.

You probably know of … Read More

Anthony Devito: My Dad isn’t Danny Devito 4****

New York stand-up Anthony DeVito makes his Fringe debut at Just The Tonic at the Mash House. This fast talking American keeps us entertained by telling us stories about growing up in a 3 generation household of Italian American women … Read More

Taiwan Season: Light of life – 3.5***

A Diabolo is a bit like a giant yo-yo but without the string attached and to be honest I had no idea these devices could be used in the way they are in this show. It’s quite the spectacle to … Read More

Rosco McClelland – Goblin Mode 4.5****

Deep in the bowels of the Edinburgh old town, in a glorified cave, lurks a goblin, dictionary definitions vary slightly but ‘a grotesque sprite or elf that is mischievous or malicious toward people’ is a common theme. Does this apply … Read More

Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience 3***

I make a point of not really reading too much into the blurb that is put out about a show, I rather prefer to go in cold and discover what it is all about. Often afterwards I do read it, … Read More

Boris the Third 4****

Pleasance Courtyard – Pleasance One

Until 29th August

Something for the Weekend take us back to the cloisters at Eton School in 1982, when an 18-year-old Boris Johnson took the lead in Richard III, without bothering to learn his lines. … Read More

Lynn Ferguson’s Storyland – 4****

Lynn Ferguson pops onto the stage to give a pre-show welcome and her natural warmth and connection with the audience is obvious from the start. When the show officially begins, Lynn takes us back to the 70s and a tale … Read More

The Black Blues Brothers 5*****

When I first saw The Black Blues Brothers back in 2019, I was amazed at the extraordinary skills and theatrical performances of these amazing acrobats. I was therefore delighted to see that they have returned to perform the show again … Read More