Keir McAllister – Hey You are Only Cosmic Dust 4****

Award Winning playwright and stand-up comedian Keir McAllister has been on the Scottish comedy scene for more than a decade, and yet this is his first solo hour. I could hardly believe it. Of course he has been involved in … Read More

Tom Ward Love Machine 3***

I first saw Tom Ward do a club set in London about 18 months ago and was blown away. And since then I have been waiting to have that happen again. To date, for me, it hasn’t happened. There is … Read More

Joz Norris: The Incredible Joz Norris Locks Himself Inside His Own Show, Then Escapes, Against All the Odds!! 5*****

Joz Norris’s disembodied voice had the audience in the palm of his hand even before his body appeared on the stage. He seems very lovely, and this, along with an unshakable confidence in performing and utter commitment to his material, … Read More

Kriss Foster: The Mug Tree 3***

This is a slow moving show – roomy – which has lots of pleasing elements rather than outright belly laughs, delivered by an apparently awkward, genial, northerner. The show ponders along through a variety of subjects and bouncing off various … Read More

All That Malarkey – 4 ****

It’s well worth checking out the malarkey that’s going on at Venue 13, a venue tucked away down Lochend Close near the bottom of the Royal Mile. David Harrington, musical director and pianist, provides wit and humour as he takes … Read More

Tiger House Theatre: Doctor Faustus, 2 stars **

This is a modern setting of Christopher Marlowe’s classic Faust. The main proponents are here, Mephistopheles, Lucifer etc. but set in a contemporary pharmaceutical world where the protagonists are mainly female. This appears to be one of the reasons for … Read More

Car Crash Productions: American Idiot, 3 stars ***

I missed their production last year so it was nice to see Car Crash Productions returning to the Fringe this year with their production of Green Day’s trendy hit, American Idiot.

First of all I have to mention the live … Read More

Colla Voce Theatre: Buried: A New Musical, 5 stars *****

Well this is different! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the title, but the description gives you a better idea. Two seemingly normal people who just so happen to kill their dates end up on a date together … Read More

Dominic Holland Eclipsed 4****

When he burst onto the comedy scene way back in the 90s Dominic Holland was touted as being one of the up and coming people in the world of comedy. That was of course before he was married and had … Read More

Michael Brandon – Off-Ramps 3***

Although this show is listed under comedy / stand up in the Fringe brochure and I suppose Brandon did stand up for quite a lot of the time and yes it was funny at times also I feel it would … Read More