Anna

****

You have to stand all the way through this show, and it’s hot, and it’s played out, at several points, inches in front of you, yelling in your ear. It’s visceral and horrific and truly … Read More

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game

**

This show started with a lot of promise, but ended up on the other side of surreal and didn’t manage to take the audience with it. Nominally, this show is about dating, relevant data and … Read More

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Zeitgeist Limbo

*****

Don’t go by the show title, or what the fringe blurb says, that’s not what this was – but as the man says, it’s a free show (also, he’s Phill Jupitus) so he can do … Read More

Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe

****

My most favourite thing about this show was the compere, whose voice was like pouring cream. I also quite enjoyed the comedians, who range in experience, but who all delivered a competent and confident set.

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Sarah Hendrickx: Time Traveller

***

Ms Hendrickx does stand-up with audience engagement, which accompanies the storytelling (and a song) which gives the show its rough theme: her attempt to set right something which went wrong some time ago. It involves … Read More

Crunch the News

***

Crunch the News is a topical news show, which invites members of the panel to choose their favourite news story of the day for discussion. Panellists (and hosts) vary; the panel I saw had an … Read More

Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive 3 Star (+1 for audience reaction)

12.40 is an outrageous time for a comedy show to start. In Fringe terms it is about breakfast time, but cult comic Tony Law is selling out on a regular as clockwork basis.

But then nobody ever could accuse Law … Read More

This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera C Theatre 4 Star ****

Improv comedy has been around for a long time and each year I think surely it has had it’s day, but every year another bunch of young comics prove me wrong.

C Theatre have been running this show for … Read More

Brendon Burns Hasn’t Heard of You Either 5 Stars *****

Brendon Burns is an alpha male Aussie comedy star, that love him as I do, hate him as I guess some do, you just can’t ignore him.

Burns is a great comedy showman, he always has been and I sincerely … Read More

Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision (Sarajevo) Wellington College 5 Star *****

Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision (Sarajevo) Wellington College 5 Star *****

I have to admit when I saw that this show was being staged in a small venue and abridged to an hour I almost didn’t go and see it. I … Read More