Comedy Club 4 Kids 3***

This show gives the younger members of the Fringe audiences the chance to try out the feel of a comedy club, it consisted of a compare and four comics, it’s a great concept and should be visited by those who … Read More

Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic ! 3***

Adapted to the stage, this will be familiar to many families on account of the popular CBBC show, and it shouldn’t disappoint. It contains many of the regular features of the show, Up Close & Magical and the Tricks Of … Read More

The Amazing Bubble Man 4****

Well, yet again the Amazing Bubble Man has totally hypnotised and enchanted my daughter, and many other children besides! The change of venue was a great move, it seemed much less cramped than the previous one near the Castle and … Read More

Suzy Bennett Dancing On Thin Ice 3 Stars ***

West Country lady Suzy Bennett brings her first full length show to the Fringe this year and it has been widely tipped to do well.

I saw her perform in the furnace that is the Pleasance Attic in a show … Read More

Diane Spencer – Hurricane Diane 4 Star ****

It isn’t often when entering a venue one witnesses the comic actually building their set on stage but this flame haired funny lady was building a roof. Yeah really, but there was a reason.

As in previous years Ms Spencer’s … Read More

Drum Struck

*****

Ubuntu is an African word meaning harmony. During Drumstruck’s performance, there were waves of ubuntu and energy flowing from the performers to the audience and from the audience back to the performers. Every member of the audience is an … Read More

Each of Us

****

There is a lyrical quality about Ben Moor’s performance. His way with words is brilliantly conceived and he pushes the ironies of life to the limit. Yet his style of delivery is very emotionally restrained.

His story arises out … Read More

Pants On Fire’s Pinocchio

***

In this adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio the setting is mid-west America in the 1950’s. Mr Geppetto is a lonely and reclusive widower whose wife and child were killed in a nuclear accident. Out of despair and in … Read More

Martin Mor: How Do You Like Your Blue Eyed Boy Now Mr Death 4 Stars ****

There is no doubt that Martin Mor is a big man, in stature, his beard is huge and his personality reaches out and engulfs the room from the off. In case we were in doubt as to who was on … Read More

Tom Binns Does Ivan Brackenbury and Others – 4****

The “Pay What You Want On Exit” or book for £5 model of fringe ticketing means this show has two queues, one looking more tense than the other. Thankfully, most of both get in, and the room fills with a … Read More