Captain Flinn and the Dinosaur Pirates – 4****

Captain Flinn and the Dinosaur Pirates 2 – The Magic Cutlass

Les Petits have returned to Edinburgh with this sequel to their much lauded Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs based on the book by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto. … Read More

The Noise Next Door – The Really, Really Good Afternoon Show 5*****

Tom, Sam, Charlie Mark and another Tom are collectively The Noise Next Door and have been turning out themed quality improvised comedy for almost a decade now. They do two shows the one I saw nominally for children, and a … Read More

Danny McLoughlin Phillip was Right 4 ****

There cannot be too many stand-up shows that open with the performer reciting Phllip Larkin poetry, but then there are reasons for this. McLoughlin’s favourite poem ‘This be the Verse’ was selected as a 11 year old basically because it … Read More

Lewis Scaffer You are Beautiful 4****

One time New York City comedian has been in the UK for ages now performing his largely self-deprecating shows with a style all of his own. Scaffer eschews the darkened theatre most comics revel in, house lights are on throughout, … Read More

Character Talks Pernilla Holland 3***

One woman female character dynamo Pernilla Holland puts loads of energy and work into her hour, introducing and often revisiting some of her characters occasionally to excess. From a failed Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest wanna be, to a recruitment consultant, … Read More

Andrew Maxwell – A Slight Return 5****

As certainly as the awful Edinburgh weather will be bad at Fringe time, Andrew Maxwell is even more reliable at delivering his achingly funny Fringe show to total capacity audiences. Once again these two unrelated facts have come to being … Read More

Vladimir McTavish – Scotland in Sixty Minutes 4****

No matter whenever you see a Vladimir McTavish show there is always the feeling that you are in a safe pair of hands as this longstanding stalwart of the Scottish comedy scene will always deliver a quality hour. Of course … Read More

Don’t Panic It’s Challenge Anneka – on the button 4****

A warm welcome awaits the audience in ‘Don’t Panic, It’s Challenge Anneka’, as the bewigged and upbeat Sophie Hunter chats to everyone in the audience and hands out sweets and drinks. Once the show starts, the action transforms into a … Read More

Simon Evans: In the Money 3***

Yes, Mr Evans is exactly as articulate as he sounds on Radio 4, even when talking to the audience and dealing spontaneously with their responses. It’s not achieved – or not solely achieved – by repeated takes.

This is … Read More

The Little Prince – 2**

The Little Prince

‘What is essential is invisible to the eye’ Saint-Exupery tells us in The Little Prince. There was a great deal within this production that was essential to making it a success that was not clearly visible to … Read More