A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood

*****

Having enjoyed Milk Productions show last year Bluebeard: A Fairytale for Adults, I know the company has a flair for original and imaginative theatre. This year their version of George being plucked from obscurity to become a Saint has … Read More

Kemble’s Riot

****

Zincbar Performing Arts version of a now little known piece of theatre history is given a very direct treatment because we as members of the audience have a crucial part to play in the action. Kemble’s Riot is based on … Read More

Botallack O’Clock

****

My immediate impression of Eddie Elks black comedy was the stunning and absorbing performance given by Dan Frost in the role of abstract painter Roger Hilton CBE. The play is set in Hilton’s bedroom sometime in the final years … Read More

Diane Spencer- Exquisite Bad Taste

***

3 Stars

Flame haired comedian is a striking presence. She makes an impression as soon as she hits the stage. And then she opens her set striving to make a bad taste impression. I think it is safe to … Read More

Tiffany Stevenson – Uncomfortably Numb

*****

5 Star

I was first persuaded to see Tiffany Stevenson a few years ago, a recommendation I have been very thankful for and have made a point of catching her shows ever since.

Last year she reached the final … Read More

Katherine Ryan – Nature’s Candy

****

4 Star

Katherine Ryan is a Canadian national, but has been living in the UK for a while now and has definitely assimilated into the local way of life being a divorced single mum in her twenties. This is … Read More

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – Boo Lingerie

**** I’ve been a regular visitor to the Socks’ shows over the years, coming back year after year, for all the reasons I loved their latest offering. The banter between Serious Sock and Silly Sock was, as ever, a joy, … Read More

Parris and Dowler Know What They’re Doing

*** This kind of show titles is always a risk… your reviewer is so tempted to say no, they don’t, but actually, this pair do.

The show kicks off with a song, and banter between Rachel Parris and Max Dowler.

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Jim Campbell: Nine Year Old Man

***

Jim Campbell is a confident, likeable performer, slickly demonstrating to his audience that they were in for a good time. His show title might imply an immaturity, but as a comic, he’s anything but, dealing well with the slightly … Read More

Laurence Clark: Inspired

***

A show of this title, you could expect to leave feeling Inspired. I left thinking that Laurence Clark was funny. Which is exactly what he would want. The celebal palsy sufferer and dad of two, didn’t set himself as … Read More