Stand Comedy Club Edinburgh 25 October

With the dark nights firmly upon us and the clocks changing shortly the cool fingers of impending winter are very much in evidence outside, but inside Scotland’s premier comedy club the atmosphere is always tropical and no more so than … Read More

Edinburgh Comedy Collective – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly -16 October

It had been quite a while since I had been to Edinburgh’s Stand Comedy Club and even longer since I had seen the Comedy Collective perform there so on the cold almost winter’s evening I put both to right’s by … Read More

Grease:- Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline

If there is there anyone in the world who in unaware of this musical and film then I don’t know where they have been for the last 40 years. Grease had its Broadway debut in 1972, yes really, and there … Read More

Jason Byrne – People’s Puppeteer Tour

I can’t be exactly sure the first time I saw Jason Byrne on stage. I do remember it was waaaay back in the late 90’s when he was first beginning to make waves on the comedy scene and immediately tuned … Read More

Rhod Gilbert – The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo

Well the Edinburgh Fringe has been over at least two days now, so time to get back to seeing comedy again, it’s been too long a break.

And where better to start that at Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre for the full … Read More

A Final Day Fringe Selection

Camille Claudel (Theatre) ****

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing (Theatre) ****

Bad Musical (Comedy) ****

Celia Pacquola – Delayed (Comedy) ****

On this the final day of the Fringe and having completed my reviewing schedule a few days ago, on something … Read More

Midnight Paranormal Haunted Underground Experience

3 stars ***

This was a very interesting tour, starting with a look at some torture instruments and detailed accounts of how they were used. Morbid and cringey but fascinating.

This was followed by a look at some vaults and … Read More

Berlin Cabaret

If you imagine the setting where Sally Bowles performs in ‘Cabaret’ then you get the premise of this decadent German club scenario.

Tales of debauchery, androgenous characters, scantily clad women and men abounded, interspersed with some basic songs (there was … Read More

Revolution! The Musical

3 stars ***

This was billed as “Britain’s next big musical” – unfortunately it isn’t.

Set in Bosnia over a number of years we were told stories of revolution, romance and war. But it all got confusing – there was … Read More

Bereavement: The Musical

4 stars ****

This song cycle gave us a variety of scenes based around bereavement and grieving and the different ways of coping.

There was nothing morbid here though, just a collection of clever and witty writing which put a … Read More