Steve Shanyaski’s Life-Survival Bible

4 Star

****

It can’t be easy doing a show in a glorified ships container, well it feels like that anyway, late at night yet still selling the show to a weary audience, but I tell you what this Manchester … Read More

Jarred Christmas: Let’s Go MoFo

4 Star

****

Jarred Christmas is a well seasoned comic, an excellent compere but in his heart he is a dancer (!!) as illustrated in his New Zealand traditional Haka opening.

Christmas is in control from the onset, but it … Read More

Vikki Stone: – Hot Mess

4 Star

**** 

How to describe Vikki Stone!! She is a funny comedian, she is a fabulous singer, and she is one hell of a piano player. She is so talented it could almost be unfair to everyone else around … Read More

Mod

3 stars ***

The title of the show gives nothing away but this is essentially about a group of infatuated teenagers in America when Beatlemania strikes and the antics of the girls trying to meet them and one of the … Read More

The Early Edition

****

After a few years’ break from the Fringe, the Early Edition makes a welcome return. Posh boy Marcus Brigstocke and Brixton boy Andre Vincent take a satirical look at the daily newspapers and throw in a bit of gentle … Read More

Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly

***

From his initial warm up, Andrew Ryan establishes a good rapport with the audience. He is likeable, confident, in his early thirties and from Cork which he is at pains to point out is different from Dublin.

His show … Read More

Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade

***

Breathing Corpses is a thriller acted out in five scenes. The opening scene shows a young hotel maid who discovers a dead body of a man covered in a sheet, who has presumably committed suicide.

As the scenes are … Read More

#TimandFreya – Janey Godley and Ashley Storrie

5 Star

*****

Now I am not a great user of social media site Twitter so have to say a lot of the technology and terms are somewhat alien to me. But I understand enough to be aware that it … Read More

Thom Tuck Flips Out

*****

I should declare my biases before writing this review. I like my comedy intelligent, articulate and literate. Thom Tuck is my new favourite comedian. Short and stout and slightly dishevelled, Thom Tuck looks like a stereotypical student … Read More

Good Grief

4 stars ****

A mix of nicely written music with good singing, interesting characters and a well-developed storyline make this a little gem of a show in the Fringe this year.

It starts off at a funeral but this is … Read More