Brendon Burns – Home Stretch Baby

5 Stars

*****

Mr Burns was sadly missing from last years Fringe and for all his army of fans it was a poorer place without him.

But fear not. He is back.

The Burns of years gone by was not … Read More

Sarah Kendall – Get Up Stand Up

4 Stars

**** 

Flame haired Aussie Sarah Kendall has been missing from the Fringe scene for a couple of years and for me anyway it has been a loss.

The reason is that she has become a mother and some … Read More

Craig Hill: Jock’s Trap

4 Star

**** 

If there is one thing that is guaranteed in any Fringe then that is Scotland’s own Craig Hill will be performing a sell-out show and that show will have an innuendo in the show title.

And of … Read More

Barbara Nice – Mrs Nice

4 Stars

**** 

Now I am a reviewer of many years experience and certainly one of the golden rules I have is never to give away any outstanding parts of any show I attend. Okay allude to them perhaps, but … Read More

Cloud Man

*****

Wow! This show was simply beautiful, and the desire to now adopt a Cloud Man of my own is overpowering. The simple manner of the storytelling is so effective, the actress/puppeteer had the children and the adults in the audience … Read More

Mitch Benn: – Reduced Circumstances

4 Stars

**** 

I have been seeing Mitch Benn perform on and off for a number of years now, I reckon it is about 17 years or so and what has always been evident is the man’s mastery of funny … Read More

A Guide to Second Date Sex- Dirtystop-out and TEAfilms

5 Stars

*****

Laura is heading to Ryan’s flat. It is their second date. Both are unsure as to how the evening will go, what they should do, what they shouldn’t do. The anxiety and uncertainty are almost … Read More

Neil Delamere: DelaMere Mortal

5 Stars

*****

Neil Delamere is a comic I have been impressed with for a number of years now, and he is yet another from the endless conveyor belt that seems to exist in Ireland.

Starting with the usual bit … Read More

Mr Carmen

****

Russian Engeneering Theatre Akhe’s production is wordless. There is much symbolism and as such it is curious and strange, but completely mesmerising. For a start, take the name of the play. There is the combination of a male title … Read More

I, Tommy

****

Like him or loathe him, Tommy Sheridan with his ego, impassioned fist clenching sound bites and fake tan complexion, has been good TV and newspaper copy for more than two decades. Ian Pattison, writer of the Rab C Nesbitt … Read More