Shappi Khorsandi – The Distracted Activist

**** 4 stars

I have been following the career development of this very talented lady for a number of years now and am pleased to say each year she is just getting better and better.

Shappi bounds onto the … Read More

Trainspotting

**** 4 stars

I can’t think there are many people in the world who are unaware of Trainspotting. It is a novel by Irvine Welsh, a successful stage play and of course a major movie based on dysfunctional characters in … Read More

Adams & Rea: Blissfully Unaware

**** 4 stars

Sarah Adams and Leisa Rea are two very talented ladies. They both play multiple musical instruments and sing. The variety of subjects and musical styles are very interesting, some of the topics totally unusual but all are … Read More

Luke Toulson – Too Many Last Cigarettes

*** 3 stars

I have absolute confidence that Luke Toulson is a very funny man.  We’ve reviewed him in previous years and he has been consistently given 4 stars.  However the show I saw was suffering badly from ‘Thursday night … Read More

Frisky and Mannish’s School of Pop

***** 5 stars

What to say?  And how to say it?  Ok, here goes . . . I think that Frisky and Mannish may possibly be the best thing to have been in front of my eyes thus far this … Read More

Carey Marx: The Doom Gloom Boom

***** 5 stars

Geoff first discovered the cute phenomenon that is Carey Marx, so it is now a rush to see who can schedule his show in first.  This year, for the second year in a row, I got to see … Read More

The Hotel

I headed up to The Assembly Rooms at George Street where Mark Watson had advised (via the wonder of Twitter) that free tickets would be available for his ‘show’ The Hotel. All I had to do to claim one was … Read More

Jason Cook – Fear

***** 5 stars

This is the third year in a row I have been to see Jason Cook and although Geoff has seen him perform at the Stand Comedy Club, Jason’s Fringe ticket is mine!

This show is about ‘Fear’, … Read More

Rat Pack – Live

**** 4 stars

Geoff and I love our music as much as we enjoy our comedy and since I have always loved Sammy Davis Junior I was looking forward to my second Hartshorn-Hook Production of this Fringe, having already seen Treasure … Read More

Spank

***** 5 stars

The late night cabaret club is alive and well in Edinburgh and with so many to choose from the difficulty is where do I go?  With the next question actually being, where can I get in?

One … Read More