Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad to a Pelican 3***

This show has an excellent title: precisely true without really telling anything close to the whole story. It’s a good story, and worth visiting the show to hear the whole thing. Ms Jones is first and foremost a really good … Read More

Any Objections? 3.5***

Delivery of this show steadily becomes more self-assured as it moves on through, changing from a naturalistically-performed script to proper comedic delivery about the point where Scarlet dons a fabulous red jacket and invites us to guess the mystery object … Read More

Fisherman Jon: What’s on the End of My Rod? A Clown Odyssey 4****

By the end of this weird little delight, we’ve been buffeted by so much oddity that a message of love and acceptance that would otherwise be schmaltzy and twee lands exactly as it should: sincere and devoid of cynicism. We … Read More

Tape Face: 20 – 5*****

What’s more to say about Tape Face? The comedy alter ego of New Zealander Sam Willis, the enigmatic Boy With Tape of His Face is an international sensation – multi award winning, America’s Got Talent Finalist and Las Vegas staple.

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Potty the Plant – 4****

For reasons that defy explanation, I will apparently watch almost any show that involves puppets. And, indeed, I only had to see an image of Potty, the particular potted plant puppet protagonist of the comedy musical medical matinee and I … Read More

Footballers Wives: The Musical 5*****

Based on the cult show of the same name this popular 00’s show potrayed the fictional lives of footballers, their clubs and their wives. The show was full of scandal, affairs and several shockingly raunchy scenes that it is hard … Read More

The Physician of Oz 3.5***

A very funny collective of short medical comedy sketches, performed by medical students, on the journey of a junior doctor into the world of Foundation Year. Poking fun at the current NHS crisis, junior doctor strikes and the expectations and … Read More

Girl Pop! 4****

A disbanded girl group reunite, after a reported scandalous fight at an awards ceremony. The all-female quartet take the audience through the highs and lows of being in a 00’s girl group. From the selection process, to the peak of … Read More

DOUBLE TAKE – 4****

This is a vibrant double bill at Dance Base that sees the coming together of different generations performing in this intriguing hour of speed, symmetry and reflection. We open with Lothian Youth Dance Company (LYDC), Dance Base’s in-house company for young … Read More

Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs 5*****

A welcome return to the Fringe from the self-proclaimed “Travelling Whimsy Merchant”, the new show from Alasdair Beckett-King (or ABK, for short) is a delightful assortment of oddments of jokes, asides and flights of fancy. Pitched as, at least … Read More