Breakfast Bedlam, Live!

I found this a confusing how, even from entering the venue. This play obviously draws its inspiration from Ministry of Mayhem, SMTV Live etc as high energy Saturday Morning kids show. We have jealousy between the two main presenters, … Read More

Automated Housewives

This light hearted comedy play, written and directed by Kayla Ford, who  together with Judy Batalion and Ro Dalziel are the Automated Housewives (Ching) and they are broadcasting a radio show live from the Pleasance Hut daily. Only joking … Read More

A. L. Kennedy : Feel the Love

A. L. Kennedy : Feel the Love A L Kennedy is in the words business but going from acclaimed novelist to stand up comedienne is a huge gulf to cross. She is witty, obviously intelligent and always interesting, but … Read More

Sally Swallows & The Rise of Londinian

Billed as the Uk’s darkest and nastiest comedy -horror sketch show, I suppose it maybe has reached it’s aims.

I found it nasty, the script horrible and the jokes and running gags generally poor.

I was not alone, the person … Read More

Russell Howard – Skylarking

Russell Howard first came to our attention during the Pleasance Press Launch in 2004, we then saw him at The Stand Comedy Club. On the strength of these two snippets I went to see his full show ‘Skylarking’.

Both Russell … Read More

Russell Brand – Eroticised Humour

Ok to start with I don’t watch ‘Big Brother’, we don’t have digital TV and I hadn’t been drinking before the show.

Why then did it surprise me that I felt I was in a plastic bubble being kept away … Read More

Romantic Comedy – A Stand-Up Show

Terry Saunders is a tall, mid 20’s Londoner with something of a Woody Allen Appearance. He has an engaging, easy and even soft delivery.

Opening with a lively routine about auctioning on e-bay, he quickly involved the audience with some … Read More

Robert Dubac’s The Male Intelect: An Oxymoron

Apologies to those familiar with the figure of speech, but an oxymoron is defined as the combination of contradictory words to form an expressive phrase. Knowing this, gives an idea where Robert Dubac is coming from. The male intellect, he … Read More

The Road to Pisa

Welcome to Renaissance Italy and meet the Dell’Artes family, Alfredo, Ronaldo and Mamma, a circus act that to be frank needs an upgrade. They team up with a peasant girl with oomph, by name of Bella and head to the … Read More

The Road to Boothby Graffoe

Boothby Graffoe, is a place in Lincolnshire I believe, but for me there is only one Boothby Graffoe and he is a tall comic singer who has been gracing the Fringe for years.

Initially I wasn’t aware that he was … Read More