The Ugly Duckling – 4****

Revel Puck Circus and Underbelly reimagine the classic tale of the Ugly Duckling, a children’s story we all know well, and put a self-aware and high circus spin on it. What’s great here is that before the show has … Read More

Alex Kitson : This is Water -3.5***

Alex Kitson, is back at The Fringe, following last years success, with his new show, “This is Water”.  It’s a light-hearted routine that genuinely has something for everyone, geared around his central joke about some fish.  He bursts onto … Read More

Messy Magic Adventure – 3.5***

Messy Magic Adventure starts as we meet our cleaning duo, Spray and Wipe; they say they’re the stain-busting specialists, and what starts as a simple clean-up job turns quickly into silly but wonderful fun. The pair get the audience … Read More

A Haunted House – 4****

The spooky creation of mime and slapstick performer David Hoskin, A Haunted House is a show packed full of ghoulish good times.

A one man show in the traditional Fringe mould for one man shows– which is to say, a … Read More

The Burton Brothers: 1925– 4****

Making their debut after a series of successes in their home nation of Australia The Burton Brothers bring to the Fringe “the only sketch comedy show set entirely in the year 1925” to a roaring success.

The two (real life) … Read More

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense) – 4****

Like many millennial comedy nerds, much of my formative years were spent listening on repeat to the reworkings of popular songs made by comedy music legend Weird Al Yankovich, from Armish Paradise (a parody of Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise) to Eat … Read More

Youth In Flames – 4****

Written and performed by Mimi Martin, “Youth in Flames” is an incredibly hard hitting piece of theatre, with it’s focus on the 2019 protests in Hong Kong.  Seen through the eyes of a teenage girl growing up in an … Read More

Copla: A Spanish Cabaret 4****

Copla: A Spanish Cabaret is a captivating blend of cabaret, lecture, musical history, and heartfelt storytelling. Created and performed by Alejandro Postigo, it introduces audiences to the rich but often overlooked Spanish art form of Copla—mixing history, personal narrative, and … Read More

Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Hour 4****

It seems unusual for a comedian’s debut Fringe run to sell out before it has even begun, but Gianmarco Soresi has already built such a cult following for his comedy through his online presence and viral stand-up clips that … Read More

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit 5*****

Sometimes at the Fringe you stumble across a show that makes you grin from start to finish, and Locomotive for Murder is exactly that. Billed as an improvised whodunnit, it’s a fast-paced comedy ride with all the twists and turns … Read More