Helen Keen: The Primitive Methodist Guide to Arctic Survival

* * * * 4 stars

Helen Keen has such enthusiasm and energy. Her style is that of the raconteur. The inspiration for her show is a distant ancestor, a committed Methodist, who sailed from Hull as a crew member … Read More

Long Tooth

* * * * * 5 stars

Frenetic, zany and very funny sums up the character comedy written and performed by Trudi Jackson and Vivienne Gibbs. Director Hannah Eidenhow deserves much credit for making sense of the mayhem on stage. … Read More

MacKenzie Taylor: No Straightjacket Required

* * * * * 5 stars

I don’t suppose that it is easy to stand on stage and speak about yourself ain front of a room full of strangers at anytime, but to tell the story that Taylor does … Read More

Alistair McGowan: The One and Many

* * * * * 5 stars

It is amazing to me how TV stars will pack out Fringe venues based on their name only. Often the live version is a little less good than the TV as there is … Read More

Ashley Hames: Confessions of a Sex Reporter

* * * 3 stars

I have never seen Sin City, a programme broadcast on satellite TV.  I never watched Live TV channel, home of the News Bunny and Topless Darts so was less than prepared for the excesses that … Read More

Craig Hill – 40 Love…?

* * * * * 5 stars

You never quite know what is going to happen in one of Craig Hill’s shows but tonight (Friday 14th August 2009) has to be the most surreal yet.

Craig as usual turns his … Read More

Dan March – Goldrunner

* * * 3 stars

Success and failure are the themes of Dan March’s comedy routine. Few people have experienced real triumph in front of millions of TV viewers. Dan March achieved this as a naïve, geeky 17 year old … Read More

Fergus Craig Still watches Neighbours

* * * 3 stars

Fergus Craig is a young stand-up with a confession to make. He still watches Neighbours!! And judging by the numbers that are pouring into his show he is not alone in the sustained fascination with … Read More

Girls with Guns

* * * * 4 stars

With all the controversy that has been stirred up in the media in recent weeks over various detrimental comments made about female comedians it is perhaps a stroke of luck, or maybe very good … Read More

Mark Walker – Scorpio

* * * 3 stars

There is a growing tendency towards combining stand up comedy with an educational approach, allied with the use of PowerPoint to provide visual illustrations. Mark Walker’s show belongs to this movement and there is a … Read More