Britalian with Stefano Paolini

Some comedians have a natural quality in that they can strike up a rapid rapport with their audience within minutes of making their entrance. Stefano Paolini, a first time performer at the Fringe, has this quality. The bare and intimate … Read More

The Lost and Lonely Rebels – A Sketch Show

Miles Jupp, Humphry Ker and Stuart Murphy are collectively ‘The Lost and Lonely Rebels’.

Difficult to describe but this sketch show is well written, directed, performed and choreographed. If one could say a sketch show is choreographed.

Rebels they may … Read More

Lick & Chew

This extremely talented double act provide a fitting end to any days Fringe going. Their eclectic mix of sketches, songs and comedy are well suited to a wide spectrum of Fringe going public. Both the opening and closing numbers are … Read More

Brendon Burns – All My Love, All My Rage

It was last year that Brendan Burns allegedly consigned his alter ego Burnsey to oblivion, I was therefore keen to see if he had been resuscitated with this show called All my Love, All my Rage.

Brendan still is at … Read More

A British Guide to French Pop

A British Guide to French Pop is the somewhat unusual title of a show, but what is really unusual in respect to the Fringe?

Presented by self confessed Francophile Toby Mitchell, ably assisted, but occasionally that is hardly the word, … Read More

The Boy Who Cried Whale

Take a brilliantly constructed script, zany action, witty songs and crazy impersonations, and what you have in this show is the best in comedy theatre. Four guys and one girl act out a series of fast moving sketches, at first … Read More

Best of “So you think you’re funny”

This late night show at the prestigious Gilded Balloon was a selection of the winners of the Heats of ‘So You Thing You’re Funny’ so one would expect a high class show wouldn’t you?

Well you don’t always get what … Read More

Best of Irish

The Stand Comedy Club as most of our regulars will know is a year long favurite of ours providing top quality comedy at very reasonable prices. Also when they sell a gig as The Best of Irish, they are not … Read More

BBC Stand Up Show Live

One of the benefits of having the Beeb name on this show is that one is assured of quality performers and a slickly presented show. The running order has had virtually every ‘name’ appearing from time to time together with … Read More

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden – Little Richard III

Those Men in beige are back, although in truth only Ronnie Golden is in beige, Barry Cryer in darker colours, but in spite of advancing age they still are a big draw and who can argue with this as the … Read More