Topping & Butch – A Lot to Take In

Yes it is ‘a lot to take in’, Topping and Butch the virtuoso cream of camp comedic performance have written an all new show.  More Opera, more new musicals, a totally new class of Chav and more sparkle than … Read More

Sex, Life and E.F.T.

Peter Searles Sex, Life and E.F.T. the show follows Peter through his ups and downs of life. Most are fairly predictable but shown in such a way it brings out the humour in each situation. For an early night … Read More

Two Birds go into a Bar….

Two birds is not a double act but two ladies doing a separate stand up one after the other. First on is Ayesha Haziraka, a second generation Scot of Indian Moslem descent from Hamilton and looking like a cross … Read More

Shazia Mirza: Between You and Me

Shazia Mirza is almost unique in the fact that she is a female Moslem stand-up comedian and her show this year is built on and around that she is trapped between two worlds. Her ethnic community do not approve … Read More

Uncle Orchard & the Seagull Sisters

The inspiration for this show is Checovian, long drawn-out discussions about doing things and looking for love, stories without resolution. Eric Schrode has taken/amalgamated several of his better-known plays, extracted scenes and storylines, mixing them up into a modern … Read More

The Show in the ‘Bro

A bunch of students decide to take a Fringe show to Edinburgh, or Edinbro’ as producer Otis calls it, the only problem is they are stymied by Andrew Lloyd Weber for their original idea, and Drama Queen Jacob, and … Read More

Under the Blue, Blue Moon – Cambridge Footlights

Cambridge Footlights have been around for ever, and have a world class alumni of past performers, you’ll know the names as well as I. They have a huge following and I usually describe as a slightly more mature audience … Read More

Slaughterhouse Live’s Yard of Battenberg

I must admit last year I was assigned to see Slaughterhouse live and was not looking forward to it, but, having seen the show I loved it, so I was really looking forward to this years version. The four … Read More

The Dentist Chair

The Dentist Chair is a series of visual gags mimed against a background of words and music. There is no speech except for one liners taken from other comedians sound tracks. Throw in a bit of unexceptional magic, some done … Read More

Demetri Martin – These are Jokes

If you are doing a comparison on the number of jokes there are per show during this years Fringe, then it is almost a certainty that Mr Martin must have one of the highest ratings.

The … Read More