David Strassman

Prior to the show, it occurred to me that I had never seen a live ventriloquist on stage before. Therefore, this was a first and a most enjoyable first at that.

David introduces the audience to a variety of almost … Read More

The Comedy Zone

The Comedy Zone is a tradition of the Edinburgh Fringe where up and coming comedians have a vehicle to showcase their comic talents on a late night comedy club style Edinburgh audience.

The line-up consisted of compere Mark Oliver, the … Read More

Charlie Pickering – Betterman

Charlie Pickering wants to make himself a better man. In his search for improvement we cover, body, mind and soul. We follow him on his journey and possibly pick up some tips to help ourselves on the way.

To begin … Read More

Cabaret Decadanse

In a smoky Cabaret bar, cool music, extraordinarily sensuous and decadent puppets and first class puppeteers, who occasionally supply ‘body parts’ to their creations and in a nutshell that is what this show is all about.

But that is not … Read More

Genius for Dummies

The ‘for Dummies’ series of books has been round for a while in the computer world and as it says on the box assists people in achieving fetes above their normal abilities.

The aim of this show is to turn … Read More

Phil Nichol

It was only a couple of years ago that Phil Nichol was a Perrier nominee, and now he is playing a small room in a late night slot.

The location may have changed from the slightly more glamorous Pleasance, but … Read More

Brendon Burns

Those of you, who have not seen Burnsy before, beware. He is not by any stretch of the imagination be called a shrinking violet. It is a rare sentence that does not have at least one four letter expletive in, … Read More

Chris Corcoran – Welsh Assembly

If Chris is not affiliated to the Welsh tourist board, he should be. His ambition during the fringe is to double the population of Wales. He encouraged our Welshness by feeding us Welsh cakes, getting us to sing and advertising … Read More

Colin Murphy – Miraculous

Colin Murphy is a name that has been around for years, I know that I have certainly seen him 3 or 4 times previously. He didn’t come to the Fringe last year and says he missed it, and I know … Read More

Craig Hill – One Man & His Kilt

Craig Hill the camp Scottish comedian hasn’t always been on my must see list, but I’ve seen more and more of him on TV and decided it was about time I tried to see him live.

His spectacular entrance through … Read More