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Biscuit Barrel: Not Another 69-Sketch Show – 2**
August 14, 2024 | one4review
On the face of it, the pitch for this show is both incredibly simple and very appealing. It contains 69 sketches pushed into the normal fringe running time of 60 minutes. This is the fourth time the sketch group Biscuit … Read More
Jonny and the Baptists: The Happiness Index 3***
August 14, 2024 | one4review
How to describe this show… In 2010 David Cameron was Prime Minister and he was interested in quantifying the happiness of the nation. Our two on stage performers have picked up this idea and used it as the loose basis … Read More
Jessie Cave -Ecstatic Display 3***
August 14, 2024 | one4review
The vast stage in Assembly Roxy is preset with many props, including a shadow puppet display I was wondering what we were in for. Jessie Cave enters somewhat awkwardly, not for her the sass many stand-ups have, explains that she … Read More
Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in Oof! 4.5****
August 14, 2024 | one4review
On entering the venue and being seated the audience find Fringe comedy legend Arthur Smith is sitting on a bench reading his newspaper, when a similarly aged Phil Nice shuffles on stage and sits beside him. Initially there is no … Read More
Matt Forde – The End of an Era Tour 5*****
August 14, 2024 | one4review
Matt Forde has for years now always been a top-rated political comedian, who wickedly observes, mimics and definitely satirises every colour of the political spectrum both home and abroad. Of course recently there has been a surfeit of potential victims … Read More
Kemah Bob – Miss Fortunate 4.5 ****
August 13, 2024 | one4review
Kemah Bob is an import from Texas and now London based has already been seen on TV and read on Radio for a while, so it is probably surprising that this is her first time doing a Fringe hour. Along … Read More
Rose Matafeo – On and On and On 5*****
August 13, 2024 | one4review
On taking my seat in the Pleasance Forth, I was advised by the staff to move a little, so I wasn’t in Rose’s eyeline. So, me and my notebook moved slightly to be less so. I wondered why, but it … Read More
Larry Dean – Dodger 5*****
August 13, 2024 | one4review
Way back in in 2013 I was invited to attend the final of Scottish Comedian of the Year and first heard the name Larry Dean, who even in those distant times had stardom written all over him. He won the … Read More
The Magic of Terry Pratchett – 3***
August 13, 2024 | one4review
Based on his unofficial (but apparently, not objected to) biography of the phenomenally successful and prolific British author Sir Terry Pratchett, Marc Burrows’ show combines lecture and stand-up to tell the story of the late lamented author up until his … Read More
Spring Day – Exvangelical 4****
August 13, 2024 | one4review
It was a dark wet night outside, the interior of her space sombre, a fitting background to the hour we were to see if the preshow info was to be believed. And then everything changed. Spring Day took to the … Read More
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