Colla Voce Theatre: Buried: A New Musical, 5 stars *****

Well this is different! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the title, but the description gives you a better idea. Two seemingly normal people who just so happen to kill their dates end up on a date together … Read More

2 Become 1 – King’s Head Theatre & Swipe Right – 4****

Jess is distraught since splitting up with her boyfriend. Her friends Mandy (the hopeless romantic), Molly (the quirky one) and Charlie (the sex kitten) rally round to cheer her up, trying to give her some advise from the Bible that … Read More

Car Crash Productions: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 3 stars ***

Based on the film of the same name, ‘Priscilla’ the musical is a joyous and uplifting tale of acceptance and understanding. And a bus. However it’s a hard show to pull off in the Fringe.

This is an obviously inexperienced … Read More

Disclosure Group: Porn, 1 star *

A few years ago there was “Porn, the Musical” in the Fringe, a fabulous piece from Malta which had excellent production values, catchy tunes and lyrics which should really have won an award. This ‘Porn’ though, sadly, has none of … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Atlantic: America and the Great War, 5 stars *****

One of two new shows sharing similar themes, Atlantic: America and the Great War follows the lives of two sisters as one leaves for war one one stays behind. The story is slightly confusing at the start but soon settles … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Atlantic: A Scottish Story, 5 stars *****

One of two new shows sharing similar themes, Atlantic: A Scottish Story follows the lives of two young childhood friends through a whole generation of growing up and apart. One leaves their traditional family home on a Scottish island, one … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Into the Woods, 5 stars *****

Into the Woods is one of Sondheim’s best loved and critically acclaimed masterpieces. It is intricate, detailed, charming and very, very clever. Act one presents us with familiar fairy tale characters and interweaves them on a quest to essentially find … Read More

Norfolk Youth Music Theatre: Made in Dagenham, 3 stars ***

Norfolk Youth Music Theatre return to the Fringe with the fairly recent West End hit, Made in Dagenham. Based on the true events at the Ford Dagenham plant in the 1960s, it tells the struggle of the skilled womens’ fight … Read More

Eurobeat – 4****

Back in 2007 the Fringe sat up and took notice when the then titled ‘Eurobeat Almost Eurovision’ premiered at The Pleasance and was an instant hit. Subsequent tours and also lower key productions have followed. Some 9 years later, it … Read More

Ghost Quartet -3***

Ghost Quartet

Four musicians tell us interwoven stories, twisted and peculiar, dark and violent, harrowing and discordant.

This is not a musical but nor is it a concert. The story is defined in album terms- Side 1, track 1 … Read More