The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre 4****

The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre London 4th October 2024 Four Stars.

Wonderful! Challenging retelling still manages to be colourful and silly.

Set in Padua, the plot follows the courtship of the headstrong and sharp-tongued Katherina by Petruchio, … Read More

Pierre Novelli – Must We 5*****

Pierre Novelli is an exceptional stand-up show that expertly blends humour with sharp social commentary. Dressed in a smart powder blue suit that complements his confident and refined stage presence, Novelli immediately commands the audience’s attention and holds it effortlessly … Read More

Man Up: A Show for Women 5*****

Drag King Chip Johnson, portrayed by the fantastic Maggie Metnick (she, her, they them), is a product of the American education school system and attaining valedictorian malakey. Chip is a far-right-feminist-ally who is pumped up to the eyeballs with white … Read More

Solve Along a Murder She Wrote 4****

For those unfamiliar with daytime television, Murder, She Wrote was a cult American crime drama series from the 1980s and ’90s. Starring the late Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer and amateur detective, the show featured a wide … Read More

Justin Moorhouse : The Greatest Performance Of My Life 4.5****

Justin Moorhouse is your archetypal traditional mass appeal stand up. He is northern, he’s loud, and he’s naturally, effortlessly funny. What’s not to like?

Within the first few minutes of his hour long stand up, at the Cabaret Bar, he … Read More

Josh Weller: Age Against the Machine 4****

Josh Weller delivers an excellent hour of comedy about music, also involving musical comedy. He started life aiming for a successful music career, but it didn’t work out. A decade and a half later, Josh is able to find quite … Read More

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons 4****

Kirsty Mann delivers a lovely show which is scooting across the Venn diagram to the overlap of comedy with theatre-slash-play. There’s a lot of theatricality in this show, from the lighting to the sketch-scenes to the characters (all played by … Read More

Name of the Dame 4****

Name of the Dame, a noir-style comic play, is utterly ridiculous and entirely delightful. Presented by Adam Perrot and Kate McCabe, this is a tightly-packed hour that starts strong and doesn’t let up. The classic set up of distressed woman … Read More

Locomotive for murder: The improvised whodunnit 5 Stars *****

Well, first show of the Fringe for me and what a show to kick off with! The show was hilarious from start to finish. The basic background of a murder mystery on a train, complete with unpredictability, appears to develop … Read More

Showstopper! The improvised Musical 4.5****

Back in 2009 I first saw Showstopper! And thoroughly enjoyed it so I guess it was long overdue a return visit, now staged in the barn of a venue Pleasance Grand, with every ticket sold it has become a Fringe … Read More