Britt Migs: Dolphin Mode 3***

Britt Migs is an exuberant New Yorker with a huge smile and an easy and confident stage presence, who immediately brings the audience in when she arrives on stage. It’s this ease and confidence that carries a show that feels … Read More

Single Use – 4****

In the compact, but atmospheric Bunker 3, the small but appreciative audience were treated to an accomplished fringe debut by Verity Mullan who wrote and performed this new play.

Single Use tells the story of Ella, a delightfully scatty woman … Read More

By a Thread – 5*****

Using just one rope to accomplish a simply incredible range of physical feats, By A Thread is a light-hearted yet at times intimate take on circus performance. From skilfully spinning through the air to tightrope-style walks and gravity-defying holds, the … Read More

Brainsluts 4****

Brainsluts is a sharp, well-paced ensemble piece set in the sterile, faintly oppressive world of a clinical drug trial. Over five consecutive Sundays, four strangers – Yazz, Mitch, Duggan and Bashiber gather to participate in a psychoactive study, each driven … Read More

Jenny Ryan – Bjorn Yesterday 3.5***

Jenny Ryan is a huge ABBA fan! Or is she? Do they even exist? In this one woman show, Ms Ryan explores the legends, the myths, the Gods, these Swedish phenomena.

There’s no question that these pop icons have built … Read More

Always, Sometimes, Maybe – 3.5***

Always, Sometimes, Maybe is an ambitious solo show that blends sweet humour, physical theatre, and moments of audience participation to explore loneliness and the difficulty of forming connections.

The protagonist, a janitor, begins with a light-hearted routine of turning lights … Read More

Monsterrrr! with Trygve Wakenshaw – 5*****

Monsterrrr! with Trygve Wakenshaw combines mime, physical comedy, childlike chaos, and occasional tenderness, but it is never long before a fart joke or audience participation elicits giggles that are infectious.

Wakenshaw is best known for his award-winning physical theatre work, … Read More

Mario the Maker Magician 5*****

Mario the Maker Magician is such a beautifully crafted show that blends magic, storytelling, and a constant buzz of energy with screaming in an almost constant call-and-response routine that never ends.

The real magic here is how planned everything is, … Read More

Vlad Ilich – The Immortal Game 4.5****

Do you play chess? Can you remember what all the pieces are called and how they move? Vlad Ilich, North Macedonias most famous export, after Alexander the Great and Mother Theresa, will take you on a checkerboard journey on how … Read More

Deage Paxton – Inappropriate 4****

Brazen, bizarre, and at times brilliant — imagine Adam Sandler transplanted into a Geordie vessel and set loose on a stage.

Newcastle’s Deage Paxton is one of this year’s surprise packages. If you don’t know him yet, you should. He … Read More