Rollercoaster 4****

Wes Peden seamlessly merges his passion for juggling and roller coasters in an exhilarating performance of contemporary juggling. Voted “the world’s most popular juggler” for 10 consecutive years, Peden’s extraordinary skill set on full display in this show clearly justifies … Read More

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit On The Poster 5*****

Amy Gledhill is well established across comedy, winning awards, being part of The Delightful Sausage and Gein’s Family Giftshop, and also as an excellent stand-up with wonderful stage presence, so this review could stop right there but that is not … Read More

Michelle Shaughnessy- Too late, Baby 4****

Michelle Shaughnessy is a lovely Canadian comedian who suffers from Anxiety and is used to the finer things in life, but when the cash flow ends, what does she do to maintain her lifestyle?

Michelle struggled with weight loss at … Read More

Hamstrung 3.5***

It is no secret because of the image for the show, that we are likely to find ourselves in the presence of the late King’s court jester, the greatest in all of Denmark.

So this light piece of inventive theatre … Read More

Sara Barron – Anything for You 3.5 ***

On entering Monkey Barrel 1 the overwhelming first impression was a monitor showing a mature woman’s face, who could have been, and turned out to be Sara Barron’s mother. Barron originally from Chicago, has lived in the UK for 15 … Read More

Headache 4****

AJ is a university student studying English literature who leads a normal life. She adores her Uni friend Bobby and has a fear of Karaoke, but like some people one event can change everything.

To begin with AJ recalls a … Read More

Comedians DJ battle 3 ***

I had high hopes for this show. I wrongly had several preconceived ideas about what I was going to see. I thought it might be like Comedian roasts or similar to the show Lip Sync. I think the idea is … Read More

John Robertson: The Human Hurricane 5*****

I’ve been to a number of John Robertson’s shows over the years, and I’ve always really enjoyed them, though mindful in reviews that even amongst the ‘offbeat’, ‘quirky’ and ‘alternative’ shows, John’s were never going to be mainstream, or for … Read More

Shitty Mozart 4****

Let’s get the obvious out of the way here – this show is not sh!tty. It’s a funny, clever, puerile, show that takes a huge amount of work to make it look extremely low effort.

Written and performed by US … Read More

Susie McCabe – Merchant of Menace 4.5****

It can’t have been the ideal run-up to Fringe 2024 for Susie McCabe. Two weeks before the kick-off of the grueling month of August and while in south of England, Susie suffered a heart attack and ended up with heart … Read More