The Virginia Monologues: Why It’s Great To Be Old

* * * * 4 stars

Author and journalist Virginia Ironside performs a show which is delightfully and unashamedly ageist, mocking the under 60’s. If you are a 65 year old granny, you can get away with non political correctness. … Read More

Glenn Wool : Let Your Hands Go

* * * * 4 stars

Glenn Wool has a certain swagger in his style that I’m growing to appreciate more every year.  He’s loud and brash and crude, but that doesn’t hide the fact that underneath his scruffy exterior … Read More

Gagarin Way

* * * * 4 stars

Gagarin Way is the first Theatre piece to be performed under The Stand Comedy Club banner. Performed by Will Andrews, Bruce Morton, Jim Muir and Phil Nichol, each mainly known for their stand-up work … Read More

Jason Byrne – The Byrne Supremacy

* * * * * 5 stars

What can I say about Jason Byrne I have not already said over and over again? I have loved this mad Irishman since we first saw him 13 years ago in Pleasance Two. … Read More

The Sociable Plover

* * * * * 5 stars

I have admired Guy Masterson for years and associate any production which bares his name with top quality writing, direction, production and performance. He expects anyone who works with him to give a … Read More

TAO – Samurai Magical Drumming

* * * * * 5 stars

Perhaps 11 people playing drums, flutes, horns and cymbals, with one or two other percussion instruments added just for a variety may not seem like a great Fringe show to you but it … Read More

Words With AL Kennedy

* * * * 4 stars

I must admit it is with some trepidation I set out to write this review using ‘words’!  The thoughts are – ‘will I misuse them?’  ‘Will I upset them?’  ‘Will I damage them and in … Read More

Alistair McGowan and Charlotte Page: Cocktails With Coward

* * * * * 5 stars

Alistair McGowan is well known for his many TV shows and multiple persona. At this years Fringe he is performing in two shows, his own ‘Alistair McGowan The One and Many’ and Alistair … Read More

Catwalk Confidential

* * * 3 stars

Robyn Petersen, the writer and performer of this play, tells the story of her life; from the early days of growing up in 60’s Miami Beach culture, through her early 70’s escape to New York … Read More

Foursome

* * * * * 5 stars

StoppedClock are fast becoming one of our favourite theatre groups and this is the third production we have seen so far and the third one packed with quality.

This is a bitter-sweet tale … Read More