Thomas Currie – Basically Nocturnal 4****

Are you a bit of a night owl or maybe you need a bed-time story to help you drift off? Well Thomas Currie’s show, Basically Nocturnal is a musical celebration of things that happen in the dark of night.  … Read More

Well Behaved Women – 4****

Well Behaved Women is a brisk and buoyant new comedy that gleefully dismantles the preconceived idea of Victorian womanhood. Set in 1883, it follows three young women—Marianne, an Irish maid determined to be taken seriously as a writer; Emma, a … Read More

40 Years of Fringe : Jenny Eclair 5*****

Gilded Balloon marks four decades at the festival with a series of special in-conversations featuring comedy greats. Tonight is comedian, novelist and actress Jenny Eclair.

Jenny is joined in conversation with Kaye Adams. This is a career which has spanned … Read More

Seating Plan 4****

Seating Plan is a clever fast paced rom com. There is well written dialogue between the characters of Mavis and David played by Izzy Radford and George Airey. The story takes place over a period of five years and this … Read More

BED: A One Man Show 4****

So, here’s how it kicks off: Ben Donaghy, practically welded to his bed, gets yanked out of sleep by his alarm. Not exactly leaping into action — nah, he sort of drags himself into the spotlight and delivers a set … Read More

Managed Approach – 4****

Managed Approach at the Gilded Balloon Patter House is an intimate, unsettling piece that takes us right into Abby’s bedroom in Holbeck, Leeds – a place with a double-edged history. Not only was Holbeck the site of the UK’s … Read More

Woody’s Bush Cabaret – for Kids! – 4****

Woody’s Bush Cabaret weaves together a lovely little story about the bushland, including original songs and lively audience interaction. We’re waiting to hear Billy the kookaburra’s call to signal it’s time to start the cabaret, and until then we’re … Read More

After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss 5*****

Some Fringe shows shout their worth from the rafters; others hum their way into your bones. After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss does the latter—and once it’s there, it stays. In a festival year swarming with work about … Read More

Bring Yer Bairn 4****

Bring Yer Bairn is one of those Fringe curiosities that works far better than it has any right to — an 11 a.m. adult comedy show where you can bring your under-one-year-old without fear of frost glares or passive-aggressive tutting. … Read More

Michelle Brasier – It’s a Shame We Won’t Be Friends Next Year 4 1/2****

Michelle Brasier isn’t just a name on a poster — she’s something of an Australian cultural institution. The girl from Wagga Wagga — which, she gleefully informs us, is the teenage pregnancy capital of the world — has bulldozed her … Read More