Michael Odewale : #BlackBearsMatter 4****

Michael Odewale’s style of comedy is intimate and almost confessional. This is a fresh voice with a fresh perspective on what it is to be perceived as the threat. Being a young black man you have to be a little … Read More

Huge Davies: The Carpark 4****

Huge Davies delivers an hour of deadpan musical comedy wearing a strap on keyboard. It is a carefully crafted show full of jokes that creep up on you unawares with belly laughs a plenty. It isn’t the grand musical in … Read More

Arthur Smith – SYD 5*****

Arthur Smith, the one with the gravelly voice, the one from TVs the Grumpy Old men. Arthur has been playing at the Fringe since 1977 which takes some beating as records go. This is a nostalgic story about Arthur’s late … Read More

Chris Washington – Raconteur 5*****

Chris is indeed a northern comic, but he’s not in the same mould as the once legendary northern club comedians of the past, no in his hand he holds not a pint of mild but his recyclable water bottle. This … Read More

Stephen Buchanan – Baby Dove 5*****

Stephen Buchanan was crowned the winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2018. This, it seems, was enough to persuade Stephen to give up his job in a large supermarket and concentrate on comedy full time. A good choice. Stephen … Read More

The Showstoppers’ Kids’ Show 4****

The Showstoppers’ Kids’ show is hilarious and chaotic improvised musical theatre where the story is created from the suggestions of the children so is completely different every day. The cast are genius at managing to produce a song or dance … Read More

I Believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo 4****

This fantastic adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s I Believe in Unicorns was beautifully performed by Danyah Miller. This one-woman performance set on a simple stage surrounded by library books goes far deeper than the initial first impressions.

The story is of … Read More

Jack Gleadow – Mr Saturday Night 4****

Jack Gleadow harks back to the Saturday night variety acts of the 70’s and 80’s (long before he was born). The likes of Bruce Forsyth, Russ Abbott, Tommy Cooper, Cannon and Ball and many more have provided him with the … Read More

Jake Lambert Never Mak the Same Mistak Twice 4****

Jake Lambert is a very nice young man! He would definitely be your favourite guest at any dinner party. What he lacks In cutting edge comedy he more than makes up for in sheer likeability.

Over the next hour … Read More

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted 4****

Angela Barnes star definitely seems to be on the rise at the moment as she is regularly involved in TV and radio, either appearing or writing for others. She is a plain spoken, working class woman with an opinion and … Read More