Michelle Wolf 4****

It was quite a few years ago that Michelle Wolf was performing in an award nominated show, so it was good to see her back playing to packed houses, even if it is only for a short run.

Michelle is … Read More

Margolyes and Dickens: More Best Bits 5*****

I am writing this from the Meadows in Edinburgh, still basking in the glow of Miriam Margolyes’s performance. And yes, her show really was just as exquisite as last year. I did wonder if I’d hear some of the same … Read More

Seaton Smith : Trauma Bonding 4****

Seaton Smith bounds on to stage with so much energy and self  assured bravado. He is a forty two year old American who we are told is an accomplished martial arts enthusiast. This is something which he hopes to unleash … Read More

Lola: A Flamenco Love Story 4****

Lola: A Flamenco Love Story is a vibrant dance musical that fuses flamenco with Latin pop and jazz, telling the moving story of Lola’s journey from 1960s Spain to London.

After the death of her husband, Lola flees the poverty … Read More

Lachlan Werner: WonderTwunk – 5*****

After last year’s cult hit sellout show Voices of Evil, clown, comedian, puppeteer and ventriloquist Lachlan Werner has returned to the Fringe with his latest tale of circuses, strongmen, sea lions and sinister secrets.

Werner plays Jack Hammer, the world’s … Read More

Andrew Doherty: Sad Gay AIDS Play – 4****

Returning to the Fringe after the great success of his previous award winning comedy horror show Gay Witch Sex Cult, Andrew Doherty returns to the Fringe with a new one man show looking at the silly side of being very, … Read More

Matt Forde – Defying Calamity 4 ½ ****

Matt Forde has always been a political animal and a fine mimic so it is fair to assume that with the world as it is today, and the clever comedic slant he always brings to the table that there will … Read More

Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us 5*****

Mark Watson has been a formidable staple of the Edinburgh Fringe for two decades, still happily performing at his longtime favourite venue: Pleasance Courtyard, but now in Pleasance One, the original theatre. And once again the audience are in for … Read More

Lunchbox – 4****

In Lunchbox, Lubna Kerr takes a familiar childhood story — the dreaded school bully — and turns it into something richer, more layered, and unexpectedly compassionate. As both writer and performer, Kerr draws from her own schooldays to recall Stephen McGregor, … Read More

Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Improv Show- 4.5 ****

There is improv and then there is this improv.

Although this genre is not my favourite, when it is done well, and this certainly is, it can be spectacularly entertaining and hilarious, if often sublimely silly as well.

Paul Merton … Read More