Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER 4****

In the dictionary under Marmite is this show. One man in the front row had the best time of his life, falling to his knees in worship during the standing ovation (I do not jest). Other folk looked a bit … Read More

Kate Owens: Cooking with Kathryn 4.5****

You can feel the trauma streaming off of Kathryn as soon as the lights come up. We’ve been primed to its nature by some pseudo-Springsteen Christian rock, but you don’t need much more than a couple of faux-cheerful sentences accompanied … Read More

Dirty Work 5*****

There the shape a story underpinning this show, and it took me several hours post-show to parse it out. The story is doled out between hilarity in little snippets and slightly obscure allusions that need to be reconstructed, along with … Read More

Alice Tovey- Glass Houses 4****

Alice Tovey is a stand-up Australian comedian, Glass houses is a personal story told in a such a way that not only do you get a sense of sadness and frustration, you also get a funny spin on what would … Read More

The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword 4****

There’s a visual gag at the start of this show involving a household appliance which is utterly silly and entirely emblematic of the show. It tells you exactly what you’re in for, and the rest of the show doesn’t disappoint. … Read More

Alex Franklin: I Must Reach the Summit, Please God I Must Reach the Summit 2.5**

Alex Franklin presents an anarchic and raucous submission in support of their desperate desire to become the best comedian at the Fringe, if not in the world. They would love, they tells us, nothing more than for a member of … Read More

Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic 4****

Any show which starts with the amiable distribution of chocolate fingers is on to a winner. Ms Vero-Martin was also handing out badges and generally being lovely to the audience; excellent techniques in place of traditional crowd work for bringing … Read More

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine 3.5****

Clementine, spinster of this parish, has been given an ultimatum: marry before her next birthday, or risk being confined to the asylum. This period piece (all the periods. Medieval to 1920s, and some contemporary bits too) is her tale of … Read More

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society 4****

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society is an actual thing, and is reaching its ten year anniversary, facts, along with many others (such as that kakapos smell good) that I learned during this entertaining and informative show.

Despite being nominally about … Read More

Rocket Girl – 4 ****

The cast, in ‘NASA’ boiler suits, ask the younger audience members to draw what they want to be when they grow up.

Then the lights dim, and with a few simple props and a puppet, we’re transported back to 1969, … Read More