Holly Burn – I am Special 3***

Holly Burn can always be relied upon to do a really different, occasionally surreal, but definitely entertaining. She has a great personality, a stage presence a whole raft of performing skills and a way with words that perhaps only she … Read More

Ruby and the Vinyl – The John Godber Company 4****

This wonderfully written story by John and Elizabeth Godber is set in a vintage store in Hull. Ruby Mackintosh is the composer of the music; looking stunning in her vintage dress she sets each scene with her wonderful acoustic repartee. … Read More

Jake Yapp: One in a Million 4****

Radio and television personality Jake Yapp says it’s been 7 years since he last brought a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, the audience were delighted he decided to give it another go. Jake starts with a hilarious Fringe in 5 … Read More

Chris Stokes The Man Delusion 4****

When a comedian is threatened with being killed by an enraged punter on the opening night of the Fringe it would seem logical to assume he is a brash lippy specimen. Yet Chris Stokes is anything but. However, the threat … Read More

Liz Miele: Mind Over Melee 4****

This may be New Yorker, Liz Miele’s Edinburgh Fringe debut but she is already a very accomplished comedian back home and her experience is obvious in her performance. Her timing and delivery are excellent and she rattles out many great … Read More

Masud Milas Routes 3***

Masud Milas informs his audience at the top of his hour he is always being asked about his accent and explains its roots, African mother, English father, born in Hong Kong and did his growing up in New Zealand, hmm … Read More

The Raunch – 4 ****

The whip cracking, magnificent seven certainly delivered a raunchy performance in the Wild West of the Circus Hub. This circus includes fire eating, knife throwing, dancing, comedy, trapeze and acrobatics with an alternative twist. The background music was incredibly well … Read More

Croft and Pearce – Are not Themselves 4****

Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce are comedy actresses of exceptional talent and are returning to Fringe 2016 with another hour of sketch comedy that is beautifully linked. Each vignette is funny in it’s own right, but with the immaculate writing … Read More

Camille O’Sullivan – The Carny Dream 5*****

If there is a singer who can surpass, or even get close, to Camille O’Sullivan in this type of extravaganza then I have yet to see them. In the perfect setting of ‘Lafayette tent’, a huge structure that conjures up … Read More

Garrett Millerick: A Selection of Things I’ve Said to Taxi Drivers 4****

There is no question of the stage presence Garrett Millerick has. It flows from the stage spilling out to engulf the furnace of a room.

He is a big unit too, and resplendent with a full beard you would definitely … Read More