Neil Delamere:- Controlled Substance 4****

Maybe there is something in the air in Ireland that makes the conveyor belt of really funny comics churn out more year after year. Okay Delamere has been around for a while, I first saw him in 2008, but he … Read More

Laurence Clark:- An Irresponsible Father’s Guide to Parenting 5*****

I have always found Laurence Clark to be a funny comedian, and one who has always had a story to tell in his own style, a winning formula of him talking and blending in video and big-screen visual gags and … Read More

Lucy Frederick: – Even More Naked 3***

Lucy Frederick comes onto stage and opens with an apology…she is posh and finds it hard to finish her sentences. Well the first one is correct she is but not so sure of the second.

In a set packed out … Read More

David Baddiel’s AniMalcolm 3***

Story Pocket Theatre have brought their version of David Baddiell’s AniMalcolm to the Edinburgh Fringe. This production is an enjoyable adaptation of the book in which Malcolm learns the importance of not judging based on appearance. Malcolm is a boy … Read More

The Voice Behind the Stars – Eliza Jackson – 5*****

Eliza Jackson tells the story of Marni Dixon who was the ghost singer behind the voices of some of the most famous Hollywood stars such as Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe.

Due to her contract, … Read More

Athena Kugblenu: Follow the Leader 2**

I really wanted to enjoy this show, but it felt like an hour of material that would have been more at home in a comedy club of the less salubrious variety, where the patrons are a little inebriated and not … Read More

Edd Hedges: For Eva, from Forever Ago 5*****

Well, this was an unexpected delight. Some performers tell stories, and you never leave the venue. Mr Hedges tells stories and transports you to his car at the service station, his parents’ living room, the pub, his school. He even … Read More

Joey Page: Perhaps Under Stars That Would Stretch Forever (an Idiot Explains the Universe in Under an Hour) 2**

Mr Page seemed bemused by the size of his audience. It might be because his show has had amazing word of mouth success, but more likely because it was Sunday and raining; but most people seemed to have a good … Read More

Courtroom Play: A Courtroom Play 5*****

I really enjoy Chekhov’s Bear, and this play has the same sort of feel: gently preposterous premise, characters you immediately care about, and a script that straddles the line of credulity. For the production itself, the set is relatively minimal, … Read More

The Story Beast: Myths, Monsters and Mayhem 2**

We begin by meeting our storyteller, The Story Beast – who is brilliantly played by John Henry Falle. Thus begins an hour of high energy storytelling, interspersed with audience participation, the appearance of Mandy the witch and a reciting of … Read More