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

Westminster Hour – Andy Paterson 4****

A new and very topical play by Andy Paterson at Sweet Novotel about politicians and sleaze, which does not even mention the word Brexit once!  The action takes place in the evening following the passing of a new law by … Read More

Breathing Corpses – Bats – 3***

An hotel maid enters a room and finds a dead body. A storage unit is giving off a strange smell. A body with a severed head is found in the park. In a Pulp Fiction-esque scenario, each scene of this … Read More

Arr we there yet? 5*****

Welcome aboard the Yellow Rubber Duckie! Head First Acrobats are back with another rip-roaring adventure. The trio of sailors are again on a mission to find treasure, and to finally establish which of the boys is the captain! This is … Read More