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Zoe Lyons – Little Miss Fit 4****
August 12, 2016 | one4review
Zoe Lyons is a regular visitor to Edinburgh Fringe and as with all her other shows the 2016 offering of Little Miss Fit is full to the brim with her jokes and take on life. She makes good use of … Read More
2061 – 3***
August 12, 2016 | one4review
Orwell’s 1984 was written in 1948. In this show, Skelton asks, what would have been the story if this were 2061? The Orwell reference is relevant – the show is a sort of retelling of 1984 with contemporary (to us) … Read More
Madwomen In The Attic – Plain Heroines****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
Madwomen in The Attic is inspired by the Bronte sister novels and the setting is a weekly help group for women who have experienced domestic violence. They are led by Jane who is painfully ineffectual in her attempts to help … Read More
Sweet Child Of Mine – Bron Batten 2**
August 11, 2016 | one4review
Sweet Child of Mine is an award winning show by Bron Batten and I am sure all being well it would have been an enjoyable performance. What we should have seen on stage is a father’s bemused attitude to his … Read More
Grant Stott – Tales from Behind the Mic 4****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
For many in the Edinburgh area Grant Stott is an integral part of their everyday life as he hugely popular host of Forth One’s morning show. But aware as they may be of the radio persona, what of the man … Read More
Scott Gibson – Life After Death 4****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
Glaswegian Scott Gibson has been building a glowing reputation for himself in recent times so it was with much anticipation that I headed to see his debut Edinburgh hour. A born raconteur and a very funny man with great likeability, … Read More
Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe 4****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
There are a number of Fringe institutions around, late nights, poor diet, rain of course and Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe. The first three are not great but the last one is a different proposition. This is the 25th … Read More
Norris and Parker – See You at the Gallows 3***
August 11, 2016 | one4review
Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, backed on keyboards and pithy asides by Kristof, we never did learn his full name, return for an hour of late night sketch comedy in the sauna that is the Pleasance Attic. The ladies open … Read More
Camille O’Sullivan – The Carny Dream 5*****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
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
Shakin’ Shakespeare 4****
August 11, 2016 | one4review
Shakespeare would be shakin’ in his grave at some of the licence taken with his characters, but it was worth it. Three different shows are on offer, Macbeth, Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet. We saw the love story of many … Read More
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