Bella Hull- Mad Cow Disease 4****

English comedian and writer Bella Hull, a seasoned Edinburgh Fringe performer and ‘Have I got news for you star’ brings her latest stand-up comedy show ‘Mad cow Disease’ to the Fringe.

In front of a sell out show, a heavily … Read More

Slay – 5*****

Writer-performer Lois-Amber Toole gives a beguiling performance as Kit in Slay, a funny, touching and increasingly revealing exploration of trauma, self-worth and what we need to do to survive in this modern world of doom scrolling.

Kit has escaped Newcastle … Read More

Deluge 3★★★

Deluge sits somewhere between interpretive dance, spoken word and theatre, with sprinkles of comedy. Created by Gabi Flares and Andrea Maciel, it’s a magic-realist exploration of grief inspired by a break-up.

There’s a further part to the blurb which is … Read More

Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight 5★★★★★

Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight is weird.

“You’ve tried everything. Yoga. Acupuncture. You floated in salt water in the pitch black dark. You juiced, you cleansed. You reached out, you looked within. You have tried, and yet here you … Read More

Mysteries of the Picts 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I arrive at Mysteries of the Picts completely unprepared.

I have no towel. I have no swimwear.

I’m not overjoyed when I discover I can rent two towels for £5 and a pair of trunks — although the money is … Read More

Justina Seselskaite — Settled 4.5 ****.5

“Hello, I’m Justina Seselskaite. Yes, I have a cool name.”

From the off, you can tell Lithuanian Seselskaite is not from these parts mentally, moved to the UK 11 years ago and is now firmly settled in the UK via … Read More

Sinatra: One Last Shot 4.5****

Frank Sinatra is one of those performers whose voice and persona are so familiar that it would be easy to present a selection of his greatest hits and leave it at that. Sinatra: One Last Shot takes a more interesting … Read More

Thermodrama – 4****

Thermodrama takes four very different characters and places them together in the pressure-cooker environment of a sauna, with intriguing results.

Pete is a muscular young man obsessed with fitness, convinced that his punishing routines and regular sauna sessions will extend … Read More

Jason Byrne: 30 years Byrning 5*****

Another outstanding performance from Jason this year as he celebrates 30 years in the business. His 60 minutes of sharp witty crowd work combined with planned material provides a hilariously unmissable show. Each show is different as Jason pulls his … Read More

Annie Boyle : To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 4****

The title is, of course, very tongue in cheek as Annie realises that there are actually no boys that she has loved before. Now happily settled and in love in a same sex relationship, but how did she get there?

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