Making News

***

Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s satirical drama takes as its themes financial irregularities and the suppression of news within the BBC. The comedy focusses on the split structure of the BBC and the inter-departmental feuding and lack of trust … Read More

Below the Belt

**

There is a claustrophobic and menacing feel about Richard Dresser’s play. It is set in an industrial complex in a desert land, producing thousands of units of what we are not told.

In the opening scene, Dobbitt (Tom Golding) … Read More

The Wrong Side of the Door

*****

I was so not up for this show. It turned out to be brilliant.

Three actors tell three short stories which are wacky, off the wall and literally feel as if you’ve stepped … Read More

Anna

****

You have to stand all the way through this show, and it’s hot, and it’s played out, at several points, inches in front of you, yelling in your ear. It’s visceral and horrific and truly … Read More

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game

**

This show started with a lot of promise, but ended up on the other side of surreal and didn’t manage to take the audience with it. Nominally, this show is about dating, relevant data and … Read More

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in Zeitgeist Limbo

*****

Don’t go by the show title, or what the fringe blurb says, that’s not what this was – but as the man says, it’s a free show (also, he’s Phill Jupitus) so he can do … Read More

Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe

****

My most favourite thing about this show was the compere, whose voice was like pouring cream. I also quite enjoyed the comedians, who range in experience, but who all delivered a competent and confident set.

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Sarah Hendrickx: Time Traveller

***

Ms Hendrickx does stand-up with audience engagement, which accompanies the storytelling (and a song) which gives the show its rough theme: her attempt to set right something which went wrong some time ago. It involves … Read More

Crunch the News

***

Crunch the News is a topical news show, which invites members of the panel to choose their favourite news story of the day for discussion. Panellists (and hosts) vary; the panel I saw had an … Read More

Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive 3 Star (+1 for audience reaction)

12.40 is an outrageous time for a comedy show to start. In Fringe terms it is about breakfast time, but cult comic Tony Law is selling out on a regular as clockwork basis.

But then nobody ever could accuse Law … Read More