Sally Ann Hayward Hey Follower 3 Star ***

Sally Ann Hayward has been on the comedy scene for a number of years now so why have I not seen her Fringe show before? Something I was determined to put right this year.

The bijou audience at the show … Read More

Katie Mulgrew: Your Dad’s Not Funny 3 Stars ***

Katie Mulgrew is doing her first solo show, having shared a stage at Fringe 2013, but admits that she never really wanted to be a comedian, in fact there were a whole list of careers she wanted to do, so … Read More

Rob Deering’s Beat This 4 Stars ****

Rob Deering is as most people know a very funny comic who also is an accomplished Guitarist and  is an absolute wizard with mixing pedals, live looping and effects so it is a natural choice for him to combine the … Read More

Comedy Club 4 Kids 3***

This show gives the younger members of the Fringe audiences the chance to try out the feel of a comedy club, it consisted of a compare and four comics, it’s a great concept and should be visited by those who … Read More

Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic ! 3***

Adapted to the stage, this will be familiar to many families on account of the popular CBBC show, and it shouldn’t disappoint. It contains many of the regular features of the show, Up Close & Magical and the Tricks Of … Read More

The Amazing Bubble Man 4****

Well, yet again the Amazing Bubble Man has totally hypnotised and enchanted my daughter, and many other children besides! The change of venue was a great move, it seemed much less cramped than the previous one near the Castle and … Read More

Suzy Bennett Dancing On Thin Ice 3 Stars ***

West Country lady Suzy Bennett brings her first full length show to the Fringe this year and it has been widely tipped to do well.

I saw her perform in the furnace that is the Pleasance Attic in a show … Read More

Diane Spencer – Hurricane Diane 4 Star ****

It isn’t often when entering a venue one witnesses the comic actually building their set on stage but this flame haired funny lady was building a roof. Yeah really, but there was a reason.

As in previous years Ms Spencer’s … Read More

Drum Struck

*****

Ubuntu is an African word meaning harmony. During Drumstruck’s performance, there were waves of ubuntu and energy flowing from the performers to the audience and from the audience back to the performers. Every member of the audience is an … Read More

Each of Us

****

There is a lyrical quality about Ben Moor’s performance. His way with words is brilliantly conceived and he pushes the ironies of life to the limit. Yet his style of delivery is very emotionally restrained.

His story arises out … Read More