Cabaret Whore:- Her Finest Hour

5 Star

*****

Sarah Louise Young is such a versatile comedy singer and actor that one just can’t help believing she is the ‘person’ she is creating. She has a whole stable of characters on offer, I think seven at … Read More

Loretta Maine – Bipolar

4 Star

****

Edinburgh Fringe is honoured one again to have the presence of Loretta Maine gracing it with her presence following a year of trawling the comedy fleshpots of the UK and has brought with her a whole new … Read More

Holly Burn – The H Club

4 Stars

****

Ever wanted to join a private members club but couldn’t get in? A thought that had never preoccupied me I must admit, but wacky Holly Burn has solved the problem for us all by opening the H … Read More

Jo Caulfield – Thinking Bad Thoughts

4 Stars

**** 

It was always a highlight of my Fringe to see the Jo Caulfield show as apart from on TV occasionally it was my only chance to catch a comedian who for me always delivered a show packed … Read More

Lucy Porter- People Person

4 Stars

**** 

I have been an avid fan of Ms Porter for a long time now and it was a poorer Fringe for the last two years in my opinion when, due to other more pressing things, well she … Read More

Munfred Bernstein’s Cabinet of Wonder

****

This is a really lovely show. Think of it as funny theatre rather than outright comedy, with some (ukulele!) music thrown in. Munfred Bernstein (I have no reason to believe that … Read More

Rod is God

***

Rod as God has a bright opening, flags in the middle and loses credibility towards the end. Somehow the script felt like an early draft. The main theme within the play is duping the public to blindly believe in … Read More

Phill Jupitus- You’re Probably Wondering Why I asked You Here?

4 Stars

**** 

Now many people will know this larger than life comic from TV. He is a long standing team captain on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, a frequent guest on comedy panel shows such as QI and has also … Read More

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

4 stars ****

The ‘Spelling Bee’ is a very American peculiarity and writing a musical around it is even more peculiar but it works so well.

We meet a group of stereotypical nerdy young people, verging on cartoon caricatures, who … Read More

The Happy Prince

2 stars **

Well, he didn’t look very happy but Tom Dawkins as the prince stood out (in a good way)  in what is otherwise a strangely bemusing production.

Good points – the music is really lovely and generally well … Read More