Circa: Wolf 5*****

Circa wolf is a show like no other. Tense and dramatic throughout you feel fully immersed in the experience and never want it to stop.

From the start the atmosphere is all encompassing: a mix of tense drum based … Read More

Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal A Boat 4****

Pirates: you wouldn’t steal a boat’ is like no other. A rather odd mix of friendship, pirates and references to a very famous actor. At points you will be on the floor laughing, at others you’re singing along to a … Read More

Leviathan x Asmodeus 4****

A double bill of Scotland’s next bright young things, and first to take the stage is Saoirse O’Hooligan. She gets off to a strong start, and it’s delightful, getting the crowd immediately with the barbed comments she’s had about looking … Read More

Patrick Monahan – I’m Not a Terrorist… I’m Freddie Mercury 4 ½ ****

Patrick Monahan has been coming to the Fringe for well over 20 years, yet each show he does seems as fresh as a daisy, partly because he does have a tendency to get so involved with his crowd work, identifying … Read More

Lara Ricote — INKLING 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lara Ricote bursts onto the stage as a ball of frenetic energy and declares herself very quickly as someone who loves mystery and is comfortable with other people knowing something she doesn’t. She also believes that everyone she ever encounters … Read More

Eryn Tett : Tasting Menu 4****

Welcome to the House of Eryn, our chef and waitress of cranium delights. At first sight, you may wonder what exactly you’ve walked into, with Eryn dressed in slightly ill-fitting red chef’s overalls. Don’t expect any Ratatouille-meets-Disney vibes or Marx … Read More

A Haunted House — 4****

This was a one of the most original shows I’ve seen! One man takes the audience around a “haunted house”, playing various characters along the way, including vampires and zombies. He does this mostly by miming and using different voices … Read More

CSI Crime Scene Improvisation — 5*****

This is my teenager and my second year of seeing this brilliant show. The premise is that we, the audience, help a detective catch a murderer. In order to set the scene the audience is asked for suggestions about the … Read More

Depths of Wikipedia — 3.5***

This show is basically one very enthusiastic and entertaining woman talking about Wikipedia for an hour, which sounds much less entertaining than it was.

I learned a surprising amount about how Wikipedia works, including who can update pages and the … Read More

Gavin Webster – The Last Ever Punk Rocker 4****

Over the years that Gavin Webster has been performing at the Fringe you can be sure of a slightly old school proper comic performance from a master of his art.

Don’t look for hidden meanings. Webster says what he means … Read More