Dusty Limits is Heartless

Dusty Limits is Heartless On first sight I thought Dusty Limits was heartless due to him being a Vampire.  Now, I know such creatures don’t exist but neither do cabaret artists as far as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme … Read More

Cowards

If you are looking for the antidote to the fast paced sketch show, then Cowards is the show for you. What is very refreshing is the slower pace gives time to relish the humour as it builds up to … Read More

Corinne Grant – Nice Friendly Lady Hour

Corinne Grant – Nice Friendly Lady Hour As the title of the show suggests Corinne Grant comes over as a nice friendly lady her show is not so much a stand-up more a humorous chatt with friends. This pleasant … Read More

Brendon Burns: Sober Not Clean

Brendon Burns: Sober Not Clean Brendon Burns is not the easiest comedian’s in the world to like, at least he wasn’t. The former hard drinking substance abuser has turned over a new leaf. In the third part of his … Read More

Breakfast Bedlam, Live!

I found this a confusing how, even from entering the venue. This play obviously draws its inspiration from Ministry of Mayhem, SMTV Live etc as high energy Saturday Morning kids show. We have jealousy between the two main presenters, … Read More

Automated Housewives

This light hearted comedy play, written and directed by Kayla Ford, who  together with Judy Batalion and Ro Dalziel are the Automated Housewives (Ching) and they are broadcasting a radio show live from the Pleasance Hut daily. Only joking … Read More

A. L. Kennedy : Feel the Love

A. L. Kennedy : Feel the Love A L Kennedy is in the words business but going from acclaimed novelist to stand up comedienne is a huge gulf to cross. She is witty, obviously intelligent and always interesting, but … Read More

Sally Swallows & The Rise of Londinian

Billed as the Uk’s darkest and nastiest comedy -horror sketch show, I suppose it maybe has reached it’s aims.

I found it nasty, the script horrible and the jokes and running gags generally poor.

I was not alone, the person … Read More

Russell Howard – Skylarking

Russell Howard first came to our attention during the Pleasance Press Launch in 2004, we then saw him at The Stand Comedy Club. On the strength of these two snippets I went to see his full show ‘Skylarking’.

Both Russell … Read More

Russell Brand – Eroticised Humour

Ok to start with I don’t watch ‘Big Brother’, we don’t have digital TV and I hadn’t been drinking before the show.

Why then did it surprise me that I felt I was in a plastic bubble being kept away … Read More