Gavin and Gavin in Colonic Irrigation for our souls

The Gavin sisters, Lorretta and Sharon have been playing Edinburgh for a few years now, but they wanted to go back further so undertook some regression therapy as to what they did in ‘past lives’ and this regression formed the … Read More

Freestyle Love Supreme

I don’t know what I thought I’d see with this show, but it certainly wasn’t what I’d expected. If I’d been told I was going to see six American rappers called Love Style, I probably not have gone, being somewhat … Read More

The Fred MacAulay Show

Fred McAuley is somewhat of a Scottish Institution. He is multi talented, being a stand up, a TV presenter and hosts a daily radio show on BBC Radio Scotland.

I first saw him at the Fringe I suppose 12 years … Read More

Fiona O’Laughlin

Aussie Sheila Fiona O’Loughlin introduces herself as the most uncool comedian on the Fringe being over forty, married and a mother of five.

Uncool maybe, but she is certainly funny with numerous stories based mostly on her extended family and … Read More

Faultless and Torrance Take Their Faces Off

Judith Faultless and Alys Torrance are a pair of comediennes who we previously saw in 2003 in the much acclaimed The Flirt Lab. They have impressive cv’s including radio and television, not to mention their work on the comedy circuit … Read More

Under the Blue, Blue Moon – Cambridge Footlights

Cambridge Footlights have been around for ever, and have a world class alumni of past performers, you’ll know the names as well as I. They have a huge following and I usually describe as a slightly more mature audience … Read More

Uncle Orchard & the Seagull Sisters

The inspiration for this show is Checovian, long drawn-out discussions about doing things and looking for love, stories without resolution. Eric Schrode has taken/amalgamated several of his better-known plays, extracted scenes and storylines, mixing them up into a modern … Read More

Two Birds go into a Bar….

Two birds is not a double act but two ladies doing a separate stand up one after the other. First on is Ayesha Haziraka, a second generation Scot of Indian Moslem descent from Hamilton and looking like a cross … Read More

Topping & Butch – A Lot to Take In

Yes it is ‘a lot to take in’, Topping and Butch the virtuoso cream of camp comedic performance have written an all new show.  More Opera, more new musicals, a totally new class of Chav and more sparkle than … Read More

Tommy Tiernan – Loose

Thanks to Nicky for this review. At the start of Loose you see a large painting piece by piece which was painted by Tommy to represent what society would look like if he was in charge. Ultimately it was chaotic and larger … Read More