Michael Shafar – Inapproptiate – 3.5***

Australian comedian Michael Shafar has plenty to say in his show, “Inappropriate”, with his keen wit and sharp-eyed observational style. He happily pokes fun at the everyday and has built up a very credible hour long show.

Whether it’s tackling … Read More

The Breakup Variety Hour 5*****

Ariana Di Lorenzo, aka Ariana and the Rose is an accomplished American singer, songwriter and performer form New York who has performed in the US, Canada and Australia. The petite performer who looks a bit like Barbra Streisand, debuts at … Read More

Rhys James — Chop Logic 4****

It’s a bold start to the show to slag off the nationally beloved money-saving expert Martin Lewis, but as Rhys James later reflects in a later slagging off of so-called edgy comics: “Maybe I am an edgy comedian”. A rivalry … Read More

Kate Cheka — The Last Funny Woman 5*****

Kate Cheka is eight months pregnant and absolutely glowing, both physically and mentally. There’s a real sense that she’s arrived at a point in life where she’s looking back at the journey, while wondering exactly where she’s going next.

Travel … Read More

Ava Beaux — The Witching Hour 4****

The self-proclaimed witch of West London is back with a new hour of mystery, mischief and magic, inviting us into her slightly skewed world of sleight of hand, disappearing audience possessions, card and rope tricks, and a surprising number of … Read More

John Kearns — Tilting at Windmills 4.5****.5

Early on in Tilting at Windmills, John Kearns despairs about the fact that 2020 was supposed to be the difficult year; with the backdrop of a global pandemic, it surely couldn’t get much worse. In this show, Kearns shares the … Read More

Mark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything 5*****

Dr Silcox is a broken man. Through bad luck and pure stupidity, he’s lost his entrepreneurial dream, and now he’s trying to reinvent himself as a self-help guru so others don’t repeat the same mistakes.

This is a riot … Read More

Alice Cooper Welcome To My Cabaret Nightmare 4****

Usually, when you get to a cabaret piano bar, you are treated to someone murdering Billy Joel. Tonight, though, Alice Cooper has entered the building. Welcome To My Cabaret Nightmare strips down his songs to their bare bones in a … Read More

1 Dazzling Cabaret 4****

Cabaret is easy to come by at the Fringe; good cabaret is harder to find, and on the resplendent stage we get the best in show, high-class, high-energy cabaret.

Host and comedian Bruce Devlin is a wonderful ringmaster, controlling the … Read More

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP) ****1/2

Ollie West clambers over chairs, a fully committed caveman, The Dawn of Man plays ,this is epic – it’s dark but there are only four of us in the room, so it will take a gargantuan performance to make this … Read More