Catherine McCafferty: (Not) That Bad 4****

Catherine McCaffertey has pizzazz and attitude and sass and brings the audience on side in about three seconds flat. She’s lovely, and very pragmatic, and her pragmatism is wielded as her comedy weapon. She’s also upfront and brutally honest in … Read More

Will Shea, Won’t Shea 4****

Will Shea, Won’t Shea is a really well written, directed and performed queer rom-com that lovingly parodies all the tropes rife in the best of them – falling in love with a best friend, road trip upended by a snowstorm, … Read More

Sing It! Northern lights: From retro to remix 4****

This was the second a-cappella group of my fringe plans. I am always impressed by the talent and skill the performers have and demonstrate to such a high standard.

The show is performed by fourteen very professional, talented and … Read More

Colin Hoult: Colin 5*****

Colin Hoult has been a fringe stalwart performing as his alter ego Anna Mann. To whom we said goodbye 2 years ago. Now Colin is back with a new show all about well, Colin. Fans of Anna Mann, a camp … Read More

James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show 3***

This show deals with the idea of time and how to use it, especially if you don’t have very much of it. An Edinburgh show seems to be the perfect metaphor for this particular kind of existential dread. An hour … Read More

Villains: A dizney in drag parody 4****

I’m a massive Disney fan! I love the fairytale stories and happily ever afters. Everyone reenacts the story’s around the princesses however no one has thought to round up the villains in these tales.

This show centres on a … Read More

John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza! 5*****

John Luke Roberts starts his show, after a bit of ‘business’ to get his audience into the mood he needs, by proposing that Edith Piaf regretted five things.

The show has no storytelling or narrative arc, being fundamentally about innumerable … Read More

BATSU! – 2.5 **’

BATSU as you will be gleefully told if attending this show is Japanese for “punishment”. The story goes that at one point in the ancient past, Batsu no Akuma, the Japanese Spirit of Punishment, was sealed within a sacred gong. … Read More

Jazz Emu: Knight Fever 4****

Jazz Emu, the arrogant, urbane and oddly 1970’s themed musical mastermind persona of Archie Henderson is an act to keep an eye on. With a strong and ever-growing online following, he’s moving from short TikTok music videos up to TV … Read More

Solve Along a Murder She Wrote 4****

For those unfamiliar with daytime television, Murder, She Wrote was a cult American crime drama series from the 1980s and ’90s. Starring the late Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery writer and amateur detective, the show featured a wide … Read More