The Noise Next Door: Soundhouse 4 Stars ****

The Noise Next Door are an improv Sketch team consisting of Tom, Charlie, Sam Tom and Matt. They really set Fringe 2012 alight and are doing a similar job this year as well.

This uber talented quintet use partly scripted … Read More

John Gordillo – Cheap Shots at the Defenceless 4 Stars ****

John Gordillo is certainly not a flashy comic. No fanfares for him, no eccentric costumes or audience participation, just an educated comedian who always delivers a well-crafted hour of his musings.

Gordillo has a aversion about reviews and not just … Read More

Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre – 4****

On the way into the show, everyone gets a card to write down a secret and their questions for a psychic. These are then collected in and a few secrets revealed throughout the show.

A sceptic is found, labelled, and … Read More

Neil Delamere – Smart Bomb 5 Stars *****

I think the seam of talent that appears to be in Eire is one of the most fertile on the planet and up there with the best is Neil Delamere.

There are no frills with his show this year just … Read More

Gusset Grippers – 3***

This is not a title designed to appeal to a male audience, but there were some there, although the room was, unsurprisingly, dominated by women of a certain age, including our host, physiotherapist Elaine Devlin.

While the giggles weren’t entirely … Read More

School Night – 3***

The show opens well with the tuck shop on the way in, and ebullient Headmaster Stuart Goldsmith quickly taking charge of the late night audience, getting to know the characters and finding a Head Prefect to fulfil all the boring … Read More

Set List – 2**

The concept behind Set List is “stand up without a net” in that comics are surprised by the topics that come up, and have to react and play with them. This should be fun for both the acts, and the … Read More

Richard Herring – We’re All Going to Die! 5 Stars *****

The problem with Richard Herring is that he always focuses his attention on the little things – politics, religion, love . . . penises. When will he deal with something bigger? Something much more existential? Something that all of us, … Read More

Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever – 4 Stars ****

There’s a certain theory that kicks around about comedians, that whilst they may be laughing on the outside they’re secretly crying on the inside.  That they use humour as a defence mechanism to stop us discovering the depression that lies … Read More

Knightmare Live 4 stars ****

Ah Knightmare, so cutting edge when I was a youngster.  I remember those evenings after school, sitting in front of CITV absolutely transfixed, watching a team of children my age traverse the dungeons and forests of a medieval world, solving … Read More