Pippa Evans: Your Evening’s Entertainment

* * * * 4 stars

Pippa Evans is an extremely talented lady and it has been my pleasure to see her over the last few years and witness her speedy development into what is one of the most versatile … Read More

Barry & Stuart : Powered by Demons

* * * * 4 stars

Barry and Stuart seem like lovely young men.  Lovely young men, that is, who have been spawned by Satan.

In their show ‘Powered By Demons’ these two talented Scottish magicians serve up old … Read More

Chris Cox – Mind Over Patter

* * * * * 5 stars

Chris Cox is a self-proclaimed mind reader who can’t read minds. But he can certainly make his audience think he can.

As the audience entered the King Dome a video was playing … Read More

Helen Keen: The Primitive Methodist Guide to Arctic Survival

* * * * 4 stars

Helen Keen has such enthusiasm and energy. Her style is that of the raconteur. The inspiration for her show is a distant ancestor, a committed Methodist, who sailed from Hull as a crew member … Read More

Long Tooth

* * * * * 5 stars

Frenetic, zany and very funny sums up the character comedy written and performed by Trudi Jackson and Vivienne Gibbs. Director Hannah Eidenhow deserves much credit for making sense of the mayhem on stage. … Read More

MacKenzie Taylor: No Straightjacket Required

* * * * * 5 stars

I don’t suppose that it is easy to stand on stage and speak about yourself ain front of a room full of strangers at anytime, but to tell the story that Taylor does … Read More

Alistair McGowan: The One and Many

* * * * * 5 stars

It is amazing to me how TV stars will pack out Fringe venues based on their name only. Often the live version is a little less good than the TV as there is … Read More

Ashley Hames: Confessions of a Sex Reporter

* * * 3 stars

I have never seen Sin City, a programme broadcast on satellite TV.  I never watched Live TV channel, home of the News Bunny and Topless Darts so was less than prepared for the excesses that … Read More

Craig Hill – 40 Love…?

* * * * * 5 stars

You never quite know what is going to happen in one of Craig Hill’s shows but tonight (Friday 14th August 2009) has to be the most surreal yet.

Craig as usual turns his … Read More

Dan March – Goldrunner

* * * 3 stars

Success and failure are the themes of Dan March’s comedy routine. Few people have experienced real triumph in front of millions of TV viewers. Dan March achieved this as a naïve, geeky 17 year old … Read More