Tap & Chat With Lionel Blair

Lionel Blair has performed in almost every genre possible except perhaps stand-up comedy. Despite having been in the business for over 60 years this is Mr Blair’s first Fringe, which he celebrates by doing two very different shows ‘Tap … Read More

Becoming Marilyn

On stage we see the late grate phenomenon that is Marilyn Monroe. As we get to know this Icon we see more and more of Norma Jean. The question is could one ever exist without the other? More and … Read More

An Evening With Psychosis

Set on a space station, three people are measuring ‘The Norm’. Throughout the show we have excerpts of interviews with those experiencing psychosis from one point or another read out during pauses in the action. I found the use … Read More

The Love Shop

The Love Shop, written and directed by Lorraine McCann, is a joyful comedy. It becomes obvious that the humour is working when the audience are smiling and chuckling throughout. The action takes place in a charity shop in a … Read More

Plagiarismo

Richard DeDomenici gives a PowerPoint presentation on various examples of plagiarism drawn mainly from the pop music industry, television and the print media. In all of these activities he can draw on personal examples where he feels his ideas … Read More

Trainspotting

I can’t think there ate many people in the world who are unaware of Trainspotting. It is a novel by Irvine Welsh, a successful stage play and of course a major movie based on dysfunctional characters in the Edinburgh … Read More

Lucky Dip

* * * * 4 stars

What happens when two saddo losers, who are desperate to become winners, come head to head? Surely something is gonna have to give!  This is the story that is told in this three handed … Read More

The Aluminum Show

Original, slick and stunning are my immediate impressions of this show. The show’s creators have breathed life into a metallic element. They have imagined an almost dream like quality to the dance and puppetry sequences. Even the audience, at … Read More

Confessions & Obsessions of a Thirtysomething Divorcee

This one woman play written and performed by Melanie Sherwood is the story of a thirty something divorcee on the morning of an ex’s wedding to which she is invited. Xara Fox is the character and we first meet … Read More

The Good Doctor

Although I was aware of Neil Simon as a play write I was previously unaware of this piece based on a series of short stories by Anton Chekov so was intrigued to see what a collaboration of the two … Read More