‘AMUSED MOOSE LAUGH OFF’ STARTS THE COUNTRYWIDE

If you think you could be the next Jack Whitehall or Sarah Millican, this is the competition for you!

The prestigious, nationwide Amused Moose Laugh Off contest, to search out and discover the next big comedy star, is about to … Read More

Midnight Paranormal Haunted Underground Experience

3 stars ***

This was a very interesting tour, starting with a look at some torture instruments and detailed accounts of how they were used. Morbid and cringey but fascinating.

This was followed by a look at some vaults and … Read More

Dream/Life

***

This play is a lot less surreal that the fringe blurb might lead you to believe. It actually has a rather classical narrative structure, with a beginning, some conflict, and a resolution. After the first five minutes … Read More

Funny Women at the Fringe

4 Star

****

It’s always difficult to review a show like this as the only thing that can be covered in reality is the concept as such is the nature of the beast is that the comics change daily.

Now … Read More

Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD

*****

You might have seen this show last year. If you didn’t you now have no excuse because it’s on for free (though you can make a donation at the end). And just because it’s free doesn’t mean … Read More

Chris Ramsey – Feeling Lucky

5 Star

*****

Young genial Geordie Chris Ramsey has been building up a huge following in recent times, his show is always on the Pleasance sell-out board, but for some reason it was my first chance to experience what the … Read More

Liz Lochhead – Making Nothing Happen

****

Poetry can be boring. Except when it’s read well aloud, and then it comes alive and reveals itself. Liz Lochhead is very, very good at reading poems aloud. It helps that she’s a rather good poet too.

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Collision

****

The Lite Fantastic Dance Company features a team of talented young dancers who stage a beautifully choreographed collection of dance routines. Hip-hop and street dance form the basis of their movement which is fluid, fast moving and polished.

The … Read More

Sara Pascoe vs The Apocalypse

3 Stars ***

Last years show called was almost uniformly rated as 2 ** Ms Pascoe tells us in the over self deprecating start to proceedings and she was dubbed arrogant.

So for this year she has set about the … Read More

Foursome: Purple Panda Theatre

3 Stars ***

John and Chloe have been together for two years. They share a flat with Ben a fairly straight up pharmacist and the rather more scruffy Jack, a buffoon of a Welshman, who likes rugby play stations … Read More