Dalgety Bay Folk Club returns

The extremely popular Dalgety Bay Folk Club has been going for more than 20 years, but due to Covid restrictions have not been active since 2020. This is about to change.

The club, formed in 1999, have for more than … Read More

Comedy at the Woodside Aberdour 12/12/21

So what does one do on a dreich December Sunday evening in Aberdour? The solution was on hand with a new venture staged at the revamped Woodside with the staging of their first comedy night and to hopefully … Read More

50% Canadian, 100% Crazy, Let’s Laugh Again 4****

This show has a very cold open, but it takes Michelle Christine a very short time to turn a bemused audience into a delighted one. With no fanfare, she assumes her position on the bench-seat masquerading as a stage, explains … Read More

Daphna Baram: Unmuted 3***

Ms Baram doesn’t apologise for her Israeli accent anymore (why should she ever have?), and there’s little else to be apologetic about in this show either. Ms Baram is a story teller, and this year – and the rest of … Read More

Moonlight on Leith – REDCAP Theatre 4****

Moonlight on Leith takes it’s inspiration from the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign. Over one night we are introduced to a variety of characters epitomising the community of Leith. Never shirking from it’s grittier side we meet the permanently drunk Wild … Read More

Drown Your Sorrows – Balderdash Theatre Company 3***

Mademoiselle’s Bar is under threat from a descendent of Ebenezer Scrooge. The only hope is for the present incumbents to find Mademoiselle’s recipe for the Elixir of Youth and Balderdash’s four protagonists set off just to do that. Encounters with … Read More

Larry Dean:- Work in Progress 5*****

It is more than a little unusual for a work in progress to be reviewed, but having spoken to him after the gig, ever amiable Dean was more than happy for this to be done so here we go. With … Read More

Alistair Barrie :- Unfurloughed 5*****

It has been a tough 18 months for everybody due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the restrictions it has imposed on the world, and amongst those industries hit hard the world of stand- up is up there with the … Read More

Pool (No Water) – Oddly Ordinary Theatre 4****

Oddly Ordinary Theatre are an Edinburgh and Glasgow company of acting graduates focused on looking behind the closed doors of ‘normal’ lives. In their energetic and imaginative re-telling of Mark Ravenhill’s visceral story, they explore the ideals of art and … Read More

Myra’s Story – 5*****

This stunning performance by Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley has been my highlight of the Fringe so far. Myra lives in hostels (when available) and on the street. With pithy language she regales us with the story of her life swinging between comedy … Read More