Women of Rock – 4.5****

Reine Beau returns to the Fringe alongside the superb Night Owl Band with a high-energy celebration of some of the most influential women in rock music. Featuring the songs of Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Tina Turner and many more, this … Read More

Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That’s Always Screaming 4.5 ☆☆☆☆

Brookes checks in a few times during the show to ask if he ‘seems like a person’. And he does, but the emphasis is on ‘seems’. There is a sense that his presence on stage is a continual performance, mirroring, … Read More

Alice Keys : Rocket Fan 4****

There are a surprising number of Elton themed shows at the Fringe this year. This, personally, is my second!

The show tells the love story of when Alice met Benny. It’s a rom com of sorts with some beautifully performed … Read More

Alistair Barrie : Rabbits Don’t Fart 4.5****

This is a curious title for Alistair’s new Fringe show. It doesn’t really give much away but it does all become clear. If you have seen any of Alistair’s previous shows then you will know to expect an hour of … Read More

4 Aussies, For Aussies – 3.5***

Australian comedian Ty Gray must be one of the hardest working comedians at this years Fringe. Fronting no less than 3 shows, as well as some headline gigs, I was delighted to be able to review “4 Aussies, For Aussies). … Read More

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Hamlet 5*****

For those of us brought up on dry classroom readings of Shakespeare this show is a dream. Not only do you get a flavour of what magic a cast of classically trained Shakespearean actors can conjure with these scripts, you … Read More

Come Back Home-4****

Fadi Murad gives an emotional and mesmerising performance in Come Back Home, a deeply personal exploration of grief, memory and displacement.

Using a combination of video, music and spoken word, Murad takes us through the devastating experience of losing his … Read More

We Had Fun – 4.5****

We had Fun is a thoughtful and deliberately uncomfortable exploration of consent, friendship and the troubling space between two very different recollections of the same night.

Oscar and Ella are work colleagues and friends. When Ella arrives at Oscar’s flat … Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life   4****

There is something particularly appropriate about seeing Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life performed at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre itself. The performance takes place in a beautiful room in the West End’s Victorian building, and the setting has the … Read More

Fanny Bleach: The Nearly Naked Show 3★★★

Fanny Bleach is weird, and she’s determined to take you with her.

The show is incredibly creative, the costumes are outrageously good, and the whole thing is grotesque, odd and committed to its own strange little world.

Bleach finishes by … Read More