Blackout – New Room Theatre & Platform 5*****

This was a fabulous and disturbing hour of theatre. On a stark white platform 5 actors (3 women and 2 men) give us their life stories as alcoholics, from their early first taste of alcohol, to the love of the … Read More

Ruth Cockburn’s Love Letters From Blackpool – Ruth E Cockburn 4****

As soon as we enter the Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall we are enveloped in a warm blanket of nostalgia as we are faced with posters of saucy postcards, suitcases and seagulls calling. Ruth Cockburn greets her audience with a … Read More

Alun Cochrane :- You. Me. Now. 4****

Alun Cochrane is not a dynamic comedian. He welcomes us to ‘ an hour of existential gloom’ at the top of his show… hmm me thinks he is not being totally honest here. Cochrane is a guy in his 40s, … Read More

Jo Caulfield :- Killing Time 5*****

There can be few comedians who perform at the Fringe annually that maintain a consistent high standards that Ms Caulfield does and the lady has done it again with Killing Time for Fringe 2018

Mixing the inevitably funny, well observed … Read More

Paul Foot: Image Conscious 4****

It’s testimonial time for Paul Foot as he returns to Edinburgh with his 10th solo show. The show itself will be a delight for his loyal fans, the ‘Connoisseurs’, and will not dent his reputation as one of the most … Read More

A Fortunate Man – New Perspectives 3***

This play has come to Summerhall as we celebrate 70 years of the NHS. Using the book ‘A Fortunate Man: The Story of A Country Doctor’ by John Berger and Jean Mohr as a starting point, New Prespectives have built … Read More

Gavin Webster : – I Am Stand Up Comedy 4****

Gavin Webster is a comic I always have a lot of time for. This no nonsense Geordie is always high on my list of acts to see during each Fringe as he is always value for money. With an opening … Read More

Pierre Novellie: See Novellie, Hear Novellie, Speak Novellie 5*****

Pierre Novellie has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe for a few years now but this is the first time I had seen his show, it certainly won’t be the last. He is a satirist and writes for a number of … Read More

Paul Sinha :- The Two Ages of Man 5*****

For many I suppose Paul Sinha is best known as the Sinner Man, one of the Chasers in ITV’s quiz show the Chase, yet although he is very knowledgeable , ranked the number 5 quizzer in the UK, this former … Read More

Big Aftermath Of a Small Disclosure – Actors Touring Company 4****

Actors Touring Company bring this play by Magne van den Berg to Summerhall and I spent a pleasurable hour in the company of Louise, Johan, Jon and Sion watching on as their tight cohesive unit splinters following a casual remark … Read More