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Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society: SiX, 5 stars *****
August 20, 2017 | one4review
Wow, truly blown away by this tour de force of girl-power-meets-Hamilton. Essentially, the six wives of Henry VIII are resurrected as a modern-day pop group called SiX, taking it in turns to tell their story through song and having a … Read More
Under My Thumb 4****
August 20, 2017 | one4review
In this atmospheric play by Cassiah Joski-Jethi the audience surrounds a group of female prisoners – Hattie, Rosaline, Sam, Nev and Lily – as they each try to cope with their incarceration. At first we have no understanding as to … Read More
Ingrid Oliver – Speech! 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Doing character based sketch comedy is in my opinion a two edged sword. Get it right and it is amazing. Get it wrong then carnage can and often does happen. Ingrid Oliver has always been in the get it right … Read More
Suzi Ruffell – Keeping It Classy 5*****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Suzi Ruffell seems so stuffed full of energy she made me feel exhausted … but not in a bad way. Hailing from a large working class family with plenty of geezers Suzi said near the top that coming out to … Read More
Ed Gamble – Mammoth 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
With metal music Ed Gamble strides onto his stage and is at once into a story of his short career in a metal band in his youth and from that moment the tone of the hour is set. Gamble has … Read More
Michael Stranney – Welcome to Ballybeg 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Michael Stranney delivers a highly entertaining and funny hour of comedy as small Irish town lad Daniel Duffy giving us the audience a presentation on behalf of the Ballybeg Tourist Board on how the afore said village is the only … Read More
Ben Fogg: How I Won Best Newcomer 2017 3***
August 19, 2017 | one4review
It takes some guts, or an ego the size of a small planet, to emblazon this show title over media in Edinburgh this year. A good marketing tool? Maybe. But it really does put the pressure on for him to … Read More
Markus Birdman’s Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
For many years Markus Birdman has been gracing the comedy scene so hence has a wealth of experience to draw on when he is constructing his funny and entertaining shows each year. He is also a very good animator so … Read More
Cally Beaton – Super Cally Fragile Lipstick 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Playing in the hottest room in the Fringe she says is hardly ideal for a menopausal woman and yet this is her lot for Fringe 2017. Ms Beaton a divorced mother of two teenagers of course adds to the issues … Read More
John Robertson: Dominant 4****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Mr Robertson, he informed us early on, doesn’t have much of a plan for the show, except for the ending, which needs some participants. So it would probably be accurate (if not the whole story) to say he spent the … Read More
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