In Other Words 4.5☆☆☆☆

Sometimes a show’s blurb doesn’t do it justice. This is a clever, smart and engaging piece of theatre, and not the dry, earnest show-about-words that I was half expecting. It is about words, but it’s also about how we use … Read More

About a Bogle 4.5☆☆☆☆

It’s great to hear so many Scottish accents on a stage, and even more delightful that they’re sharing this perfectly formed wee gem of a story. It is in fact (spoiler) two stories, the bogle’s, and the musicians’, though that’s … Read More

UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW 4☆☆☆☆

This show has something of a following, though this was my first experience of it, and unusually for a comedy show, there were folk enthusiastic about sitting in the front row. The following is justified, thought it’s more ‘niche and … Read More

Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra… 4☆☆☆☆

Sometimes it’s the audience that’s the issue, not the performer. Harriet Dyer has a fast-moving and surreal sense of humour, but we as the audience were a bit lethargic and mid-weeky. Hers is a comedy that is a cumulative piling … Read More

The Palestinian Circus: Step and a Half – 4****

As we walked into the Lafayette tent, there was a vibrant, high-energy atmosphere, and from the music and attire, we were set for a celebration of culture. As we took our seats, the performers were chatting away, and it felt … Read More

Bad Boy – 4****

Daniel Adolfsson is an immensely likeable presence in Bad Boy, a warm, funny and ultimately hopeful tale about an actor for whom life seems determined not to follow the script.

Adolfsson plays Jack, a struggling performer recently separated from his … Read More

Pilate: The Lost Gospel – 5*****

Maxwell Caulfield gives a mesmerising performance as Pontius Pilate in Michael Punter’s compelling Pilate: The Lost Gospel.

The play gives an imagined opportunity for one of history’s most maligned figures to give us his side of the story of the … Read More

Keeley Hazell – Everyone Has Seen My Tits 4****

Keeley Hazell was probably most famous as a Page Three glamour model back in the day hence the show title, featuring also in a number of ‘Lad Mags’. This is her story. Starting off with Keeley having to audition for … Read More

Andrew Maxwell 5*****

Andrew Maxwell has been gracing the Edinburgh Fringe for more than a quarter of as century and has performed in so may different venues, from dismal rooms in the Cowgate back in the 90’s but he quips, never in a … Read More

The Spencer Jones Experimental Kids Show – 5*****

Spencer Jones is a master of absurdist comedy, well established in comedy as a ‘comedian’s comedian’; every fan with children will be thrilled to see his name appear when they search for children’s shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Jones … Read More