Smurthwaite on Masculinity 4****

There’s a lot going on in this show. Smurthwaite playing a man (Mylo Standards (!)) playing Smurthwaite doing the horrific jokes she’s witnessed being appreciated in mainstream comedy clubs. A man wearing a nappy on stage. Some typical ‘laddish’ ‘jokes’ … Read More

Doors to Manual – Rhiannon Vivian 3***

Rhiannon Vivian performs a multi character sketch show set on an aeroplane with a minimalistic mock-up of a series of seats located on the performing area sort of depicting the economy cabin. Ms Vivian initially as the cabin crew starts … Read More

Jake Yapp: One in a Million 4****

Radio and television personality Jake Yapp says it’s been 7 years since he last brought a show to the Edinburgh Fringe, the audience were delighted he decided to give it another go. Jake starts with a hilarious Fringe in 5 … Read More

My Leonard Cohen – Stewart D’Arrietta 4***

I know the show is entitled My Leonard Cohen and is not a tribute act but for me it was a little too much Stewart D’Arrietta and his band, albeit a very tight and professional one, but it sounded a … Read More

Mule – Omnibus 4***

Mule is a play by Kat Woods based on the real life arrest and imprisonment of the drug mules Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum who were recently released from their Peruvian prison. Two actresses Aoife Lennon and Edith Poor play … Read More

The Listies: 6D (Twice as Good as 3D) 4****

The Listies 6D

This childrens show is full-on, fast-paced, energy-packed and pitched perfectly. The Listies, two hyperactive australian entertainers know their audience well and there was ‘toilet talk’ aplenty. This, combined with snot and spew to delight the younger members … Read More

Jonny & The Baptists: Eat The Poor 4****

Jonny & The Baptists: Eat The Poor

I went expecting something more sombre – I had expected politics, music, to be mildly amused, and probably to be left with some residual middle-class guilt and angst. What I hadn’t expected was … Read More

Hess – 4****

An old man shambles onto the stage and reveals himself as Rudolf Hess. What follows is a mesmerising hour and 15 minutes as Hess (expertly played by Derek Crawford Munn) attempts to explain and justify his actions during World War … Read More

Garrett Millerick: The Dreams stuff is Made of 4****

Garrett Millerick tells a very entertaining story, he’s the kind of man you sit up and listen to, he’s not the quiet, unassuming type. In this year’s show he tells us about his original career choice, Garrett did not set … Read More

The Interference – Pepperdine Scotland 4****

This hard hitting piece of drama written by Lynda Radley has been brought to Edinburgh by the students of Pepperdine University. It is based on actual reported incidences of rape at university campuses in the US. The drama centres on … Read More