Damian Clark: Go Ahead, Make My Damo – 4****

The title of this show doesn’t do it justice, as it sounds like the performer will have a fight on his hands. Yet actually, the nearest thing to violence was the constant pelting us with jokes that hit the spot, … Read More

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre – And So Am I – 4****

A man in the queue said “It doesn’t feel like I’ve done the Fringe unless I’ve seen the Socks,” and I’m inclined to agree with him. A fringe institution, the Socks have that spark of something different that always feels … Read More

Arabian Nights – 5*****

The guide promised “a wonderful world of mysterious marvels” and it truly delivered. Between the mysterious marvels was plenty of slapstick fun, singing, dancing, and constant high energy in the busy room.

For those who don’t know the tales of … Read More

A Chorus Line 3***

I came with trepidation at seeing a 60min version of ACL but thankfully we got a much fuller 90mins of the show and this turned out to be a pretty good production of this famous show. The venue is really … Read More

Stay Awake – 2**

Kudos to Luke Speirs for having the guts and determination to bring his own work to the Fringe and I hope this is the beginning of a journey of discovery and maturity which will see new work over the years. … Read More

Funny Girl 2**

This production of Funny Girl came over as unfortunately too ambitious for this student theatre company. It got off to a bad start with an incredibly dodgy overture but then fortunately the small band settled in and were very good … Read More

Pete Johansson – Several Jokes 4****

On a wet evening early in week three, Pete Johansson, a British based Canadian opened to his select crowd talking about vulnerability fear and his show title, which was claimed to actually live up to its billing, containing several jokes … Read More

A Race of Robots 3***

This is just a fun and entertaining “B-Musical” with your typical sci-fi scenario. Goodies, baddies, aliens, robots, cheese galore, this has everything you’d expect.

The amateur company with a mix of ages clearly has fun and obviously (and thankfully) doesn’t … Read More

Luke Toulson: Laid-Back Grouch 4****

Mr Toulson does not look as old as he says he is, and he’s a very genial grouch, even with the two teenagers in the front row who talked most of the way through the set. It’s not … Read More

Monkey Poet: Sh*t Flinging 4****

Okay I am not really a huge fan of poetry, so why am I packed in a space in the bowels of Edinburgh along with about 50 others listening to an hour of the stuff?

Well meeting the man himself … Read More