Aerosmith to ZZ Top – The A to Z of Hair Metal with Steve McLean 4****

Comedy in front of a rock-literate audience is a high-wire act. Too often, stand-ups retreat into their safest material — watching it land with all the grace of a dropped cymbal — or bluff their way through the subject, exposed … Read More

Rubber Duck 3.5***

In a room that need a dehumidifier more than air con, Elle Bert put a room of clammy audients, a majority of whom had been hooked in off the street, immediately at ease and got us on board with the … Read More

The Tenement Jazz Band – Red Hot Roots of Jazz 5*****

Edinburgh’s Tenement Jazz Band – Fringe stalwarts and a five-piece slice of pure joy – are that big, hot, comforting pot that reminds you why music is meant to be shared in the first place. No gimmicks, no ironic detachment, … Read More

Eric Rushton – Innkeeper 4.5****

Eric Rushton opens to a packed room — sold out, with queues outside for returns. Winner of the Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, Rushton hits the stage as a consummate professional — … Read More

Knight, Knight 4****

Sometimes the comedy is in testing the limits of an audience. What will we tolerate, which plot elements are a smidge too far, what does it take to make us squeal and cringe. Can a character the audience has only … Read More

This Is Not About Me – Hannah Caplan and Douglas Clarke-Wood for WoodForge 4****

This Is Not About Me  is a sharp, tender and often very funny two-hander that thrives on the crackling chemistry between Amaia Naima Aguinaga (Grace) and Francis Nunnery (Elis). The pair play long-time friends – and sometime lovers – whose … Read More

The 80’s Movie Mix Tape – Night Owl Shows 5*****

As a big 80’s fan I was eagerly looking forward to seeing this one and I wasn’t disappointed. The auditorium consisting of an age range from 19 to 80 (See what I did there) had an air of expectancy as … Read More

Managed Approach – 4****

Managed Approach at the Gilded Balloon Patter House is an intimate, unsettling piece that takes us right into Abby’s bedroom in Holbeck, Leeds – a place with a double-edged history. Not only was Holbeck the site of the UK’s … Read More

Fuselage -Lareau Creative / Suzanna Rosenthal Productions 5*****

 Fuselage is a deeply moving piece of theatre by actor and playwright Annie Lareau, telling her own very personal story of Pan Am Flight 103 and the lives it touched, rather than the statistics of its tragedy. Set both before … Read More

Comedy Sheep: Best of Wales Stand-Up – 4****

A total over-dose of Welshness, 5 of Wales creative talents take to the stage in this wonderful showcase.  Hosted by Ignacio Lopez, this group of Comedy Sheep have us in stitches with snippets of their own personal performances.

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