Dead Cat Bounce – Howl of the She-Leopard

*****

Imagine Journey, Foreigner and Whitesnake somehow combined to make one band with a guitarist/vocalist, bassist and drummer, but the songs they made were about Australian immigration stats, rugby and Christians in love. They even look the part with the … Read More

Playing Politics

*****

This is a five star show all round. The music is impeccable: guitar, vocals, harmonies and solos. The sound across the speakers is great. The songs – which you’ll know the tunes to ‘but not the lyrics’ – are … Read More

Tom Lauri: Good With His Fingers

**

After a slightly wobbly start, this was a very pleasing show. Tom Lauri is indeed ‘good with his fingers’, and classic and simple magic was performed with skill and panache and no, I couldn’t see how he … Read More

Dream/Life

***

This play is a lot less surreal that the fringe blurb might lead you to believe. It actually has a rather classical narrative structure, with a beginning, some conflict, and a resolution. After the first five minutes … Read More

The Great Puppet Horn

****

My only criticism of this show is that it could have done with a bigger screen for the size and shape of the room. Everything else was fantastic. Two men sit to the sides of a screen … Read More

Monkey Bars

*****

The concept of this production is deceptively simple: children’s words about their lives are spoken by adults acting out adult situations. There’s the interview of the famous person, the date, the job interview, the politicians speechifying. There … Read More

Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Scotland

4 Star

**** 

Although the vote on Scottish Independence is some two years away, a pair of the most iconic Scottish Stand-ups, have joined together for a tongue in cheek look at the question, or questions, to try and gauge … Read More

Stu and Garry in The Lunchtime Show

4 Star

**** 

Stu Murphy and Garry Dobson are two of the very best when it comes to Improv comedy. This Edinburgh based duo perform this style of show virtually every week of the year at The Stand Comedy Club, … Read More

Scales of the Unexpected

4 Star

**** 

Scales of the Unexpected are a three man ensemble of accomplished cabaret performers namely Big Ian, Little Ian and Brian and in their bunker of a space are performing a late evening extravaganza of material and this … Read More

Swamp Juice

*****

In the wondrous finale of Swamp Juice, shadow puppetry is taken to a big, big scale in a way I have never witnessed before. It is breath taking, but let me take you back to the beginning. Jeff Achtem, … Read More