Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut

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The play opens with a company of three performers about to go on stage on their first night to present a stripped down version of the iconic film. Thus what we are about to see is a play within a play.

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey

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Grant O’Rourke’s completely enthralling performance as Mike Daisey is chilling. He exposes how capitalist America is in league with communist China in a conspiracy of global dimensions.

He opens in a light-hearted way. He is a young man of … Read More

Alfie Moore – I Predicted a Riot

2 Stars

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Until I watched ITV’s ‘Show Me the Funny’ last year I was unaware of Sgt. Alfie Moore, an actual serving police officer and comedian to boot.

I was impressed enough with what I saw on the box … Read More

Carl Donnelly – Different Gravy

4 Stars

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Carl Donnelly is a talented and gifted comedian I have always thought. But I didn’t know he could also see into the future. But it appears that he can!

Donnelly has self written and publish his biography … Read More

Proof – Sell A Door Theatre Company

4 Stars

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Catherine is about to turn 25. She is a troubled lady having spent the last few years being the carer for her once brilliant mathematician father Robert, who latterly suffered from mental illness, prior to his death.

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Josie Long: – Romance & Adventure

4 Star

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Josie Long is always a hot ticket come any Fringe so much so that I haven’t really been able to see her as often as I wanted too, but this year I made it.

Josie is very … Read More

Sajeela Kershi – Regret- Me- Nots

4 Star

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Since the first time I saw her perform a few years ago now I have been keen to see the progress of this very likeable comic and the development has been very significant.

She comes across as … Read More

Gordon Southern’s a Brief History of History

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I love a show with a strong theme, as it feels like a one-fringe-only experience, rather than being their catch-it-anywhere club set. On this, Southern didn’t disappoint. I also enjoy learning new things, so this was definitely the show … Read More

Educating Rita

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Willy Russell’s Educating Rita began as a stage comedy in the early 1980’s but it is the film starring Michael Caine as Open University English Literature tutor Frank and Julie Walters as Rita, his mature student, that is best … Read More

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

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Based on John Gray’s best-selling self-help book, Ian Houghton’s witty discourse brings out the essential differences in the mental characteristics between men and women in long standing relationships. Located in a university lecture theatre, this is entirely in keeping … Read More