Rob Moriarty Sick in the Head– 4.5****

This show is the kind of comedy show where you are laughing although you know you really shouldn’t be.

The humour is direct and dark as Moriarty delves in to men’s mental health, drugs and shocking sex stories.

A suggestion … Read More

A play of 2 Halves– 5*****

This show is located in the fans bar of Edinburgh Football club, Heart of Midlothian and is the perfect location for a play set in a local pub “The Arms”.

This is 2 interlinked plays, the first being a one … Read More

Katie Boyle- Irish Immigrant 4****

The Irish stand-up comedian from Kildare, Ireland now living in New York returns to the fringe for the 2 nd time. In this home from home setting, the sell out audience gave her a warm welcome. After explaining about her … Read More

Call Me Elizabeth: From Burton to Humanitarian Guy Masterson – TTI presents Kayla Boye 5*****

Kayla Boyle gives another sparkling performance as Elizabeth Taylor in Call Me Elizabeth: From Burton to Humanitarian, an engaging sequel that explores both the actress’s tempestuous private life and her emergence as a formidable AIDS activist. The show opens with … Read More

Tiny Planet – 3 1/2 ***

If, like me, you adored ‘Breathe’, you may want to remind yourself just how amazing that was: the puppetry, the visuals, the music and sound effects on display. Tiny Planet is not Breath, and as much as it gives you … Read More

Tweedy’s Massive Solo Show 5*****

I’m not new to Tweedy, having seen Tweedy’s Massive Circus some time ago and finding it fun, but that was about it; however, I now realise on reflection that the best thing about that show was the man himself, and … Read More

Little Animals 4****

Paul Ready, best known to many for his television work in Motherland and Utopia, makes his playwriting and solo-performance debut with Little Animals, an intimate exploration of friendship, grief and the increasingly uncomfortable realities of the climate crisis. We are … Read More

Prophets 4****

Jack MacGregor’s Prophets takes us to the fictional island of Saint John, a tiny British Overseas Territory in the Pacific with a population of just 48. Kerris, a Scottish researcher, arrives partly to investigate prehistoric weather patterns and, more broadly, … Read More

Supposing: 4****

Zinnie Harris’s Supposing: takes the ancient Greek myth of Cassandra and drops it into a very recognisable modern world, creating an intriguing mixture of domestic comedy, psychological drama and something considerably more unsettling. We first meet Sally in a compelling … Read More

Daniel Downie – Alba – 4.5****

Daniel Downie doesn’t mess about in this fun and fact packed, history tour of Scotland, in his one-man show “Alba”. I learnt more about Scotland in The Beehive, Grassmarket, than I ever did at school, and Daniel does it in … Read More