Fiona O’Laughlin

Aussie Sheila Fiona O’Loughlin introduces herself as the most uncool comedian on the Fringe being over forty, married and a mother of five.

Uncool maybe, but she is certainly funny with numerous stories based mostly on her extended family and … Read More

Faultless and Torrance Take Their Faces Off

Judith Faultless and Alys Torrance are a pair of comediennes who we previously saw in 2003 in the much acclaimed The Flirt Lab. They have impressive cv’s including radio and television, not to mention their work on the comedy circuit … Read More

Volpone: Sex Lies & Videotape

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and money is the root of all-evil. Two trite clichés perhaps but they are probably applicable in this contemporary ad  adaptation of Jonson’s classic piece. Mega bucks media tycoon Valpone feigns illness … Read More

We’re not in Brixton Anymore

Three businessmen wake up in purgatory and don’t seem to know who they are, where they are or how they got there. Or at least two of them don’t! With the aid of a well written script, fine acting … Read More

The Watcher

The Watcher is a new play by Jeremy Paul. A  park scene where a woman is sitting alone in the park enjoying the sunshine and a picnic. She is approached by a weird guy, Is she in trouble? is … Read More

The War Bus

In a quiet Lancashire pub life goes on despite the rumored invasion of Poland. Memories of the past war are resurrected by the possibility of another. In a room upstairs the old man is being looked after by his … Read More

Two  by Fierce Trade

Two by Jim Cartwright was originally written for John McArdle and Sue Johnston following their exit from soap opera Brookside. Set in a Northern pub, we meet a whole lot, 14 in fact, dysfunctional characters, none more so than … Read More

Terrorist! The Musical

Bush has beaten the Terrorist, the only way they can survive is by joining the burlesque circus.  Seven of the worlds most notorious Terrorists work together and fight against each other to survive.  Each has the opportunity to say … Read More

Teechers

In the ten years that Harland Hamstrings have been attending the Fringe I suppose they have used more John Godber plays than any other playwright, and they have dusted off Teechers once again as one of their 5 pieces … Read More

The Tales Revisited

The Canterbury Pilgrims present ‘The Tales Revisited’, the group have had some trials bringing the show to Edinburgh. With only a matter of weeks the venue let them down and they had to find a new home for their … Read More