Adults Only Magic Show – 4****

It does what it says on the tin, Magic for Adults Only!! This raucous riot unfolds for yet another year at The Fringe. Skilfully compered by Magnus Danger Magnus, “The Adults Only Magic Show” has the crowd whipped up into … Read More

Skank Sinatra: How to Succeed in Show Business Without Really Trying 4★★★★

Skank Sinatra is like a being from another planet that everyone in this audience has been searching for.

Boy are they glad when she lands singing in another language. As she jumps into a parody of Kylie, she brings huge … Read More

Mike Wozniak: The Bench 5★★★★★

Mike Wozniak opens The Bench by making it absolutely clear that it is not our fault the show didn’t start on time.

Wozniak plays every upstanding, waffling, friendly, over-informed, village-council-attending middle-aged man you’ve ever known, holding court with excellence bar … Read More

A Haunted House — 4****

This was a one of the most original shows I’ve seen! One man takes the audience around a “haunted house”, playing various characters along the way, including vampires and zombies. He does this mostly by miming and using different voices … Read More

Michael Spicer : Hope All’s Well 3.5***

Best known for his viral The Room Next Door sketches, Michael returns to The Fringe with his brand new show; Hope All’s Well. The show is less stand up and more a mix of video sketches with some familiar characters … Read More

Krapp’s Last Tape  4****

Krapp’s Last Tape is something of a Fringe perennial and, truthfully, it was the involvement of director Stockard Channing and actor David Westhead that persuaded me to see it. I’m very glad I did.

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Vincent Van Gogh: Between Worlds – 4****

Vincent Van Gogh: Between Worlds is a fascinating and beautifully staged look at the life of my favourite artist. Written and directed by Paola Veneto, this play is a moving and often brutally honest biography of the tortured soul that was … Read More

Only Bones – Daniel Nodder 5*****

Only Bones is a strange, otherworldly experience. It is exactly why I come to the Fringe. The show opens with a light held between fingers, glinting through them as they begin to ripple and dance in time with a throbbing … Read More

Helicops 1: Find Your Wings! – 4****

With a premise of “there are some policemen who are part-helicopter” (indicated by them wearing cycle helmets with propellor blades) and when your narrator is the building that houses their headquarters you know that you are not coming to … Read More

MC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo Baby ★★★★½

MC Hammersmith sends out his butler to greet the 250 of us squeezed into Assembly 3.

His butler (Stuart Murphy) takes the reins of the room, hilariously betraying Hammersmith with things he’s said in passing that clearly weren’t meant to … Read More