One Hour of Insane Magic – Insane Productions 4****

To start, this show is clearly designed for a broad family audience, offering plenty of wholesome fun without ever becoming dull for the adults in the room. It is light, energetic and packed with consistently impressive magic tricks and illusions. … Read More

Hannah Morton : Crushed 4****

At the beginning, there is a screen announcement. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Well almost.

Bounding onto the stage, Morton is glowing, primed and ready for action. Last year, having caught her partner cheating, she spent the … Read More

Sarah Hester Ross: Serving C*nt 5*****

The name says it all, and in this instance, it’s the good kind of ‘see you next Tuesday’, something the Scottish audience clearly appreciated. From the moment the show begins, Sarah Hester Ross makes absolutely no attempt to apologise for … Read More

Steak Out 4****

Steak Out is a dark comedy written by Ruaraidh Murray who also plays one of the three lead roles. Our three main characters are planning a robbery but this is no ordinary robbery. It is a family affair which involves … Read More

Fabled: The Improvised Fantasy Adventure 4★★★★

Fabled is a completely improvised show. The audience suggests that the hero should be called “Josephine” and that her quest should be to find Pokémon cards. This is accepted completely, and we are off. Seconds later, the opening scene finds … Read More

So You Think You Are Funny? Grand Final

Way back in 1980s Gilded Balloon Artistic Director Grande Karen Koren came up with the concept of this annual competition, a contest that has helped made household names of a multitude of aspiring comics who previously won, or at least … Read More

CADEL – Lungs on Legs – 4.5****

I have to admit I am a bit of a fan of The Tour de France, so I was very much looking forward to seeing “CADEL – Lungs on Legs”, and I wasn’t disappointed. For this is a wonderful show … Read More

Top Gunchained 4.5****

We all love a blockbuster movie, and Top Gun is certainly that. Richard Marsh performs his one-man parody of the movie on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe with the awesome movie soundtrack and some interesting props, can Richard deliver the … Read More

Guy Branum : Be Fruitful 4****

We are promised that the meaning of life will be revealed. Guy Branum cuts a formidable figure on stage, and I for one, believe him.

The show takes the form of a Ted Talk. We are presented with a series … Read More

Lost in Translation 5*****

Take a film script, run it back and forth through a translator umpteen times and then take the garbled mess that it spits back out and read it out on stage in front of an audience. It’s a tried and … Read More