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Woody’s Bush Cabaret – for Kids! – 4****
August 9, 2025 | one4review
Woody’s Bush Cabaret weaves together a lovely little story about the bushland, including original songs and lively audience interaction. We’re waiting to hear Billy the kookaburra’s call to signal it’s time to start the cabaret, and until then we’re … Read More
After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss 5*****
August 9, 2025 | one4review
Some Fringe shows shout their worth from the rafters; others hum their way into your bones. After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss does the latter—and once it’s there, it stays. In a festival year swarming with work about … Read More
Bring Yer Bairn 4****
August 9, 2025 | one4review
Bring Yer Bairn is one of those Fringe curiosities that works far better than it has any right to — an 11 a.m. adult comedy show where you can bring your under-one-year-old without fear of frost glares or passive-aggressive tutting. … Read More
Michelle Brasier – It’s a Shame We Won’t Be Friends Next Year 4 1/2****
August 8, 2025 | one4review
Michelle Brasier isn’t just a name on a poster — she’s something of an Australian cultural institution. The girl from Wagga Wagga — which, she gleefully informs us, is the teenage pregnancy capital of the world — has bulldozed her … Read More
John Robertson’s The Dark Room – 5*****
August 7, 2025 | one4review
Back to the Fringe with its ever growing cult of followers, John Robertson’s The Dark Room is once again delighting and terrorising audiences as they try to navigate through its fiendish maze of multiple choice options to, potentially, finally, … Read More
24Weeks – 4****
August 7, 2025 | one4review
Set in a terrifyingly plausible dystopia where abortion is illegal, contraception is tightly restricted, and the NHS is legally obliged to report any suspicious female health activity, 24Weeks is a chilling and urgent play written by Laura Walker. Split into … Read More
Douglas Widick: Paperclip 3.5***
August 7, 2025 | one4review
This warm-hearted, wonderfully silly show opens with Douglas Widick explaining why he’s travelled back in time to kill the Godfather of computing. The reason? A future ruled by evil AI. Remember Clippy? (If you were born between 1985 and 1995, … Read More
Potty the Plant – 4****
August 6, 2025 | one4review
For reasons that defy explanation, I will apparently watch almost any show that involves puppets. And, indeed, I only had to see an image of Potty, the particular potted plant puppet protagonist of the comedy musical medical matinee and I … Read More
Girl Pop! 4****
August 6, 2025 | one4review
A disbanded girl group reunite, after a reported scandalous fight at an awards ceremony. The all-female quartet take the audience through the highs and lows of being in a 00’s girl group. From the selection process, to the peak of … Read More
Leigh Douglas – ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States 4****
August 6, 2025 | one4review
“A one-woman Doctor Strangelove, blending big laughs with even bigger ambition.” Leigh Douglas — stand-up turned solo performer — brings a bold tonal shift to the Fringe with ROTUS: Receptionist of the United States, a sharp, surreal and surprisingly heartfelt … Read More
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