Pilate: The Lost Gospel – 5*****

Maxwell Caulfield gives a mesmerising performance as Pontius Pilate in Michael Punter’s compelling Pilate: The Lost Gospel.

The play gives an imagined opportunity for one of history’s most maligned figures to give us his side of the story of the … Read More

Keeley Hazell – Everyone Has Seen My Tits 4****

Keeley Hazell was probably most famous as a Page Three glamour model back in the day hence the show title, featuring also in a number of ‘Lad Mags’. This is her story. Starting off with Keeley having to audition for … Read More

The Spencer Jones Experimental Kids Show – 5*****

Spencer Jones is a master of absurdist comedy, well established in comedy as a ‘comedian’s comedian’; every fan with children will be thrilled to see his name appear when they search for children’s shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Jones … Read More

Freddie Meredith : Need A Light? 4****

By way of introduction we are shown Freddie Meredith’s alter ego’s Instagram feed packed full of posts of his pre big night poses. This sets the scene. Freddie then makes his grand entrance and without saying a word, and it … Read More

Omar Badawy: Guided Detour 4★★★★

Omar Badawy’s delightful debut is a guided detour through identity, belonging, and one particularly eventful journey on foot across London. An accomplished writer for Saturday Night Live UK, he brings an assured, chatty stage presence to this cleverly constructed hour, … Read More

Sami Abu Wardeh: Hates You 4★★★★

Sami Abu Wardeh disorientates us with a silly, joyful, mesmerising opening where he creates his own entrance music.

The Palestinian comedian was raised part Catholic, part Islamic — depending on when holidays fell.

Abu Wardeh tells a story that takes … Read More

Larry Dean – Hellbent 4 ½ ****

It was September 2013 when I first saw this Glaswegian comic on stage when he won The Scottish Comedian of the year in style and his career has rocketed since. Numerous Fringe and touring show his popularity has grown expedientially, … Read More

Zachary Ruane: Comedy 5*****

Comedy. There’s a lot of it about. But what is comedy? What types of comedy are there? And which is definitively the best comedy? All questions us mere mortals are unfit to contemplate. Fortunately, Zachary Ruane, self-proclaimed comedy genius is … Read More

Olga Koch Fat Tom Cruise 5*****

I gave Olga Koch five stars when this was a work in progress. Her show somehow gotten tighter and a little funnier.

What can I do? It’s an absolute diamond of a show, and exactly the type of thing people … Read More

Disenchanted! The Hit Musical 4****

A boisterous musical with a message, addressed by many of Disney’s Princesses in a very different voice than we’ve been offered in the past. The vocals are on point, and the cast deserve a special mention for their skills in … Read More