Review: Ockham’s Razor : This Time
Storytelling combined with group and solo aerial physical theatre
Review: Ockham’s Razor : This Time
Storytelling combined with group and solo aerial physical theatre
Review: Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation
The most consistently satisfying work of Tim Crouch I’ve seen.
Review: Carl Hutchinson: I Know I Shouldn’t Behave Like This
A very funny Geordie bloke tells us about growing up and having a bit of a drinkie
Review: Don’t Frighten the Straights
Heart warming stories from around the gay world
Review: Angus Dunican: Nice Bit of Kit
Clever storytelling mixed with some very funny comedy
Review: Angus Brown: Everest
Intelligent, absurd and climbing high
Review: Connie Wookey: Denied
A thoroughly enjoyable show
Review: Flo & Joan : Before the screaming starts
Following their Sell Out 2018 run Flo & Joan are back and better than ever.
Review: Iain FM Smith: My Finest Hour
A talented storyteller tells us about his life and his rather amazing grandfather
Review: Mimi Hayes: I’ll be OK
A harrowing tale about dealing with the breakdown of both relationships...and her own body.
Review: I’m A Phoenix, Bitch
Guy Masterson finds the perfect show...
Review: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
A wonderfully anarchic run through some of the very things that shocked us in the seventies musically before celebrity culture but when we had real celebrities
Review: My Mum’s a Twat
A one woman show, using her teenage voice to tell the story of being rejected by her Mum who chose a powerful cult over her family.
Review: Swim
A dreamy piece of theatre combining storytelling, live music and visuals exploring grief, swimming and friendship.
Review: The Reverend Richard Coles: A Simple Country Parson
A very English clergyman preaches a very English sermon to his choir
Review: Kemp’s Jig
A wonderfully told tale of a forgotten man in the history of Elizabethan theatre
Review: Fake News
A Skilled and Impactful Piece of Storytelling Theatre
Review: Wireless Operator
A moving narrative about a member of bomber command facing harsh physical and mental challenges
Review: Great Grimm Tales
A beautifully made and entertaining show of physical storytelling.
Review: Jessica Fostekew: Hench
Hench means; Strong, Fit and having well-developed muscles. That describes this show, perfectly.
Review: Sea Sick
Devastating.
Review: Umbrella Man
Start your Fringe day with a bang in the hands of a very talented poet and storyteller
Review: Alaska
Accomplished solo storytelling about mental health issues, with dance and song.
Review: Jim Clapp: Magnum Opus
Completely absurd and utterly entertaining
Review: The Grandmothers Grimm
If story and gender intrigue this is well worth a bedtime visit.
Review: Encyclopedia of Kitchen Comedy Essays by Larry Tadlock
"No matter what combination of stories each show will deliver, I have no doubt that they will be as engaging as the ones I thoroughly enjoyed."
Review: Climb The Live Album
Sung with soulful tunes, Climb takes us through Diego’s adventures with relationships
Review: The Lehman Trilogy
Almost stupefying, but outstanding.
Review: Small Island
A reboot for the future, a passport for change.
Review: Squeeze My Cans
Blinded by Scientology
Review: Elephant’s Graveyard
Our Town gone mad. It’s in NVT’s best American vein.
Review: Crack Whore, Bulimic, Girl Next Door
A cheerful trip down a dark memory lane.
Review: The Odditorium
An eclectic mix of strange and unusual entertainment
Review: Betsy: Wisdom of a Brighton Whore
If you can, make this your last stop on the Fringe.
Review: Ane City
A poetic tale of drugs, alcohol, and adolescent angst in Dundee, Scotland
Review: salt.
We’re offered ‘salt to heal, salt to remember… above all for your wounds.’ Take it.
Review: Those Magnificent Men
Find out what happens to these Magnificent Men; for they were, and are.
Review: Sary
The imaginative force, language and unsettled serenity of this work demands a sustained run.
Review: Small Island
A reboot for the future, a passport for change.
Review: The Milkman’s On His Way
As a storytelling adaptation it couldn’t be bettered. Necessary and uplifting.
Review: Too Young to Stay In, Too Old to Go Out!
Nigel Osner delivers an audacious rendition into the vulnerable and egregious lives of those growing in years
Review: The Seven Ages of Mam
13.10 is a good lunchtime to watch a Mam’s legend in.
Review: Angry Alan
Funny, sassy, disturbing, necessary.
Review: Gigantic Lying Mouth
An engaging one man exploration of lying at the end of his life, helped with video, a disembodied voice and facing the harsh truth of his own (previous) existence.
Review: The Adventures of Abhijeet
Entertaining and well performed by the compelling cast in this zany edgy world!
Review: Above the Mealy-Mouthed Sea
Remarkable performance - well crafted, beguiling and edgy!
Review: A Fortunate Man
Fascinating story, well performed, creative and entertaining!
Review: Jogging
Thought provoking, physical storytelling, dramatic with creative humour!
Review: yesterday it rained salt
Moving and well performed show!
Review: Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard!
Deliciously provocative, cynical, creative, poignant, entertaining, uplifting, impactful show. Do not miss it!
Review: My Preferred Pronoun is We
Fascinating well crafted show with depth and humor – topical, very well performed, poignant + impactful!
Review: Naked Zombie
Interesting and well performed story
Review: Enough
A violent attack on the social norms which drive self-harm in its many and varied forms.
Review: Our Man In Havana
Hugely impressive physical adaptation of Graeme Greene's dark comedy
Review: Simon Callow in De Profundis
Intense, poignant, provocative and beautifully performed.
Review: Hamish Henderson: On the Radical Road
A selection of the political songs and writings of the great Scottish folklorist
Review: Adam Smith : The Invisible Hand
Intriguing historical drama covering the life of Adam Smith
Review: KillyMuck
A brilliant and brutal portrayal of the inequity and generational desperation of the Benefits Class
Review: How to Keep Time: A Drum Solo for Dementia
There are no words to describe the power or impact of this show
Review: How to Drink Wine Like a Wanker
Much, much more than a show about wine.
Review: Gie’s Peace
Inspiring Stories of Courageous Women - An Exploration of War Through Storytelling and Music
Review: The Man Who Planted Trees
Charming, imaginative, entertaining storytelling and puppetry show, extremely well performed - thoughtful, moving story, with a noble message!
Review: Despite Everything, Price Still Includes Biscuits
Droll hour of gentle, inoffensive comedic stories and songs
Review: Portraits in Motion
Fascinating, innovative, creative, charming and entertaining!
Review: The Archive of Educated Hearts
A glimpse into the lives of four women, through photographs, stories, and voice overs which catalogue their personal reflections along the path to living fully and letting go.
Review: Old Boy
Another winner from the Made in Scotland Showcase at this year’s Fringe.
Review: Laurence Clarke: An Irresponsible Guide to Parenting
Wacky and wickedly funny side swipes at interfering You Tube do-gooders
Review: Your Bard
Did Shakespeare really write all those plays and sonnets?
Review: Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard!
Well written and performed, deliciously eccentric character, fascinating and entertaining!
Review: Daniel Cainer – Old Dog, New Shtick
Gentle hour of semi-autobiographical comedy
Review: Extinguished Things
Interesting and moving with detailed descriptions.
Review: The Burning Gadulka
Vibrant and animated storytelling!
Review: There But For the Grace of God (Go I)
A rare instance of an actor knowing exactly how to direct himself. It’s a super-Fringe show well worth reviving, and Welsh clearly puts his life into it.
Review: Queens of Sheba
Inspiring, energetic, committed
Review: Gyles Brandreth : Break A Leg
Master class in comedic storytelling from a new national treasure
Review: Mairi Campbell – Auld Lang Syne
A nice way to switch off from the outside world
Review: White Girls
Clever but raw self-referential storytelling that will likely divide audiences
Review: Notorious Women of Brighton
To Miss This Tour-De-Force Would Be Scandalous
Review: One Woman Alien
I can predict that by the end of its run, this should be the most outstanding one-person show you’ll see in the last week.
Review: The Odditorium Tribute to Ken Campbell
of you and won’t let go. Most theatre makers of whatever stripe are pretty clear Ken’s a game changer.
Review: Pigspurt’s Daughter
Guardian obituary, 2008. ‘Ken Campbell was one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in British theatre of the past half-century.’ It just happens that his daughter Daisy is both that and far more. She’s one of the most cunning crafters of comedy and storytelling in the anti-business
Review: Laud of the Rings
This show deserves to go on the Road - ever, ever, on.
Review: The Jurassic Parks
A masterclass in storytelling using physical theatre, puppetry, song and dance, and audience interaction
Review: Metamorphosis
If you decide on one storytelling piece of theatre in this half of the Fringe, I doubt you’ll do better than experience this.
Review: No Oddjob
Nothing Odd About This Fine Job
Review: Maria
Scott has a finely-grounded tone with an acuity of insight and a lyrically-charged gift that literally pictures the un-nameable pearl-grey blanket of depression occluding Maria’s living.
Review: The World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig lends himself peculiarly to a theatrical dimension. It’s over in a blink. If you’re at all near, you won’t regret the Print Room’s opalescent sliver of magic conjuring the best out of this production.
Review: Minefield
Minefield is for its unique and singularly consummate exploration of its themes, outstanding, in a class apart from any show you’ll see, perhaps even of Arias. Her work must be acknowledged here now.
Review: Dandy Darkly’s Myth Mouth
Wickedly mischievous, creative, joyous, boisterous, lyrical, brash, poetic, funny and entertaining show!
Review: Twenty Minutes to Nine
A candid and beautiful journey of loss
Review: The Giant Killers
Kicked every ball with them. Captivating storytelling.
Review: The Gardener
Poignant storytelling. With biscuits.
Review: Bonnie Fechters
Intimate, heartfelt and inspiring.
Review: Replay
Absorbing and masterful storytelling; a poignant coming to terms with loss
Review: The Sky Is Safe
Committed, necessary and urgent theatre.
Review: The Majority
If Rob Drummond’s /Bullet Catch/ charmed and alarmed at NT’s The Shed and Brighton Festival in 2013, here Drummond starts his odyssey of political immersion in a prison cell; for throwing a punch at a neo-Nazi. Opening three days after the Charlottesville murder, the timing’s eerily prescient and more charged than even Drummond might have imagined.
Review: Sleeping Trees: Sci-fi?
Rollicking furiously paced exquisitely skilled physical comedy
Review: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
"...as near perfect a show as I would want to take my children to..."
Review: Underworlds
Different Theatre
Review: Model Organisms
Donkin’s artistry as writer isn’t in doubt, and Newton-Mountney’s performance is compelling. This is eminently worth seeing especially if you like dystopian narratives of the possible near-present. The story’s complete, but this journey’s just begun.