Review: Relatively Speaking
Not a creak in this sparkling production: Liza Goddard possesses an innate sense of how this should go: straight, elegant sang-froid touched with just the right amount of welcome; Powell inhabits the higher bluster; Antony Eden pitches it just right; Lindsey Campbell exudes recently thrown-off gawkiness. Herford knows what he’s about: pace, panache, and more than a dose of Ayckbourn’s generosity of spirit, which glows here as telling the world how it was going to be.
Review: A History, w Nowell Edmurnds
An uncomfortable reflection on our society’s adoration of fame.
Review: Twonkey’s Drive In: Jennifer’s Robot Arm
Paul Vickers' first musical is unsettling, shambolic and very, very silly.
Review: 07800 834 030
Delightful embodiment of the Fringe spirit in a comedy show which changes every night
Review: Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother in the case of a study in blood
A transatlantic take on the mytheries of Holmes which has comedy rather than tragedy at its heart
Review: Sodden Flodden
The story of a tragedy in Scotland told 400 years later with music and storytelling showing that at least something survived it well
Review: All Cashed In
A provocative tribute which walks the line in a story that crosses a man in black with independent thought
Review: Dirty Glitter
The 1970’s are back and funky with a cop drama that focusses on the times rather than the storylines.
Review: Clare Plested; Flock Up
A great hour in the company of weird, wonderful and very funny women.
Review: A Dog’s Tale
A comic tale of doggie derring do from the Pound that strikes right at heart of the doll.
Review: Frenchy; World’s Worst Adult
Australian comedian who saws the knuckles off your sensibilities in a hilarious hour
Review: Help Us Tom Toal, You’re Our Only Hope
A very funny stand up show that tells the story of Tom Toal where saving the earth becomes gets lost in the telling.
Review: Escape from the Planet of the Day That Time Forgot
Very entertaining, well acted devised comedy! A delirious sci-fi romp!
Review: Life and Death (But Mainly Death)
A warm and thoroughly life affirming show (mostly about death)
Review: Five Go Off on One
The Famous Five, without one, go off on an adventure on summer hols for jolly japes and smuggling scrapes.
Review: The Good, The Bad and The Weegie
Another success from the Cairns’ stable and a real hidden gem of the Fringe.
Review: Present Laughter
Expertly-tailored, classy and for the most part surely-pitched fare: Stephen Unwin is sure-footed too and coaxes the best from his ensemble: jewel-like precision, light-footed blocking and quotable gestures makes this a production ravishingly conscious of its superiority.
Review: Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Non-stop jokes keep the audience laughing throughout.
Review: Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More
Lively, beautifully crafted writing performed by a sizzling storyteller.
Review: Unreachable
A profoundly quizzical play about directorial and film-mogul silliness, using one liners and silliness to address these questions.
Review: The Importance of Being Ernest
Entirely blasphemous and almost unrelated to the Wilde classic, but quite funny
Review: The Importance of Being Ernest
Beautifully designed and sumptuous production where the palm goes to the older cast, in this fresh and vigorous production. Look out for matching buttonholes, silks and ensemble.
Review: Accidental Death of an Anarchist
In a stunning New Venture Theatre production Accidental Death of an Anarchist explodes with a cast of six. Rod Lewis directs
Review: Wolf Meat
Profoundly silly and farcically serious show with just the kind of anarchy that offers coke to audience members. Contains brief and ghastly nudity.
Review: How to be a Girl
This is a relentless one act play about the pressure placed on girls by the media. It unpicks the irony of being advised to resist peer pressure and be independent, yet being told what to buy, how to look and how to behave.
Review: A Really Really Big Modern Telly
A re-imagining of the myth of Narcissus and a contemporary fable blending live theatre & projection, which questions what happens when the consumer becomes the consumed.
Review: Sajeela Kershi: Shallow Halal
Safe but often riotous stand-up act pokes gentle fun at religion
Review: The Cunning Mr Lingus
Advice on how to sex up your life and your period appendages sets tongues wagging for a second year in this warm comedy from Alpha males to a wicked Omega-
Review: Comedy Club 4 Kids
Funny, warm and accessible comedy stand up for children and their parents.
Review: The Big Stiffy
Absurd and off-the-wall, this surreal funeral party is a bizarre experiment that really does pay off
Review: Limelight
Showstopping numbers stud this heartwarming, touching new play with numbers by Liz Tait.
Review: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour
Lee Hall’s and Vicky Featherstone‘s sell-out Edinburgh Fringe musical comes to the Theatre Royal. It more than bears out the accolades heaped on it.
Review: The Bald Prima Donna
Spirited pacey revival of Ionesco’s first play, with one stand-out performance and superbly idiomatic one. A perfect introduction to the playwright.
Review: A Dirty Get-Away!
Brilliantly silly and profound meditation on the nature of memory loss as innocence
Review: Normally Abnormal
Dave Chawmer takes a sensitive, funny and thought-provoking look at eating disorders, mental health and identity
Review: Adam Vincent – Judgemental (work in progress)
"I would definitely recommend this show to fellow misanthropes, Adam Vincent has a wonderfully weird take on life."
Review: Sound & Fury’s ‘Lord of the Thrones’
A reluctant hero, an assortment of creatures and characters, a quest and plenty of chaos!
Review: At least we can laugh about it
A full hour of laughter and fun from an Icelandic performer that tickles, amuses and makes you guffaw liberally.
Review: Daughter
The funeral of a daughter, on the side of Loch Lomond is carefully choreographed by the corpse whilst she is still living.
Review: Donald Robertson Is Not A Stand-Up Comedian
A clever deconstruction of the art of stand-up comedy
Review: In Denial: A One Woman Clown Show
Endearing, funny and a tiny bit flirty, in Velma's clown way!
Review: Captain Morgan 1: The Sands of Time
The performers, two actors and a musician playing violin, manage to create a whole world and a host of characters (apparently around 44 which in itself is a mind boggle) in the space of an hour.
Review: Daniel Cainer: 21st Century Jew
"witty, eloquent and wise, and worthy of its standing ovation"
Review: The Do’s and Don’ts of Online Dating
Desperate Susie seeks Prince Charming. No frogs please.
Review: The Secretary Turned CEO
Baroque meets blues in this brilliant take on La Serva Padrona, Pergolesi’s comic intermezzo.
Review: Adam Riches is Coach Coach
A brilliant romp on the American sporting Dream of winning at all costs
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