REVIEW: Tom Lucy: Needs to Stop Showing Off in Front of His Friends (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★★
Edinburgh is not lacking in comedians. Often I find myself avoiding seeing comedians at the fringe purely because there is too much choice. However, the buzz that precedes Tom Lucy meant I knew he wasn’t one to miss. Having toured with Jack Whitehall among other big names, Lucy’s comic style is definitely one for the […]
REVIEW: BUZZ: A NEW MUSICAL (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★★
Sometimes a musical comes along that is undeniably fantastic. The fringe is, a lot of the time, a soundboard for work that is in progress. Buzz however, was a polished piece of West End worthy theatre. Following the story of Angie (Allie Munro) post breaking up with her dead-end boyfriend turned rock star and her […]
REVIEW: From Dust (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Last year my Pick of The Fringe was Lion House’s Every Wild Beast, so I had high expectations for From Dust, Lion House’s Edinburgh Fringe Show this year. I was most definitely not disappointed. The show follows Gilly (Sullivan Brown) and Jessie (Tom Coliandris) in an unlikely and completely accidental friendship that slowly (and most […]
REVIEW: From The Ground Up (Assembly Roxy) ★★★★★
Structured like a psychological study, From The Ground Up is the Almeida Young Theatre Company’s fringe transfer from Shoreditich Town Hall. The audience members are asked a series of questions. They are told they have two options. Yes or No. No grey. No middle. I am hesitant to describe the show any further as I […]
REVIEW: Six the musical (Sweet Venues) ★★★★
Six is the story of the return of Henry the 8th’s six wives… who have formed a girl group and are fighting to be the lead singer. The winner? Whoever can prove they suffered the most. Firstly it was the best band I heard in Edinburgh. They are slick and the music is great. The […]
REVIEW: Flesh and Bone (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★★
Flesh and Bone is a new play written in 2016 by Elliot Warren and co-created with Olivia Brady. This is the first show from Warren and Brady’s Unpolished Theatre, founded last year by the recent drama school graduates. The play is set in a tower block in East London and tells the tale of five […]
REVIEW: Black Mountain (Roundabout @ Summerhall) ★★★★
Black Mountain by award winning writer Brad Birch is a sinister thriller about relationships, betrayal and revenge produced by Paines Plough, Theatr Clwyd and Orange Tree Theatre. Rebecca and Paul have come to a remote cottage to try to mend their relationship following an unspoken incident. They are tense and overly polite, tiptoeing around each […]
REVIEW: Quarter Life Crisis (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★★★
Last year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a friend of mine Katie Brennan put on a show called Quarter Life Crisis, about what it means to be 25 and reflecting on life and whether or not you feel as grown up as you should. So, when I saw that this year, a different show with […]
REVIEW: Flo and Joan: The Kindness of Stranglers (Just The Tonic at The Tron) ★★★★★
Flo and Joan are the alter-ego’s of sister’s Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. Their ‘The 2016 Song’ went viral on YouTube at the beginning of 2017, gaining over half a million views of their fast-paced and quick-witted comedy song about everything that happened in 2016. Having just returned from living in Canada, Flo and Joan are […]
REVIEW: The OS Map Fan Club (The Space @ Surgeon’s Hall) ★★★★
The OS Map Fan Club is Helen Wood’s second solo comedy show where she shares with the audience her love of folded paper Ordnance Survey maps. She says the show is aimed at OS fanatics, the OS curious and even OS sceptics and those who use online mapping and GPS are welcome. Dressed in her […]