REVIEW: DEAL WITH THE DRAGON (C Venues) ★★★★
Deal With The Dragon is a one man show written and performed by Kevin Rolston. It comes to Edinburgh after being selected as Best of the San Francisco Fringe. The play is a modern take on the traditional ‘deal with the devil’ and follows what happens when Hunter, a talented and fragile artist, strikes up […]
REVIEW: IMPROMPTUNES – THE COMPLETLEY IMPROVISED MUSICAL (Underbelly Med Quad) ★★★
The Impromptunes are an Australian theatre troupe that combine improvisation with musical theatre. They debuted at Melbourne Fringe in 2013 and have since taken their production to Perth Fringe World, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe throughout 2014 and 2015. In 2016 they bring their one-hour show to Edinburgh Fringe. The format is simple […]
REVIEW: FRESHER (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★
Fresher is a play written by two teachers from Uppingham School in Rutland and performed by students from the school. Starting life as a school drama project, it is a new play inspired and performed by young people about to head off to university. Fresher is set in an unnamed UK university on the Monday […]
REVIEW: MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF GAME SHOWS (Assembly George Square Gardens) ★★★★★
Following the last year’s successful show of Maggie’s transition into an international cabaret star, the Iron Lady is back; this time to revive and conquer the world of Saturday night light entertainment and “take back Saturday nights like I took back the Falklands”. In Matt Tedford’s latest incarnation of Margaret Thatcher, the incumbent Conservative government […]
REVIEW: Axis of Awesome: Won’t Ever Not Stop Giving Up (Gilded Balloon, Teviot) ★★★★★
Axis of Awesome are an Australian, rock trio, reminiscent of Jack Black and his band Tenacious D. They have been together for ten years and have released six albums of Musical comedy and jokes set to tunes. Like many people, I was only familiar with the name Axis Of Awesome because of their viral song 4 […]
REVIEW: All Aboard the Marriage Hearse (Gilded Balloon Teviot) ★★★★
All Aboard the Marriage Hearse, a play by Matt Morillo, receives its UK premiere at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The play premiered in New York in 2008 and prompted a public debate between Morillo and a renowned marriage counsellor on the institution of marriage. This production sees Morillo return to the director’s chair and […]
REVIEW: SOOZ KEMPNER: A BIT OF A CHARACTER (Just The Tonic at The Caves) ★★★★★
Comedian Sooz Kempner returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the third year running after her critically acclaimed shows ‘Defying Gravity’ and ‘Character Activist’. This year she gives us not one but two separate shows, ‘Queen’ and a revised version of last years show ‘A Bit of a Character’. This show presents four very different people. In-between each one, we […]
REVIEW: LUKE KEMPNER: JUDI DENCH BROKE MY HEART (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★
You may know impressionist Luke Kempner from his successful viral video skit, parodying Downton Abbey, or perhaps from his subsequent TV show on BBC3! Luke has also trodden the boards starring in Les Mis, Avenue Q and South Pacific. Luke returns to Edinburgh Fringe with his new show Judi Dench Broke My Heart. This is […]
REVIEW: DAN SIMPSON: ARTIFICIAL INELOQUENCE (Banshee Labyrinth) ★★★★
Are you worried that your smartphone is taking over your life? Concerned that a computer could take your job? Troubled by all the data you share online and what happens to it? Spend an hour with Dan Simpson, stand-up and poet, as he takes on the machines. Presenting a techy show in a very un-techy […]
REVIEW: DOORS TO MANUAL (Just The Tonic at the Mash House) ★★★
Doors To Manual is part sketch comedy show, introducing us to characters on an aeroplane and part aviation fun fact lesson. Rhiannon Vivian plays six characters on board an aeroplane, plus herself. It is the scenes with herself that we learn about her life, her struggles with a fear of flying and how that fear […]