REVIEW: MYRA DUBOIS: DEAD FUNNY (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★
Myra Dubois is dead! However, through the magic of theatre, she is at the Underbelly hosting her eulogy every day. Yorkshire’s queen of mean is back with her latest show featuring the classic Myra put-downs that we all love her for, as well as some original songs and a brief insight into her pre-showbiz life, […]
REVIEW: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★★
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a revue of the songs by Alexander Bermange – a well-known musical theatre composer, who has appeared numerous times on Radio 4 and is also the resident musical director of the West End Wilma Awards. I Wish My Were Was Like A Musical brings together 4 West […]
REVIEW: AGATHA IS MISSING! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Agatha Christie has gone missing, presumed dead, and everyone in the audience is a suspect. It falls to super sleuth Miss Clarissa Marbles to lead the investigation to get to the bottom of this interactive murder mystery. The context having been set, Miss Marbles sets about interrogating members of the audience; each of whom are […]
REVIEW: HOLLY MORGAN: IS A WITCH. GET HER! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Witches be trippin’. Witches be cray. Witches be just nice old ladies who live independently in a woodland retreat. All too often, I find I get mislead in to seeing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival because the poster or show title leads me to believe it is about something that it turns out to […]
REVIEW: WATCHING GLORY DIE (Assembly Rooms) ★★★
Watching Glory Die is a short play based on the tragic true story of a young Canadian woman who was imprisoned for throwing apples at the postman, shockingly let down and abused by the penal system which brings about a rapid deterioration of her mental health and ultimately leads to her suicide, whilst in solitary […]
REVIEW: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Once On This Island is a multi-award winning musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty (Anastasia, Seussical and Ragtime). The show was first presented at Off-Broadway’s Playwrights Horizons in May of 1990 and a Broadway production followed opening in October of the same year. The European premiere took […]
REVIEW: CRUEL INTENTIONS (Assembly George Square Gardens) ★★★★★
Based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, Cruel Intentions was released in cinemas in 1999, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reece Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. It tells the story of upper class, sex obsessed, siblings Sebastian and Kathryn who make a bet as to whether or not Sebastian can get a self proclaimed virgin until […]
REVIEW: LOBSTER (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★★
In 30 years, the cultural change in courtship has been enormous. Today, overwhelmed by technology, are we losing sight of what human connection truly is…? Based entirely on real-life experiences, this hilarious, romping, multimedia exposé of modern dating scrutinises the deeper, brutal side of love and life, challenging our preconceptions of women and dating, sex […]
REVIEW: TOM HOUGHTON: THAT’S WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR (Pleasance Dome) ★★★
Tom Houghton is playing his show What I Go To School For every day at the Pleasance Dome. Tom is a self-confessed posh twat, being in the 7% minority of people who were privately educated. His show parodies the quirks and eccentricities particular to growing up with such privilege. He also highlights how such upbringing […]
REVIEW: SOOZ KEMPNER: MEGA DRIVE (Globe Bar) ★★★★★
Sooz Kempner is a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is always on my must-see list each year. This year she returns with her show Megadrive at the Globe Bar, every day at 1pm as part of the Free Fringe; it does not disappoint! Sooz lands here in Edinburgh supercharged with popularity after recently […]