August 2025

  • 1612

    1612

    Rebecca Vines has captured this monumental time in English history with intrigue and desire. Leaving no…

  • Vessel Born To Float

    Vessel Born To Float

    A Vessel Born To Float is an adaption from her recently released, and much acclaimed book…

  • Kate Dolan: The Critic

    Kate Dolan: The Critic

    Kate possess this nervous tick-like, tho’ probably acutely polish’d way, of accompanying her catchphrases with set…

  • Thorn & Petal Stick

    Thorn & Petal Stick

    I think the key to this show is one’s love of the work of the Bard.…

  • Vacuum Girl

    Vacuum Girl

    Erica Bitton is currently in Edinburgh, a flamboyant American performer-woman, bubbling with an easy-going yet copiously…

  • The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein

    The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein

    On an unusually hot Edinburgh summer’s day, it was a relief to be indoors and cool…

  • The Lost Priest

    The Lost Priest

    I chatted briefly to Gabe after the play, asking him about the genesis of ‘The Lost…

  • Sikisa: Serving Justice

    Sikisa: Serving Justice

    When your room is on the laughter train from minute one to minute 60, you know,…

  • Liz Guterbock: Nice

    Liz Guterbock: Nice

    To ameliorate this internal tension, Gutenbock regularly breaks out into a series of impersonations and mini…

  • Tamar Broadbent: Plus One

    Tamar Broadbent: Plus One

    amar Broadbent is no chit-chat comedian; straight and direct, she is at you like a Lion…

  • Burt Williamson: 104kg of Pure Banter

    Burt Williamson: 104kg of Pure Banter

    The audience is on the edge of it’s seat throughout, wondering whether each new section will…

  • Holly Spillar: Tall Child

    Holly Spillar: Tall Child

    Holly’s complex, deadpan and tirading take on the universe gives her a real edge as she…

  • Bing!

    Bing!

    Jason is a walking sculpture of art that is plain to see in is conviction and…

  • Aaron Wood: ‘More to Life?’

    Aaron Wood: ‘More to Life?’

    he show itself is loosely focussed around Aaron’s reflections on himself, his ambitions, his relationships, and…

  • Back Doune the Rabbit Hole

    Back Doune the Rabbit Hole

    That had been a beautiful and brilliant festival, that really healed my heart and rejuvinated my…

  • Stuart McPherson: Crisps and a Lie Down

    Stuart McPherson: Crisps and a Lie Down

    Among the many highlights, Stuart’s strongest material, for me, was his splapsticky rendition of how both…

  • Alfie Packham: My Apologies to the Chef

    Alfie Packham: My Apologies to the Chef

    The show was carefully plotted & reinforced with a bitter, yet formidable humour, resulting in a…

  • Anatomy of Pain

    Anatomy of Pain

    The experience of suffering a mysterious disease is look’d at from numerous angles, & brought to…

  • A Mad, Mad Wonderland

    A Mad, Mad Wonderland

    Then emerged his killer impressions. To the sound of oboe music he began to go through…

  • Ben Pope: The Cut

    Ben Pope: The Cut

    It’s no surprise, given the themes of identity, that Ben’s penis emerges, so to speak, as…

  • Candace Bryan: MILF – Mom I’d Like To Find

    Candace Bryan: MILF – Mom I’d Like To Find

    For a full hour Candace screws us into our seats, she’s got a really nice vibe,…

  • Midnight In Nashville

    Midnight In Nashville

    Biz Lyon gives a guttural & naked performance as Marcy, whose activities take place mainly in…

  • Carl Donnelly: Another Round

    Carl Donnelly: Another Round

    This is a show for anyone who likes comedy, anyone who wants to laugh out loud,…

  • Amelia Hamlton: Forget Me Not

    Amelia Hamlton: Forget Me Not

    For a full hour Hamilton’s energy never lets up, & that’s a good thing, because her…

  • Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops

    Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops

    Olivia then cleverly segways us into her role as a romantic matchmaker, via her highschool obsessions…