Frisky and Mannish: The College Years

5 Stars ***** Oh Frisky.  Oh Mannish.  Oh Frisky and Mannish.  Undoubtedly my personal highlight of Fringe 2009, I couldn’t grab a ticket fast enough for this follow up to the barnstorming, roof raising spectacle that was ‘School of Pop’.  And let me assure you, ticket grabbing is an absolute must.  This show is yet [...]

Bane 2

4 Stars **** Joe Bone is highly adept at solo performance comedy theatre in his parodying of the films of a bygone Hollywood era. As in last year’s production of Bane, the central character is Bruce Bane, a low level gangster and hit man caught up in a gangland feud. The story opens with Jones, [...]

While You Lie

4 Stars **** Make no mistake; Sam Holcroft’s new play is a powerful and bold adult drama. There are numerous themes which she explores – obsession, lying, insecurity and sexual exploitation. The central character is Anna (Claire Lams) and it is the consequences of her decisions that drive the action forward. The first two scenes [...]

Cabaret Chordelia: Making a Song and Dance

3 Stars *** The show centres round Damian Thantrey who has a fine, clear baritone voice. The songs selected reflect composers who penned romantic, often sad, lyrics with a strong story line such as Noel Coward, Rogers and Hart, Jerome Kern and Kurt Weill. Three female dancers Kimberly Lawrie, Kally Lloyd-Jones and Kirsty Pollock provide [...]

WitTank

4 Stars **** WitTank is a group of three guys who perform a bundle of rapid fire, well crafted, basically silly sketches. They have the stage presence and comic timing to make the content work as the laughs from a pretty packed audience just kept flowing. The running order is cleverly constructed as the guys [...]

Kai Humphries – Evolution

**** 4 Stars It’s useful at times to visit showcase type shows as occasionally you pick up gems that would otherwise have passed you by. Such a case in point is young Geordie comic Kai Humphries, who I saw doing ten minutes last year. He was not performing his own show then, but was a [...]

Rule of Three : The Sketch-Com

**** 4 Star As a rule I don’t really count myself a huge fan of sketch comedy, but when I came across Rule of Three a couple of years ago I was really impressed with the company and their show as they had a certain something different. I was therefore keen to see what they [...]

Tara Flynn : Big Noise

**** 4 Stars I have been a fan of Tara Flynn for a few years now and feel this talented Irish lady deserves to be a far bigger star than she already is. In recent times I have mainly seen her do either Impro or stand-up, with occasional forays into compereing gigs and it was [...]

The Godley Hour

*****  5 Stars  I have been well aware of Glasgow funny woman Janey Godley for a number of years now, but due to the fact that the reviewing ticket was always claimed by the boss, or failing that Diane from our team my opportunities to see her perform were strictly limited and I had never [...]

Lewis Schaffer Free Until Famous

*** 3 Stars For the last two Fringes I have been advised, cajoled, bullied and very nearly bribed to go and see the New York City born comedian, but due to one reason or another I never made it. That is until this year. As part of the Laughing Horse Free Festival, Schaffer is performing [...]