Primadoona:- Doon MacKichan

**** 4 Star Twice Emmy winner Doon MacKichan, probably best known for writing and performing in the TV series Smack the Pony is staging her one woman show, a brief reenactment of the last three years where her life has been turned about by a series of set backs, a family death, a divorce and [...]

Felicity Ward Reads from the Book of Moron

3 Stars *** My first impression of Felicity Ward was one of surprise. In her publicity photograph she comes across as cold and austere. In actual fact, she has a warm and welcoming personality that is beguiling. Her conversational, self deprecatory brand of humour kept me laughing all the way through her performance. She has [...]

The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo

4 Stars **** Italian playwright Dario Fo’s satirical farce is given a thoroughly satisfying and amusing treatment. It is a tale of deceit and sexual philandering by the wealthy as opposed to the straightforward way of life of a petty burglar. The burglar breaks into the flat of a wealthy councillor, believing he and his [...]

Julien Cottereau: Imagine toi

5 Stars ***** Julien Cottereau has taken the arts of mime and clowning and given them a 21st century makeover by introducing a spectacular range of sound effects generated by his own voice. Despite his modernistic approach, the influences of the comedy greats of the era of silent movies can be seen and he matches [...]

Andrew Maxwell 5 Nights Only

***** 5 Stars Fringe institution Andrew Maxwell is only doing a short run at Fringe 2010 but this genial Irishman is as popular as ever judging by the packed at Rainey Hall for the first of his shows, even at a start time of 11-30pm Although suffering the after effects of a dodgy burger, Maxwell [...]

Domestic Goddi Wonderland

**** 4 Stars I have seen the Domestic Goddi over the last two Fringes, originally Rosie Wilkinson and Helen O’Brien, Goddi II were Helen and Genevieve Swallow and for Goddi MkIII we have all three actors which certainly gives them scope for even more mayhem. As in previous productions the sketches are well written and [...]

Tony Tanner’s ‘Charlatan’ – SST Productions

***** 5 Stars As a regular base line philistine with a low grade tolerance for ‘up itself prose’ and with no real grasp or devout interest in the origins of the Ballet Russes, I walked into Tony Tanner’s one man play Charlatan expecting to be mildly entertained. I was stunned by the sheer talent of [...]