Men of War : Scratch

4 Star **** This is a late night sketch show starring David Schaal, Cariad Lloyd, Stephen Harvey and Gareth Kane, four accomplished comedy actors who are pulling in large and enthusiastic crowds even at their late performance time. There is a wide variety of well written and performed sketches, some extremely funny, some a bit [...]

Cluedo the Musical

4 stars **** An accomplished performance from this youth group of a show based on the board game (and not dissimilar in idea to Kander & Ebb’s ‘Curtains’). The cast do a good job overall although it’s fair to say the three girls steal the show singing-wise. The solo for Scarlet in particular is both [...]

Chez Jack L

5 Stars ***** First a few organisational details. Jack Lukeman is from Ireland and his show in Assembly 2 does not appear in the Fringe booklet because he is a very late addition to the Assembly schedule. He will be appearing up to 29th August; 21.10 – 22.10. Now on to his show. I have [...]

Brotherly Love

4 Stars **** Brotherly Love is a contemporary comedy drama, exploring in a powerful way the difficult relationship between two brothers. Ian (Richard Rycroft), the elder brother, could not be more different from his younger brother Barry (David Schaal). He has had all the advantages of a public school education and is now a successful [...]

4.3 Miles from Nowhere

4 Stars **** This a play which has an organic feel to it. It begins very simply but it takes on a complexity as it develops. The opening scene depicts five young people whose car runs out of petrol as they are travelling to a fancy dress party in a remote village. They are stranded [...]

Diamond Dick

2 Stars ** When the audience walk into the auditorium, it is as if we are transported back to an American 1930’s film set. At the back is the Director shouting out instructions to a group of actors and technicians. The performers are wearing white make up to emphasise the black and white films of [...]

Segue Sisters: Jailbreak

4 Stars **** So the time is getting on in the Fringe day. You are tired, but not ready to stop, what do you do?  I know now. You need some light hearted fun, mixed with some wonderful close harmony singing from three attractive singers, Carrie Marx, Kerrie Fairclough and Charlotte Jo Hanbury, collectively the [...]

Jody Kamali’s Business Coaching for Idiots – Free

4 Star **** Jodi Kamali is a character comedian with quite a  few Edinburgh shows under his belt and this year he, in numerous guises is conducting the above seminar days at The Hive at a remarkably low price. Kamali welcomes us as Marco Bucati our seminar facilitator and sets the agenda that will be [...]