Reviews and interviews from Edinburgh Fringe 2015.
Markus Birdman is a man of many talents. As well as crafting a funny and heartfelt stand-up show, he also illustrates it using story-books he’s created himself, projected onto the screen. The drawings are colourful […]
It’s not hard to imagine Steve Bugeja becoming a big comedy star in the next few years. He tells us early on that he’s a real geek, an awkward introvert who can’t cope with most […]
Peter Brush may not seem like much at first. He appears awkward on stage, not quite knowing what to do with himself. He sounds slightly apologetic about the whole situation. The material examines the inevitability […]
If you’ve seen John-Luke Roberts at the Fringe before, you’ll find a lot of Stdad-Up familiar. In terms of structure, it is similar to last year’s show, Stnad-Up, which dealt with a breakup of a […]
If anyone had peered over my shoulder as I jotted down notes after witnessing Beard: The Grin of Love, they would have thought I was a lunatic. The notes include phrases like ‘kissing ghosts,’ ‘tennis […]
From the minds behind Quiz Pump and Henry von Stifle, Journey to the Centre of Dead is quite probably the stupidest play on the Fringe this year. Cleverly, though, it has multiple levels of stupidity. […]
Sofie Hagen has been building her buzz significantly over the past few years, the Dane winning Best Newcomer for Chortle and making a name for herself via the rap battles, infamously destroying comics and making some […]
A dank and stale cave that only gets used once a year is probably one of the most fitting rooms on the Fringe for Nina Smith and Libby Northedge who make up Twisted Loaf. The sketch […]
There was an early dread seeping into me that I might have mistakenly entered into what is just a kids show. The Kagools, Nicola Wilkinson and Claire Ford are dressed exactly as the way they […]
For the previous two years running, The French Quarter in the Voodoo Rooms has bestowed a bit of the Midas touch upon one act in particular, Fosters Newcomer and Winner John Kearns. Like Kearns, there’s […]
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