As the son of two psychotherapists, it’s not surprising Jonny Pelham is prone to introspection and self-examination. Pelham’s second Edinburgh hour is a journey into his anxiety-ridden mind. Jumping from his early days as one […]
After the success of 2014’s Dracula - The Musical, Mr Swallow is back for another stab at musical theatre. The conceit of Houdini is that Mr Swallow has somehow been allowed to headline a biographical […]
After the success of last years Mafia? and Western? comes Sci Fi?, another knowing and adroit parody from comedy trio Sleeping Trees. Sci Fi? is an hour long comedic play set in a faraway galaxy, […]
Knightmare was a UK kids TV gameshow broadcast in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The show involved a team of 4 kids, one of whom wearing the “Helmet of Justice” rendering them blind and […]
James Veitch is a comedian, musician, director and author who had his first solo show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014 with The Fundamental Interconnectedness of Everyone with an Internet Connection. He returned in […]
When you walk into the venue in the Pleasance Courtyard, Robin Clyfan and Charlie Partridge are already on stage to greet you and throw party poppers, prompting whoops of joy when an audience member catches […]
Here’s a thing about BEAST’s 2014 Fringe show that tells you a lot about what to expect: by the end of the hour, the stage floor is so slick with water, sweat, and various other […]
Even though this is his third Edinburgh Fringe show, Iain Stirling looks like a fresh-faced rookie. Wearing skinny jeans, smart shoes with no socks, he still looks like a lanky teenager. It’s a pleasant surprise, […]
Tom Craine seems like a nice guy. There’s something a bit cuddly about him. When the show starts, he greets us all warmly, inquiring into the health of an audience member who suddenly has a […]
Welcome to Odessa, Texas. Or, more accurately, welcome to the Odessa, Texas that exists only in Joseph Morpurgo’s mind, a world built around found footage of 1980’s American advertisements and a twisted imagination. A loose […]
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