Charles Blake reviews Hardeep Singh Kohli at Assembly, Edinburgh When thinking about political comedy in 2017, it’s hard to escape Donald Trump and the non-stop circus that is US politics. So I was slightly apprehensive that Hardeep Singh Kohli’s “Alternative, Fact” was going to be a series […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Sam Simmons at Assembly, Edinburgh Winner of the 2015 Edinburgh Fosters Comedy Award, Sam Simmons has had his talents praised to the extent that last year’s critics told him he could read out the phone book and he would still be funny. Simmons took them […]
Nick Slack reviews Phil Wang: Kinabalu at Pleasance, Edinburgh For any who have seen Phil Wang in the past, you would be forgiven for expecting his latest show to be an hour filled with content aimed at a more juvenile sense of humour. In the case of Kinabalu, […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Police Cops in Space at the Pleasance, Edinburgh. Police Cops in Space is the sequel to last year’s sell-out success, Police Cops. Whereas last year’s offering was a seriously silly pastiche of 70s cop shows, this year we have the same concept – the mission […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Kat Bond: Loo Roll at the Pleasance, Edinburgh. In this show Kat plays Pat, a woman abandoned by her family and left in a rubbish bin. Pat is undeniably an unusual comedy character, she is desperate to be loved and yet lacks the social skills […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons at Summerhall, Edinburgh We’re often told that we take our freedom of speech for granted, but Sam Steiner takes this idea to an extreme in his debut play Lemons. Set in a parallel world to our own, we see a […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews DollyWould at Summerhall, Edinburgh If you’ve ever studied comparative literature, you’ll know that it involves finding the links and connections between texts; seemingly any texts can be linked. In a similar fashion, Sh!t Theatre have tried to find the links and connections between Dolly Parton, […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Secret Life of Humans at Pleasance, Edinburgh It is sometimes hard to adapt a book for the stage; taking the long descriptions of a character’s interior and presenting that visually is a challenge but it can be done – just think of how Simon Stephens […]
Charlotte Pegram reviews Lula Del Ray at the Underbelly, Edinburgh After smashing the Fringe last year, Manual Cinema return for their second year with the sweet coming of age story, Lula Del Ray. Most people will start by describing the work of Manual Cinema as shadow puppetry, which […]
We’re off to the Fringe! Here’s what’s top of our list at this year’s theatrical extravaganza. Improv: Blind Mirth No trip to the Edinburgh Fringe would be complete without a spot of improv. And whilst there are some big names who are the undisputed royalty of improv – […]
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