Oli Hague reviews Richard Herring at the Pleasance, Edinburgh Although arguably not quite as cerebral as many of his previous 12 one-man fringe shows, Herring demonstrates why he has had such consistent success over the last 30 years at the festival with an affable performance on the virtues […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Abigail Bryant reviews Odd Man Out at The Hope Theatre Odd Man Out comprises of two stories, each performed individually, and each exploring one man’s venture into a society which doesn’t deem him in line with what is culturally normal. Although the two tales hold no relation to […]
Paul Caira reviews I Loved Lucy at London Arts Theatre ‘Ah, who the hell remembers anyway?’ says Lucille Ball at one point early in this play. I must admit the same thought had already been occurring to me. Frankly, I’m not in the first flush of youth, and […]