Comedy
Chris Williams: They’ve been threatening to die for some years now so it’s surely nothing short of a miracle that Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden have retur...
Fern Brady: "You should become a comedian when you grow up – and I'll be your manager," someone once told me. Except that someone was my high school science...
Chris Williams: Zealous is too weak an adjective to describe Janeane Garofalo’s left-leaning liberalism, and it would be logical to think that—in the era ...
Theatre
Ella Hickson: Gordon Steel’s heart-warming romp through teenage-hood provides a blissfully nostalgic theatrical experience. Angela and Maxine, donning legging...
Chris McCall: Clarkson & Crouch, despite their show titles, are certainly not away with the fairies. They might have vivid imaginations, and appear to be a coup...
Jo Bedford: Since her appearance on Irish hit reality show Naked Camera—a sort of Trigger Happy TV affair—Maeve Higgins has become something of a cele...
Frank Lazarski: Craig Hill is a bit of a nasty man. He points out the dykes in the crowd, then the ‘clean shaven’ gays, before assessing the poshness of t...
Ciaran Healy: Whoever entitled this show should be sued under the Trade Descriptions act. This is a split-set stand-up piece, 30 minutes of one comic then 30 minut...
Ella Hickson: Shoppers Without Borders is an hour-long, one woman monologue which questions whether "total disclosure" is truly necessary in a relationship. This qu...
Junta Sekimori: For ten pounds, four hours of entertainment is an affordable complement to a night out with friends, and the underground Gilded Balloon venue where th...
Ciaran Healy: Any play that deals with rape has to be extremely well constructed to avoid sensationalism and cheap exploitation. Luckily, Flush is extremely well c...
Ella Hickson: In a Thousand Pieces combines verbatim reportage with super-slick stylized movement. The show uses fragments of dialogue, projection and recorded spee...
Natalia Baal: Like many fringe shows the title is hardly metaphorical; we follow one man on his journey from Bombay to Beijing (mostly) by a bicycle. But, unlike ma...
Chris McCall: The Guilded Balloon's aptly named 'Wee Room' must surely take the title of smallest venue at this year's Fringe - the audience is crammed so close to ...
Chris McCall: Comedy is perhaps the most versatile of all performance art. You can get away with doing anything on stage, as long as the crowd are laughing. It coul...
