Comedy
Fern Brady: It’s roughly 15 minutes into Pappy’s Fun Club’s World Record Attempt and something feels…wrong. The laughs are there, the per...
Colleen Patterson: In this weird and wonderful variety show, Pippa Evans delights the audience with the unique style of character comedy that won her the if....
David Stevenson: The financial crisis has offered rich pickings for many stand ups. Life goes on, however, and in John Bishop’s first-rate routine it is refreshi...
Fern Brady: At times, you’ve got to really question the true intentions of female sketch comedy duos, especially when you see Wilkinson and co-star Helen O&...
Chris Williams: You’d think that it would have been a happy year for Rhod Gilbert, who has graced every major stage TV stand-up has to offer following the immen...
Chris Williams: By turns a cleanliness freak, a loner and—this year—a perfectionist whose only happiness comes from a Sky TV subscription and a ruthless d...
Tom Crookston: Poor Steve Hall. For a start, this show takes its title from a nickname given to him as a child by his own father, “because I wasn’t even ...
Chris McCall: Davis Wateracre is one of the few comedians who will greet you at the door with a shake of the hand and an enquiry as to how you have been keeping. It...
Chris McCall: Why Idiots of Ants have been put on in the ghastly Pleasance Beside (read: portakabin) is anyone's guess. For a start, there's the logistical problem....
Tom Crookston: So, you want your own show at the Edinburgh Fringe? But you haven’t got any actual skills? Not a problem. Dr. CocacolaMcDonalds is here to help....
Ciaran Healy: An audience member enters late. We prepare ourselves for the inevitable Fringe diatribe but it never comes. The latecomer is welcomed warmly by Andr...
Theatre
Evan Beswick: It’s not all about Pimms and wellies: site-specific theatre can offer clever re-imaginings of what it means to be an audience member Why watch ...
Joseph Francis: Maybe she’s The One. I really think she might be The One. I must know! “So, are you The One?” “Um, I think Dobby is The One,...
