Promising to be both historical and hysterical, this production certainly provides an interesting montage of the conspiracies, truths and untruths surrounding the life of Lee Harvey Oswald. Retold by Marguerite Oswald, LHO’s mother, as part of her son’s posthumous court case this show explores the mystery surrounding one of America’s most infamous citizens[...]

Setting up camp – no pun intended – in Edinburgh’s Meadows for the duration of the Fringe are the Ladyboys of Bangkok: an all singing, all dancing and surprisingly all male cabaret. Consisting of karaoke favourites and dancing, by both performers and audience, this is a show aimed at spectacle – as its title [...]

After their success at last year’s Fringe, Aisle 16 are back with their own brand of ‘edutainment’ aiming to convert the masses into poets for the 21st-century. Assuming the persona of a boyband, Aisle 16 take to the stage dressed in white suits to give their Powerpoint presentation on Key Stage 3 poetry[...]

The stranger of the title is Mac 9Ben Sillitoe), a forgotten friend, who arrives unexpectedly on Gill and his wife’s doorstep. Throughout the course of the play Mac tries to manipulate the tensions in this struggling family to his own end, only to realise that he has unleashed his ruthless will to survive in [...]

Slickly produced and powerfully performed this is a crash course on the German political playwright Bertolt Brecht. Excerpts from some of his better known plays (The Threepenny Opera) are mixed with scenes from lesser performed works and the sound of a rare interview with Brecht himself. The performers of Brentwood Theater Company are [...]

While it might have a in-built recognition factor due to the source material, The Star Wars Trilogy in Thirty minutes is an accomplished piece of light entertainment theatre this side of Kessel. The cast are having fun, the audience are in on the joke and enjoying every second, from the 20th Century Fox fanfare through [...]

Armed with a boy’s toy of a guitar Rob Deering sings and smiles his way through a history of modern music. A capable musician, still lamenting his own failed rock career, Deering’s guitar is a vehicle and not a gimmick for his comedy.
His mockery of musicians great and small is brilliantly masked by a [...]

Starting off many, many moons ago at The Stand, then local hairdresser, now comedian, Craig Hill can easily fill the larger theatres at the Assembly Rooms. He’s a known name in the central belt of Scotland, making regular appearances on the television, but no chances were taken that his name alone would put bums on [...]

We don’t have a star rating system here at the Fringe Podcast, but if we did, then this would be the first 5/5 show that I’ve seen this year. Brian Mallon takes on the role of Richard Burton looking back through his life, and also revisiting scences in his life. Opening with the BBC Radio [...]

Biting comment on everyday life and its institutions is winningly delivered by this young, talented foursome from the Manchester-based Northern Youth Theatre. Undertaking a vast array of characters this is a confident cast and more importantly a funny one. In quick succession they tackle Lidl supermarkets, football hooligans and Conservative myopia, delivering an [...]