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 [...]

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 [...]

The premise upon which this show is based is a promising one: an exploration of society when political correctness has taken over. A family of asylum seekers arrive at Stuart’s council flat and claim it as their own. Slowly but surely they take over his home, his girlfriend and his country all under [...]

A superb production close to both Kubrick’s film and Burgess’ novel. A vision of a dystopic society is created by some masterful touches, in particular the scenes of stylised violence which dance before the eyes[...]

Mime, Comedy, Magic and 250 snippets of music. While El Loco (played by Wayne Slater) never speaks throughout this entire show, the emotional range of playing tunes from Tony Blackburn to Europe’s Final Countdown drives this comedy forwards. Some people may think that standing up and improvising your comedy is a difficult skill. But having [...]

Performed by two remarkably unalike siamesse twins, this freakshow of sorts – guest staring the one the only “The Biscuit Eyed Lady” – is overflowing with wit, charm and downright filth! Opening the show with a verse or two of ‘God Save The Queen’ did make this Irish reniewer squirm ever so slightly but [...]

Never trust anyone who updates Shakespeare for the kids. Well in that case never give Rick Miller anything responsible to do ever again, because hot diddly dawg this works… and then some. MacHomer takes the pop culture legend of the 17th century and collides him with the highly respected barometer of a more civilised time [...]

As larger-than-life, primary-coloured kids’ entertainment goes, The Happy Gang are one of the brightest and boldest. This year’s show sees a lot of tartan, huge furry sporrans, a huger furry beastie and audience participation to make the grown-ups cringe.
The set at the Pleasance One is spartan to say the least, but the kids didn’t [...]

Mouse on the Stair’s production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses presents itself as a study of the sinister. The corrupt battles against the moral in affairs of the heart, and in the backdrop of a war-torn Europe in this 1940s set adaptation of Pierre Chodleros de Laclos’ novel. With a stage framed by two [...]

Taking on the comedy giants that were Monty Python is a daunting task. Performing some of Python’s most famous sketches in French is perhaps doubly ambitious when faced with a clearly expectant crowd.
Entering the auditorium a mist of dry ice clouds the seating and a gentle hubbub amongst the audience indicates towards two mountaineers [...]