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There is something rather fitting in the choice of venue for James Dowdeswell’s comedic exploration of the world of fermented grape juice in “Wine.” The Baby Belly is built into the caves and cellars under Edinburgh’s South Bridge regularly conjour up ghostly sightings through the year, but Dowdeswell happily takes what could be […]

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The cliche of so good it’s impossible to describe is never more apt than in The Tom Tom Club. Think of it as a modern day ‘urban circus’ and you’re close to what’s on show here. From a record scratcher on the raised podium at the rear, to a human beat-box, […]

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Just over an hour of the life and music of Woody Guthrie does not begin to cover how important Guthrie was to the common American, but it is a testament to the skill of the cast and crew of Woody Sez that this small selection of music, deftly weaved through the […]

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In 1847 Dr. Hoffmann published his view on that which children’s literature should be. shockingly educational.
Eager to see how such pedagogical insanity could be adapted to a politically correct present, I ran to see this show, book in hand. Introduced by a recording of the original German, the five young actors delivered […]

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A man; behind a curtain; with a sock on each hand; welcome to the Fringe.
Probably the most surprising thing is that ‘The Socks’ are performers in their own right - a sort of brash, internet version of Abbott and Costello, with all the wit, wordplay and wisecracks that you’d expect. Never seeing […]

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One of the most important things for any Fringe show is to have a name that grabs the casual browser, sums up the play, and drags them into the theatre - and Debbie Does Dallas The Musical certainly does that. Based on the plot of one of the seminal porn movies from teh seventies, […]

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There are actors and then there are the likes of John Gielgud, Laurence Oliver and Derek Jacobi. And at the Fringe, there are comediens and then there are the likes of Stephen K Amos.
A complimentary show to last years critically acclaimed ‘All of Me,’ Amos is a stand up who can […]