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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, [...]