Fringe Review – Tutu (rating: 4/5) Ballet is not for everyone but I love the athleticism, and these six guys are finely tuned dancers. They are classically trained but they totally take the P out of dancing. This is a show which capitalises on the discipline, but incidentally makes comedy out of it. In any performing medium comedy is much harder than tragedy. This show delivers comedy in spades, but there is also a lot of point work and really beautiful balletic lines. These Frenchmen are … [Read more...] about Classic dancing with a comedic twist
An exuberant power play with Govey and Boris
Fringe Review – Brexit the Musical (rating: 4/5) A world premiere is always exciting and the hype surrounding this one ensured that the Venue C1 on Chambers Street was sold out. In the current era of electioneering, fake elections, fake news, referenda, we all need cheering up. Brexit the Musical is an exuberant and scathing piece which offers political satire that rings true. A five-piece orchestra is visible above the stage – a Brechtian touch which reminds us that this is indeed … [Read more...] about An exuberant power play with Govey and Boris
King’s Men deliver burst of youthful energy
Fringe Review – All the King's Men (rating: 5/5) Dimmed lights and a genuine buzz around the sold-out Chambers Street C1 venue greeted the hotly anticipated return of this all-male troup. There was a frisson in the audience as the nine a cappella singers, veterans of TV’s Pitch Perfect and all students at King's College, London, launched their set with a spellbinding interpretation of Michael Jackson’s The Man in the Mirror. This subtle opening was spine-tingling as it started oh so very … [Read more...] about King’s Men deliver burst of youthful energy
Caulfield on the money with gutsy new show
Fringe review – Jo Caulfield: Older. Wiser. Smarter. Meaner (rating: 4/5) A comedy stalwart of the Fringe, Caulfield has been treading the stand-up scene here since 2001 and kept coming back even after that first season when she saw a guy urinating on her pristine fringe poster. Indeed she loves Edinburgh so much she moved here, firstly to twee Morningside and latterly Leith, and Edinburgh was her specialist subject on Celebrity Mastermind last December. Her new show capitalises on her … [Read more...] about Caulfield on the money with gutsy new show
Hill serves up delightful menu of comic genres
Fringe review – Bec Hill, Out of Order (rating: 5/5) This is deconstructed comedy in which Hill offers the audience a menu from a board on stage and they choose the order of the gags. Hill who hails from Adelaide is a fairly fresh face on the stand-up scene. Her previous credits include Dara O’Briain’s Go8Bit and DC Fancast. This is a delightful mix of many comic genres with a smattering of surrealism and plenty of prompting from the crowd. It’s billed as an over 16s show as there are … [Read more...] about Hill serves up delightful menu of comic genres