Review: Nicholas Parsons Happy Hour (rating 4/5) Nicholas Parsons is a Fringe institution with his Happy Hour show returning to the Cabaret Bar at the Pleasance for the 17th consecutive year and still playing to sell-out audiences. You don’t achieve that kind of run by novelty value alone. Parsons knows he has a winning formula and […]
Andy Moseley
Shop talk with a flow of gags in store
Review: Fags, Mags and Bags (rating 3/5) This BBC Radio 4 comedy show, which began in 2007, is set in a local convenience store in the Glasgow suburb of Lenzie and celebrates the ordinary and the everyday as shopkeeper Ramesh and his long-standing assistant Dave keep the store running in a way that defiantly risks […]
Ballooning Fringe must allow new talent to breathe
The Edinburgh Fringe is thriving but it’s success cannot be taken for granted, writes Andy Moseley
Fry and McKellen return as Edinburgh welcomes old and new
Stephen Fry, Ian McKellen and Jarvis Cocker add a household name flavour to the eclectic range of performances at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival but that’s only part of the story as the event sees new adaptations of classic books, musicals and plays.
Big names and rising stars ready to put on a show
Jools Holland and former Average White Band frontman Hamish Stuart are among the big name draws at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival opening next week and boasting an array of international talent.