✭✭✭ In his sophomore Fringe show, the 2022 Edinburgh comedy awards best newcomer nominee shows why, out of all the nominees he is the one most likely to make the transition to mainstream TV shows. It’s his relaxed delivery and ability to produce anecdotes at will that immediately establish a rapport with an audience, as […]
Andy Moseley
Review: Ed Byrne, Tragedy plus time
✭✭✭✭✭ The Dead Dad show has almost become a cliché, thanks to the number of comedians who have done shows on that theme in recent years. In his 2023 Fringe show, Ed Byrne is reinventing the genre and stepping down a generation with the dead brother show. It’s what he would have wanted, as Byrne […]
Review: Lena (the story of Lena Zavaroni)
✭✭✭✭ The Fringe has seen many plays about the lives of deceased stars from the 60s and 70s in recent years, but none have been more moving than Lena, the story of Lena Zavaroni, the singer from Bute who rose to fame at the age of 10 in 1974 after appearing on Opportunity Knocks, the […]
Review: Jacob Storms, Tennessee Rising
✭✭✭✭ The increased cost of bringing a play to the Fringe has undoubtedly led to an increase in the number of one person shows that have been on the line-up this year and last. It’s a difficult format and for each show that stands out, there are probably a dozen more that can feel more […]
Review: Jack Docherty – David Bowie and me, Parallel Lives
★★★★★ Jack Docherty fell in love with David Bowie, watching him sing Starman on Top of the Pops. Over 50 years after that moment, and 26 years since he interviewed Bowie on his channel 5 chat show, he has written a show about the role the music icon played in his life. But with Docherty […]