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 […]
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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 […]
Starship’s anarchic hour of sci-fi nonsense
Fringe Review – The Starship Osiris (rating: 4/5) Riotous, yes. Almost anarchic. Was there a script for this? Of course there was, though the cast does almost convince you that their falling out over missed lines and one character’s unhappiness at even being in Edinburgh is genuine. The roars of laughter from a mainly student-aged […]
Rock Choir ready to make their big debut
Festival Preview – Rock Choir A cast of more than 1,400 singers will perform to audiences over 23 nights, in what will be the biggest ever show at the Edinburgh Fringe. Rock Choir will hold their debut Festival run featuring performers from across Scotland and the North of England at the Royal College of Surgeons […]
Fringe offers ‘alliance of defiance’ with more shows
Edinburgh Fringe: There will be a third more overseas countries represented at this year’s Fringe, the strongest ever international flavour for the summer event. They will come together under a marketing campaign slogan “Alliance of Defiance” which will position the Fringe as free of any censorship. It has been inspired by the Fringe’s origin in 1947 […]