NewsRevue – (rating 5/5) In the best traditions of satire no one in the public eye is safe from the attentions of the NewsRevue team. This is sketch comedy kept fresh by the use of energetic, young talent and excellent writing. As a Fringe stalwart for many years, it is good to see that NewsRevue […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Few laughs in Withnail’s straight white man routine
Liam Withnail: Home Boy (rating 2/5) Billed as one of Scotland’s most exciting comedians, Liam Withnail came highly recommended. On this first outing he’s got a lot to prove. An hour of lacklustre anecdotes, some touching on sensitive issues such as gun crime, left my half of the audience in near silence. Withnail comes across […]
Stars old and new line-up for Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme will embrace a number of topical issues including the #MeToo campaign around sex and consent. Disability, faith and the anniversary of the end of World War One also feature among 3,548 shows. Cerebral palsy sufferer Lee Ridley, winner of Britain’s Got Talent, brings Lost Voice Guy: Inspiration Porn. Fringe debuts come […]