Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
Comedian Craig Hill takes his latest hit show out on tour
Comedian Craig Hill is taking his latest hit show I’ve Been Sitting On This For A While! out on tour across Scotland And he certainly has been sitting on this for a while as Craig has just completed his 25th consecutive run at the Edinburgh Fringe. Renowned world-wide for his high-octane, irreverent live comedy, Craig’s…
Read MoreAlan Cumming: ‘The Traitors has been such a huge hit, it’s a testament to saying yes to things outside your comfort zone’
TV presenter and silver screen actor Alan Cumming chats with Rosie Morton about his new book, life in Scotland, and his beloved pooch Lala. Tell me all about your new book, Victor & Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium. It has been 40 years since Forbes [Masson] and I made up ‘Victor & Barry’. Which is a terrifying…
Read MoreFringe Review: Reginald D Hunter, Fluffy Fluffy Beavers
Reginald D Hunter was not as polished as one might expect from a comedy veteran but in a good way, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★ I was reading the news on my way up to the show and saw ‘Reginald D Hunter show cancelled’. Not an auspicious sign. However, it turns out it wasn’t his show…
Read MoreFringe Review: Arturo Brachetti
★★★★★ When I walked into this show with my two children, aged 11 and 13, I didn’t know what to expect. Then the lights went down, a little man walked on to the stage, and we listened to a story about a childhood house and how the many rooms held many memories. We were lured…
Read MoreFringe Review: Jazz Emu, Knight Fever
Alister Tenneb says Archie Henderson’s production is the most creatively original he’s seen this year. ★★★★ I’m usually not a big musical comedy fan but thought I’d randomly give this show a go. I’m glad I did. Archie Henderson is the man behind Jazz Emu and Jazz wants to become a knight, badly. Very slick,…
Read MoreFringe Review: Harry Stachini – Grenade
Alister Tenneb on Harry Stachini’s polished performance. ★★★ Mancunian and very likeable Harry Stachini performed his show Grenade to another sell out show at The Underbelly, Bristo Square. Themes throughout the show included relationships, honestly in those relationships, being single and parental guidance. We all face moral dilemmas in the way we deal with people…
Read MoreFringe Review: Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies
There was not a dry eye in the house, says Richard Bath. ★★★★ If you love Scot Squad, then this is the show for you. Docherty reprises his role as Scotland’s favourite and least self-aware cop to non-stop howls of laughter from an audience which is willing him on as if he’s the best man…
Read MoreFringe Review: Kyle Dolan No Place Like Home
Richard Bath on Kyle Dolan’s solo-show debut at the Fringe. ★ The Fringe jungle drums are obviously working because just three of us turned up to watch this painful hour of confessional stand-up, and I’d brought one of them with me. Dolan, a twentysomething born in Scotland and raised in Australia, comes across as a…
Read MoreFringe Review: PALS
This production is ‘a wonderful way to be entertained and laugh’, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★ This is a funny, slightly chaotic play that will leave you uplifted. PALS is the tale of four Edinburgh girlfriends. Their natural milieu is nail bars, All Bar One and nightclubs so a camping trip organised by the protagonist, Sadie,…
Read MoreFringe Review: Alison Larkin, Grief… A Comedy
Alison Larkin grips the audience with this production, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ Alison Larkin was adopted from America by an English family and grew up in England. Deciding to find her birth mother she returned to America, found her, got married to an American, started a family and then got divorced. In her middle years…
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