We have caught Dara O Briain a couple of times in Fringes past but almost always as the compere of a late-night mixed bill - his solo show sells out FAST. In fact the last time we saw his own... Continue Reading →
We can't work out if Alex Kealy lost a bet or if he is just some sort of clown sadist... but the idea of road-testing Silicon Valley monopolies material on a midnight, Free Fringe, Counting House crowd is one hell... Continue Reading →
This is exactly the kind of show that I love the Fringe for. Taking a punt on a late-night, fairly unknown clown who you can find eagerly flyering for his own show right up until the performance. These nights can... Continue Reading →
I first encountered Ivo Graham under very odd circumstances. I was contracting for a start-up and they had invited me to their Christmas party, which, obviously, they had hired a private and very extravagant manor house in Oxford for. On... Continue Reading →
So, how was Mark Watson's final tour preview gig in the new Pleasance Rear Courtyard space? We'll come back to that. For this year's covid-compliant Fringe The Pleasance has transformed its second largest outdoor area (usually a buzzing bar) into... Continue Reading →
As we have mentioned a few times in the past we've wanted to catch Lauren in a live solo show ever since we saw her headline a mixed bill two years ago. Between then and now the world kinda went... Continue Reading →
This was to be our first proper Edinburgh Fringe show in almost two years and I think we ticked every appropriate box - a cool quirky basement venue, an unpolished work-in-progress show and a clown that we had never seen... Continue Reading →
J, Dre, Seuss, Pepper, Robotnik… these are the names that most quickly spring to mind when I think about doctors I’d spend time with. And yet here I am, waiting eagerly in the audience to see my second Dr turned... Continue Reading →
So this is what happens when you don't read the fine print on a show description. At no point did I expect this to be a show where we're read draft chapters from a book... and yet that is exactly... Continue Reading →
