It's actually getting embarrassing just how many times we say we're not reviewing work-in-progress shows... only to then write another piece about a WiP show! But this one is different (aren't they all?!). You see, unbeknownst to our clown for... Continue Reading →
I think the phrase goes something like, "You have to have the bad to appreciate the good." If that is true, then we are due something truly amazing to appreciate after this show. The premise is simple, playful and, frankly,... Continue Reading →
I feel that I'm a little late to the party in reaching this conclusion, but I think that with The Dark Room, John Robertson may have inadvertently created the comedy version of The Rocky Horror Show. But before I justify... Continue Reading →
Today is all about what is colloquially known as the tricky second album. But before we get to that, we cannot begin without a quick mention of the most important meal of the day. One of our guys flew in... Continue Reading →
We’ll get to the man who may be the youngest person to die on a cruise ship in a minute. But no review of ours can begin without a few drinks… and today’s. Were. Spectacular. We made our regular pilgrimage... Continue Reading →
So, we enter the Monkey Barrel and an Ich Luger Dragon appears behind the bar and explains that they only sell fire water – an oxymoron if ever we heard one - but she takes us to the wonkavator that... Continue Reading →
We’re very aware that this review is late. So very, very late. If we had a proper editor (and I always imagine J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson when I say that), he’d have been screaming at us for over... Continue Reading →
Well, this is an absolute treat. We’re sat under the tarpaulin roof of The Unicorn Bar, drinks in hand, sunshine streaming through, and it’s the last day of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. But that lovely scene isn’t the treat I’m... Continue Reading →
We’d fled the chaos of Pleasance Courtyard — not far, just down the hill to The Holyrood 9A and its frankly ridiculous gin selection (Rock Rose and Isle of Harris topped our highly scientific taste test, if you’re keeping score).... Continue Reading →
