Pink Mohawk sporting, Defenders of the Earth T-Shirt wearing, Care Bear collector Wil Hodgson walks onstage and bursts into song. The song is a kind of Punk Anthem with lyrics of rejection and difference with your fellow peers, which feels gritty and real until the chorus chimes “Raggy Dolls, Raggy Dolls! Dolls like you and [...]

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Not many shows put you in a dilemma from the off but with Knocker you have to make an instant decision whether to like Edmond or not. After all, he is part of that relentless marketing machine that desperately tries to invade every moment of our lives. On the other hand, he is here to [...]

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When you’re set on a path that contains sexual abuse, incest and sexual violence you know that things aren’t going to end well, but it’s often this terrible inevitability that makes stories like this one so compulsive. This should be the case with Girl in Box, as it promises the mother of all car crash [...]

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Sophie Ramsay is a stunningly attractive young folk singer based in Paris. Her half hour show provides a haven from the hectic life of the Fringe. The tiny theatre in which she performs gives a lovely feeling of intimacy, as if she were performing in your own bedroom. Most of her songs are arranged for [...]

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Marvel at the amazing Chairwood brothers whose family, from very early on, invented the chair. From pre-historic times till recent history, the Chairwood family have evolved the concept of the chair from a mere utensil, to an art form, and have used them in very different ways.
Sit, a play that comes all the way from [...]

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There are some stand-up comedians whose name you have heard mentioned or have seen plastered in posters all around the city’s walls that, for whatever reason, don’t appeal to you. You feel like they might not be funny or interesting, or even they look like they promise much, but won’t be able to deliver. Rhod [...]

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Billing itself as Burlesque and Cabaret, this unusual little show is difficult to define.
Introducing the characters one at a time through a variety of choreographed dancing and basic striptease (revealing nipple tassels, not nudity) make this an enjoyable piece of theatre.
Theatre it is, for this is its strength. The five actors are clearly well-versed and [...]

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American Vaudeville is a 2 man play set on the Vaudeville entertainment circuit of early 20th century America. Written and performed by Jon Morris and Scott Nankivel, it tells the story of a comedy duo, Chester and Plunkett, but charts the rise of Vaudeville through this.
Morris and Nankivel take on many roles throughout the play [...]

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Last year Katie Lyons and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm gained rave reviews and multiple nominations as best comedy double act for their brilliantly insane production, 13 O’clock. Now they are returning to the festival with an all new show entitled, The Receptionists.
The plot is more an excuse than anything else for some very funny sketches, but [...]

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There is so much you can do with a show that has a title like The clan of divorcées that it is a pity they haven’t explored it a bit more. This is not to say that what the Alil Vardar’s play is bad, you just simply expected a something else. It is the first [...]

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