Set in a post-holocaust America, Square One plays out the grim realisation of the fears of the Cold War. The Orwellian style future allows the government the ultimate control and tells of their tyrannical reign through television .
We experience ‘Patriotic Variety Hour’ a concept as terrifying as it is hilarious. Here the will of the [...]

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It is difficult to adequately describe the painfulness of this production. Pantomime at its worst is probably a good start. The recipe is; not just one but two incredibly camp and bitchy gay men that can only be described as queens, one horribly overacted horsey English type woman with New Age fever, and an ‘Oirish’ [...]

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This is a more than able production of this cult musical, with strong male and female vocals and performance. It’s difficult to go wrong with something as well known and loved as this show and it is carried off nicely here, the accents and costumes are terrific and the infamous plant itself is well presented. [...]

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Having heard a lot about this show, I did have certain expectations, but what I witnessed was not at all what I had expected. The show is a mockery of the modern ‘guru’ - someone supposed to be able to help change your life for the better. Here, we have our sex guru Paul, and [...]

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Harold Pinter’s play explores the first awakening of a woman (Deborah) suffering from a disease that caused her to be ‘asleep’ for 29 years. We are witness to her mind’s struggle to accept the changes wrought in both herself and the world around her and her doctor’s attempt to uncover any memory she may have [...]

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This show is what a comedy show should be. You’re sitting there when suddenly, the sketches are flying at you, fast and furious, the entire show whirring around you like a kaleidoscope, except the colours of the rainbow have been replaced by all the different kinds of comedy you know and love and you have [...]

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Choosing a stand up comedian to go and see is very different from choosing theatre. With theatre, you’re thinking about what kind of shows you like, whether it’s serious or humorous, romantic or thrilling, who wrote it, who’s producing it and who’s appearing in it. With stand up you’re only really thinking, “will it be [...]

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An odd and quirky little show tells the story of Scarlet, a busker on London’s Underground. Entirely self-narrated, Scarlet’s story is told through a mixture of spoken word and song, occasionally interspersed by other characters flitting through her life to help illustrate her point. The transient nature of Scarlet’s existence makes an unusual subject for [...]

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Loosely based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale, The Last Cinderella is a dark adaptation of the classic fairytale. The ugly sisters are replaced with prostitutes and the kindly father with a kindly madam, leaving a disturbing medley of depression, cruelty and despair. This setup reeks of futility and robs the characters of any hope [...]

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It isn’t very often that what you get exactly what you expected from a Fringe show, but the nostalgic musical comedy of School Ties thankfully delivers all that it promises.
From the opening song you are instantly transported back to the school experience you actually had - nasty, humiliating, hormonal and seemingly endless - as opposed [...]

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