Frank and Dolly is the story of a seemingly mismatched gay couple forced to examine their relationship, following an unfortunate incident at a ballroom dancing competition, when a combination of nerves and some dodgy fish, lead to Frank being sick on Dolly’s dress in the middle of their routine.
The set is simple, with a door [...]

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An ancient armchair sits empty in a stage otherwise bare, save for some atmospheric candles. Suddenly the room goes black. The audience murmurs and giggles nervously, not sure what to expect. Then screams and laughter erupt as a single overhead light reveals a cloaked figure standing in the doorway gazing menacingly at the audience. This [...]

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Despite this being Daniel Townes’ debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, he is already very established in his homeland of Australia having been voted comedian of 2006 by Australian FHM readers, and winning the Australian leg of Canadian comedy chain Yuk Yuks Great Canadian Laugh off competition. The combination of this early success and Townes’ laid-back [...]

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As Rob Heeney points out early on, we (the audience) are his kind of people – week-night drinkers who count sick leave as part of our annual holiday entitlement. The kind of people who know we’re better than anyone on Big Brother, and could beat any of those other ‘idiots’ on The Apprentice easily. Basically [...]

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One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, taking place in one of Scotland’s most beautiful chapels - this show creates high expectations. And it does not disappoint.
Rosslyn Chapel lends itself beautifully as a setting, with scenes taking place both outside and inside the chapel itself. Lit simply with candles and a single green light, the shadows [...]

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An ordinary man at war with the every day world – that is the theme of Ed Byrne’s latest show, and the man certainly has a few issues to get off his chest. Drawing his inspiration from the Michael Douglas film “Falling Down”, Byrne issues are the one’s almost everyone can relate to, which makes [...]

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A one-man character sketch show, The Forer Factor is Nick Mohammed’s follow-up to his award winning 2005 debut. The show starts by introducing us to Bertram Forer, a psychologist from the 1940s who is now apparently dead, but who appears to us through a pre-recorded soundtrack to which the re-animated body (badly) mimes. Following so [...]

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Over the past few years, the world has become a dark and scary place, with problems too numerous to mention, but which could be summarised, according to Natalie Haynes, by the fact that everyone else is just stupid and annoying. But Haynes has a solution – bring in the American TV detectives to save the [...]

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