Way back in the mists of time “interpretive dance” was a by-word for pretentious Fringe shows – which comics used to use as a punch-line.I can’t remember ever seeing any actual interpretive dance,... more
Reviews
Daniel Foxx comes to the Fringe with a full-length show for the first time and a TitTok reputation under his belt for sharp, knowing character-based clips. Villain, however, is very much Daniel's own... more
Kieran Hodgson has made his name over the years coming up with differently themed autobiographical Edinburgh Fringe shows. There have been shows about his cycling fixation, playing the violin and one... more
Mancunian comic Josh Jones broke through in Edinburgh last year, picking up an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination for his debut, Waste Of Space. But he had already done the hard yards,... more
It is easy to work out by the picture on this page what Janine Harouni has been up to recently. At the time of writing she is 8 and a half months pregnant. Her first baby is due in the first week of... more
Paul Foot has been delighting Fringe audiences for years with his bizarre imagination and outrageous stories – exceptional for having only the slightest relation to reality as the rest of us know it... more
There seems to be a bit of a theme this year of comedians who have found their strength through contact sports. For Elliot Steel it’s martial arts, which has helped him negotiate his fears and... more
Lindsey Santoro is one of those storytellers who becomes almost possessed when getting to the most exciting part of the story. So she takes us on a girls’ hen trip to Blackpool – introduces... more
This is an utterly beautiful show about a terrible horrible event which happens to Krystal Evans as a teenager. And it is all really true – she shows us photographic evidence – and ends on a... more
Restaurant reviews tend to be accompanied by exquisitely framed photographs of grub, so gracefully shot that the food might as well as be an exhibit in an art gallery. We do things differently at... more
