This is a story about elective breast surgery, with a bit about pronouns – but it is really about a loving family – and how everything is ok if you’re surrounded by love. Sarah Keyworth chose to... more
Reviews
Elliot Steel has been doing stand-up for so long I’d assumed he was in his early thirties. In fact, as he explains at the start of his latest show Soft Boi Core he is 27 and living at home with his... more
There is always a risk that local talent can be overlooked at the Fringe but that is certainly not happening with Edinburgh-based Connor Burns. He has sold over 4500 tickets already for his 9.45pm... more
Nina Gilligan speaks softly and slowly as she introduces this show about memory – with a goldfish theme.When it starts, she is in cosy Mancunian older woman mode, sharing stories of domestic boredom... more
It probably says more about the state of my mind than it does about Pierre Novellie’s noggin that I couldn’t sit down to write this review until I’d tidied every inch of my desk and put everything... more
Zoe Coombs Marr has a background in performance art and experimental theatre – and her early comedy shows were as meta as they come. The Aussie comic created work that was a riot of stunts,... more
We are in a grotesque, unsettling but strangely familiar world. The Misty Moon club in Rotherham is an old-fashioned working men’s club threatened with closure. Its compere Frankie Monroe is a... more
I've done flying visits to Latitude before but never quite as flying as this. A combination of knackered car and daughter having first dibs on tent meant cadging a lift with a friend and a day trip.... more
There seems to be a bit of a rash of sitcoms asking for your attention at the moment, with Mr Bigstuff on Sky and Piglets on ITV1. But the best of the bunch is Changing Ends, which has just returned... more
They say all publicity is good publicity, so the makers of ITV1's Piglets must have been rubbing their hands with glee at the pre-transmission outrage over this show's title, which seemed to be a... more
