Reviews

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Elliot Steel, Love And Hate Speech, Underbelly Cowgate
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
Edinburgh Fringe Review – Lyndsey Santoro, Pleasance Courtyard
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
Edinburgh Fringe Review – Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Monkey Barrel
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 Review: Sharkbait & Swim, Deptford
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
Edinburgh Fringe Review – Dan Rath, Underbelly
Dan Rath is a lanky Australian whose body language is so awkward he looks as if he’s wearing a coat hanger under his shirt. He has a habit of whacking his forehead against the microphone –... more
Latitude 2023 Reviews  Day Two – Bridget Christie, Fern Brady, Jordan Gray, Michelle De Swarte, Dan tTernan
After a sun-kissed opening day in the comedy tent, the heavens opened for day two. Well, not exactly opened. If anything it was worse than that, it was simply a constant drizzle that never let up as... more
Latitude 2023 Reviews - Day One – Russell Kane, Suzi Ruffell, Ed Gamble, Laura Smyth, jordan gray, ed byrne, dan tiernan, judi love
I arrived at Latitude's comedy tent just as Ed Byrne was hitting his stride. At least I think it was Ed Byrne, the tent was way too rammed for me to be able to see the stage (hence no pictures),... more
Theatre Review: Cuckoo, Royal Court
When Cuckoo starts the four female protagonists are seated around a suburban Merseyside dinner table. There is no dialogue, just a succession of pings and chirrups as their respective smartphones go... more
Theatre Review: The Pillowman, Duke Of York's Theatre
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Martin McDonagh recently bagged film awards for The Banshees of Inisherin, but this play, which reaches the West End two decades after it was first... more
Interview: Bridget Christie On New Series The Change
Bridget Christie's self-penned sitcom is certainly distinctive, while at the same time touching on quite a few familiatr sitcom tropes. Christie plays Linda, a middle aged woman who is starting to be... more
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