Reading Time: 2 minutesWeird ruminations on platonic love from very likeable and lonely performer August McEachern needs friends. People (unfairly!) think they are a pervert, due to their general pervert physiology. As a result, they’ve had to construct their own…
Reading Time: 2 minutesMan Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour does exactly what it says: you enter the room to a countdown timer on the back wall, Aussie clown Conk enters in a bold turquoise suit, starts the timer, and the music kicks off.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt feels overdue to call Milo Edwards - thrice nominated for Best Comedy Show at previous Fringe festivals - a rising star, but Catamaran exudes the requisite energy, creativity and comic zeal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnderground Monk Show is a wonderfully strange, playful and entertaining piece of clown theatre.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA bonkers pseudo-Cold War play from Mischief Theatre, and directed by Matt Dicarlo, The Comedy about Spies hosted its gala afternoon to welcome back a limited run with the original cast and creators (August 11th - September 26th).
Reading Time: 2 minutesRhino Conservation Erotic Novel is about a Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel. Rhinos and eroticism, you may ask - what’s the overlap?
Reading Time: 2 minutesReally, it’s 3.40pm; we’re in a shipping container outside the Mosque Kitchen; it’s a Friday afternoon and we’re watching the fabulous Sir Elton Scone (Katie Pritchard) record his baking musical comedy gameshow. This is more prime than prime time!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom Will Harley (Radio 4/CBBC/ITV) comes Cutlass. Set during the golden age of pirateering, Captain Springsmile Jack has been caught, tried and is due to hang in the morning. However, his redemption quickly begins to unravel, revealing that this anti-hero may have more depth (and heart) than first thought.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLove's Labour's Lost is one of Shakespeare's least frequently staged comedies, but it is an undervalued, entertaining piece of work.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThespians’ is fun, funny, and full of great performances. Above all else, it's a love letter to the power of theatre.