REVIEW: Gurl Code
Reading Time: < 1 minute Directed by Dom Stephens, Alex Franklin's standup show “Gurl Code” hits the Delhi Belly stage at the Underbelly, Cowgate to a warm and affirming audience.
Category Comedy
REVIEW: Yozi: No Babies in the Sauna
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFearless and unbridled clowning comedian Yozi brings their new show “No Babies in the Sauna” to Edinburgh Fringe for an hour of unkempt French accents, inane stories about towels and some sort of liquid that looks suspiciously like milk.
REVIEW: Six Chick Flicks
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSix Chick Flicks ...or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches while writing a Notebook on the Titanic gives us what we want. Parody of all the tropes of our favourite movies whilst also cleverly highlighting the potholes and issues with them.
REVIEW: Northbound Boy
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom playwright James Hogan, Northbound Boy is a new queer comedy questioning love, ourselves and asking what do we consider valuable. Featuring Neil Ashton (It’s a sin), Sarah Moyle (Doctors) with Netflix Heartstoppers Cormac Hyde-Corrin making his stage debut at Kings Head Theatre.
REVIEW: Confessions Of An Usher
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen you think of a job involving dealing with blood, sweat, tears, or vomit, ushering at a theatre doesn’t usually spring to mind. But as anyone who has worked Front of House can attest, the drama doesn’t always happen onstage.
REVIEW: Say Goodbye to London
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Camden Fringe new writing’s piece opened at Hen and Chickens Theatre in Islington. A tale of how following your dreams isn’t always paved with gold.
REVIEW: Lorraine Hoodless: DINK
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe term DINK (Double Income No Kids) came to popularity during the 1980’s and has adopted and coined more terms, but does what it says on the tin. Double income, no kids, and Lorraine takes us through more complex terms too.
REVIEW: Rules Schmules: How to be Jew-ISH
Reading Time: 2 minutesArmed with a piano, mic, and a whiteboard filled with definitions of many of the terms to come up in this production that those unfamiliar with Jewish vernacular would be a tad bewildered by, Deprelli’s easy-going demeanor fills the room with candor.
REVIEW: Ben Miller – Volcano
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere aren’t many comedians with a page for their favourite mineral on their website, but not many comedians have spent a month in Hawaii as an Artist in Residence. In fact, the Venn diagram of these comedians would likely just circle Ben Miller.
REVIEW: Elliot Steel: Soft Boi Core
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith a smash-hit show already under his belt, Elliot Steel is back again bringing his sharp wit and trademark sense of dark humour.