Review by Dominic Corr Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose: Tickets ★★★★ The title and subject matter initially suggest that the next hour with Isabella Charlton might strike closer to a soap opera for the upper class than a comedy set-up. Honing a routine around her father’s numerous (and we mean numerous) illicit affairs, the disharmonious family … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Isabella Charlton: So My Dad F****d The Nanny
Book by Richard Kraft and Andy Fickman Directed by Andy Fickman Songs by Riki Lindhome, Daniel Mertzlufft, Doug Rockwell & Tova Litvin, Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner,, Megan Cavallari, Jennifer Lucy Cook, and Richard Kraft, and Kate Micucci Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Dome: Tickets ★ The Golden Ticket of the Fringe has quickly melted … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Willy’s Candy Spectacular
https://youtu.be/P4mbfy0ovpk Created by Showman Productions Review by Dominic Corr Underbelly, George Square: tickets ★★★★ Roll up, roll up, you’re never too old for the circus. The greatest shows on earth, the biggest and boldest of tricks all here waiting for eager audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe can be found at Circus - The Show! … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Circus The Show
https://youtu.be/xL0uPWsQowE Presented by Fishmarket Theatre Co Review by Dominic Corr theSpace@Niddry St: Tickets ★★★ There’s no such thing as a guilty pleasure. It’s a derogatory term for having a passion for something (usually a television series, comic book, or film) a person places their passions into, while others may snort or raise their eyebrows. It’s … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Cringe
https://youtu.be/qRGu408hXac Performed and Written by Tegan Verheul Directorial Support by Rosie Nicholls Review by Dominic Corr Assembly George Square: Tickets ★★★★ What is a wrestling ring if not a stage? What is a ‘heel’ if not an antagonist? And what is ‘kayfabe’ if not the equivalent of ‘based on true events’? This Festival Fringe has … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Chokeslam
https://youtu.be/sMYiO_Ex2QI Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard: Tickets ★★★ Chess and comedy. Not the two ‘C’ words you would slot side-by-side at the Festival Fringe, but far odder set-ups have occurred. In truth, the crux of North Macedonian comic Vlad Ilich’s Fringe debut is rather brilliant: a mash-up of their love for chess, with a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Vlad Ilich: Vladislav Baby Don’t Hurt Me
Review by Dominic Corr Monkey Barrel Comedy HIVE: Tickets ★★★ A double-meaning, the ‘Meanings of Life’tagline is used cleverly by Yoriko Kotani to demonstrate double standards and cultural confusion in moving from Japan to the UK to often hilarious consequences and anecdotes. A charming set-up, one which would spoil the entire performance to reveal Kotani’s … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life
Review by Dominic Corr Assembly George Square Studios: Tickets ★★★★ You’ll not often find yourself in the max-security wing of a Superdrug on a Sunday afternoon. Well, maybe you do. Holly Stars certainly does. Audiences join the comic and writer right after she’s been nabbed for nicking a load of lipsticks, and her usual tricks … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Holly Stars: Justice for Holly
https://youtu.be/Qfa86liTwVc Written by Sophia Simmons Directed by Claire Glenn Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There’s a peculiar ‘no-no’ attitude towards discussions of Artificial Intelligence at this year’s Festival Fringe. Shows which feature AI are using it as the butt of a joke, toying with it’s comedic properties, or manifesting it as a throw-away gag character. … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Only Human
Written by Sam Edmunds Directed by Sam Edmunds & Vikesh Godhwani Review by Dominic Corr Summerhall - Demonstration Room: Tickets ★★★★★ Thumping house music, an off-brand bottle of gin (never Gordons), and a thirst for life that only youth can hold, Sam Edmunds’s The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return is an … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return
