James McNicholas photographed above with the “teapot” that was “Pop’s” first Boxing trophy. James McNicholas’s true story brings together the family history about his grandfather’s boxing career and brilliant comedy in his debut solo Fringe show The Boxer. As McNicholas begins his performance you wonder if this is a story…

Jodie Irvine has taken a partly autobiographical approach to the cause and effects of domestic abuse predominantly the damage caused by the term of abuse referred to as gaslighting. Setting the party themed stage with various party items from party poppers to hats you could easily believe this was to…

After hearing so much about this Theatre company previously successful productions. Birth has been the first play of their performances I have managed to see and I was not at all disappointed. Three generations of one family dealing with births, deaths and marriages are depicted in this production predominantly through…

The harrowing true story of the four Austrian nurses Maria Gruber, Irene Leidolf, Stephanija Meyer, and Waltraud Wagner who worked at the Geriatriezentrum am Wienerwald in Lainz, Vienna who between 1983 and 1989 killed 49 patients is told through the play Drowning. Each of the four women explains their own…

Huge Davies has a very creative approach to comedy using his wearable Yamaha keyboard along with the kitchen utensil decoration holding his microphone in place. The first thing you realise about this comedy show is that you’re not actually in a Car Park! Which is a shame as Davies was…

Love/Sick is a good first production by the new theatre group Hyacinth Theatre from Oxford University. Their strong LGBT themed relationships run throughout the seven couplings used within the performance. Within each of the seven short love stories “happy ever after” isn’t an option. They have taken a realistic approach…

Shakespeare! The Panto has one of the largest cast I have seen this season on the Fringe circuit. However ambitious this can be they have succeeded in creating a very funny parody where Bill Shakespeare as he is often referred often to is persuaded to write a pantomime! Bottom played…

STYX by Max Barton explores a families gradual loss through the disease Alzheimer’s. With his Grandmother Flora being diagnosed with it and losing his Grampa Mike from the illness too the family have the first-hand experience in the painful way in which these takes loved ones before they die. The…

The ensemble of five have bought together a great family show explaining the Fisherman disciples story adapted from the Bible. Carubbers Christian Centre is the perfect venue for this production as it offers ample comfortable seating and a lot of space for families which the show is aimed towards. As…

Nula’s passionate and emotive journey through her mental illness is a personal insight by the writer and actress Sorcha McCaffrey into some of the experiences she had with the illness she suffered with over the years, especially her crippling OCD. She later introduces the audience to the character of her…