Edmund Morris first hit my radar a few years ago with his macabre comedy You’re Dead Mate about a man who had died and was in-between worlds. He just needed to accept his death and fill in the paperwork before moving on to the afterlife! The Grim follows Morris’s dark…

A quick Google search and Conspiracy Theories are in abundance. From Paul McCartney, the moon landing and the Titanic. Liverpool-based comedian Andy Roach brought his show Laughing at Conspiracy Theories to Just the Tonic at the Edinburgh Fringe. Every performance will be slightly different as the show relies heavily on…

Leslie Gold, a New Jersey comedian living in the UK brings her “Dead Dad” and sense of  “Identity” comedy show A Chip Off The Gold Block to Edinburgh Fringe with plans for further tour dates. Leslie pays tribute to her father and thanks him for giving the family a name that…

Australian musical comedian Darby James brought his cabaret Little Squirt to the Edinburgh Fringe. Where he openly explains how, where and why he donated his sperm. Following with his dilemma about adding to the population. Darby takes the audience on a hilarious and heartfelt journey across the “choppy waters” of…

Show How It’s Thespian were a third-week arrival at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. It is one of the hidden gems that appear from nowhere, you take a chance and come away really pleased that you didn’t miss it. Based on their experiences of teachers they have known or have…

Ascension has been adapted for the stage by Dan Hazelwood from the dark and haunting diary entries of Leendert Hasenboch an 18th Century Sailor who was cruelly treated for being homosexual. Hasenboch had been working in a warehouse when he is caught in an homosexual encounter. Jan, his unscrupulous employer…

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery theatre company are a charismatic cast of four who will have found a dead body before the audience’s arrival which sends the team into a panic. However, do not worry help is at hand and the police arrive on the scene almost immediately ready to…

Imagine the scene. John Lennon is waking up from a heavy night where he had been taking goodness knows what. Who should he wake up to see, no other than Vincent Van Gogh, who is innocently attempting to draw him? Whatever he had been using was still having an effect.…

Sam Hume and Justin Williams and their fellow Aussie and MC Magnus D. Magnus to entertain and deliver their internationally acclaimed Adults Only Magic Show after the nine pm watershed to bring a touch of adult magic entertainment to the Edinburgh Fringe. Magnus starts the evening’s entertainment by explaining the themes…

Comedian Mark Bittlestone affectionately refers to himself as “a little gay boy” Well that’s how he is known in the industry. Enters the stage wearing a sparkly and bedazzling football shirt, it is very eye-catching and I wonder how much work went into it. The hour-long show is Bittlestone talking…