Aidan Greene: Stuttermilk Pancakes

Aidan Greene: Stuttermilk Pancakes

★★★★ When disabled comedy acts are promoted, the media will often lead with the disability, not the comedy. Aidan Greene explains that when he’s interviewed, he’s a ‘human interest story’…
NON HUMAN ANIMAL

NON HUMAN ANIMAL

★★★★ Every now and again, a character comes onto the stage that you’re immediately enraptured by. Róisín is fast-talking, honest and funny with a vulnerability that shimmers. That she lets…
KINDER

KINDER

★★★★ Ryan Stewart’s alter-ego Goody Prostate, a German “deranged cousin of Ronald McDonald”, is strutting about in sequined lederhosen, preparing for a big show. Well, it’s Drag Storytelling at a…
That’s Ace

That’s Ace

★★★ Jonny Brace’s new play is a gift for actor Tiffany Marina Pearmund. The character of Ace is so fully formed, she’s real. Navigating a night-club as if it were…
DADDY ISSUES

DADDY ISSUES

★★★ Spencer Waldner’s solo play promises much. It’s a confessional, an expose of man who became unable to conceal any truth after contracting COVID-19. Spencer addresses us in the opening…
Endometriosis: The Musical

Endometriosis: The Musical

★★★★★  On paper, a musical about Endometriosis shouldn’t work. It’s a serious medical condition that affects 1 in 7 women worldwide, yet for something so crippling, it takes on average…
Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x

Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x

★★★★★ OMG! Alex Franklin, where have you been all my life! At first glance, Franklin gives the energy of many Gen Z stand-ups, knowingly egotistical in a funny, Tik-Tok, meta…
A Different Kind of Heartbreak

A Different Kind of Heartbreak

★★★ Let me caveat everything I’m about to say with the simple that Athanasia Kontou is awesome, and a refreshing talent. She’s constructed an original hour that takes us through the…
Stayin’ Alive

Stayin’ Alive

★★★★  Vicky Oxley bursts onto the stage as Maggie, a fast-talking bundle of nerves and blunt, hilarious observation. We see her longing to get up on the stage of the…
Steak Out

Steak Out

★★★★★ How far would you go for your family? That’s the question Ruaraidh Murray’s new play poses. It’s two nights before Christmas, and an Edinburgh granny, her husband and son…