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Cartoonopolis
★★★★★ Lewis Ian Bray’s love letter to his brother Jack is a high-energy one-man play that never dips during its 70 minutes. Bray embodies his brother, his parents, a cartoon…
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I’m Autistic – A New Musical
★★★ It’s genuinely impressive to see a full-scale musical at the Fringe. Genuinely Confused Theatre Company have to be commended for their ambition and sincere commitment to bringing accurate representation…
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Queer Tales for Autistic Folk
★★★★★ Taking the form of a live choose-your-own-story adventure, Cerys Bradley assumes the role of games master, consulting the audience on each stage of the protagonist’s journey; from how many…
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Second Class Queer
★★★★ Kumar Muniandy's solo show is a deeply personal and political work, addressing a range of issues surrounding race, queerness, and diaspora. These themes emerge in the short conversations that…
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Is There Work on Mars?
★★★ Solo writer and performer Faye Yan undergoes an evaluative assessment to procure a worker’s visa to Mars. Alongside this assessment, the show delves into the memories and feelings this…
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Cat Cohen: Broad Strokes
★★★★★ Of all the live stand-up shows I’ve ever seen, Cat Cohen: Broad Strokes has stolen the title of my favourite. I’d never even heard her name before, but I will certainly…
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Jamie MacDonald: Toxic Bastard
★★★ Like a lot of straight white male middle-class comedians at the fringe, Jamie has to work against the assumption of this type, or at least address it in his…
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Twonkey’s Zip Wire to Zanzibar
★★★★ Twonkey’s dead! He succumbed after eating a tin of contaminated condensed milk, or so his Widow Twonketta tells us! Paul Vicker's Twonkey narrative has coursed through the Edinburgh Fringe…
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Another Sight
★★★★ Another Sight is a 4-hander by Brazilian theatre group Blind Theatre. The script centres around the relationship between two women, both with cancer – Grace, who is about to…