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Twonkey’s Soft December Night in Tallahassee
★★★★★ After 16 years at the fringe, you’d think Paul Vickers, aka Twonkey aka Twonketta, would’ve said and sung all they’d needed to! But the latest instalment of the franchise,…
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Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous
★★★★ “This is the first time I’m doing a show unscripted, so anything could come out,” promises Ruby Wax at the top of the hour. Alongside her former TV producer…
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Dom McGovern: Prize Hog
★★★★★ Dom McGovern's Prize Hog is an exceptional debut about eating disorders, queerness, and our lord and saviour Kate Moss. McGovern has an electric stage presence and has managed to…
I’m Melting: The Unknown Terrors of the Fringe
Paul Vickers, former Dawn of the Replicants frontman and autistic Fringe stalwart shares some of the experiences he's gone through over the years, part reflection, part warning, dig into the…
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Cerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIP
★★★★ “I’m a vibes-based autistic”, warns Cerys Bradley at the top of their new work-in-progress show, On Road Signs. And whilst you perhaps shouldn’t expect a slew of accurately remembered…
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Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood
★★★★ Where would we be without Maggie, eh? She might’ve been born a 100 years ago, but her spectre still haunts us to this day. The irony is that one…
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Sam Morrison: DUCK
★★★ There’s that quote by George Bernard Shaw “The U.K and America are two countries separated by a common language", well he said England, but I’m paraphrasing. I’m always mesmerised…
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The Subplot: A Hyperfixation on the Titan Submersible
★★★★ Sophie Smyth’s one-woman show Subplot is a deep dive (one of many deep-sea puns you can look forward to) into the Oceangate Titan submersible that imploded in 2023: the…
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Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying
★★★★★ When you’re as well-known as Rosie Jones, you can be trapped by the expectations of your persona. Jones has been a popular face on television for a number of…
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Natalie and I
★★★★ For all the bombast and pyrotechnics many fringe shows employ to grab your attention, a lot of people forget what the Fringe is actually about. It’s about allowing anyone,…