“Be Good!” With Paulette, at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Uh oh! Don’t ask why Daniel Maseda is dressed in a brown cardigan and named Paulette. Best not to ask any questions of this …
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Lorna Rose Treen: “24 Hour Diner People” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Lorna Rose Treen was one of my favorite newcomers at the 2023 Fringe, and she has made a triumphant return with her sophomore show, …
Continue ReadingJeromaia Detto: “When I Grow Up” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐½ This could and should be a 4-star review and perhaps is on a lot of days, but my audience simply wasn’t up to the …
Continue ReadingMr Chonkers review – you never know what’s going to happen next
Summerhall, EdinburghFrom existential angst to dotty monk routines, US clown John Norris marches to the beat of his own drumWith his show and persona Mr Chonkers, American clown John Norris scored a cult hit on the fringe three summers ago – and now a …
Continue ReadingSophie Power: “CVNT” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐ An actress and improviser from Adelaide, Sophie Power disappears beneath the bouffon layers that transform her into a ginormous genitalia. After winning awards at …
Continue Reading“Virtuoso” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Tobias Finlay-Frasier is ready for his close up. Even if the mere sight of Tobias entering the room for his audition is enough to …
Continue ReadingDirty Work review – a jolly holiday with Mary Floppins
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghJessica Barton sets about cleaning up the domestic acts of the men in her audience with comically strict disciplineWe’ve all felt the urge to impose order on the mess of our lives, whether that mess is literal or emotional….
Continue ReadingPalestine: Peace de Resistance review – an absurdist response to an abominable situation
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghIn an impressive show, Sami Abu Wardeh delivers a collage of historical storytelling, jokes about colonialism and clowningWhen Sami Abu Wardeh performed his hit show Bedu at the fringe three years ago, his Palestinian heritage …
Continue ReadingCreepy Boys: Slugs review – howling existential rave through modern life’s mayhem
Summerhall, EdinburghIn its aim to avoid big topics – politics, gender, climate – the Canadian pair’s superb show attempts an escape from contemporary chaosIf the end of the world is a party, I want these two feral slugs to be our hosts. Fever-dreamed …
Continue ReadingXhloe and Natasha: “And Then The Rodeo Burned Down” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The first of three consecutive Fringe First award-winning productions from Xhloe Rice and Natasha Rowland is both their most purely clownish hour, and also …
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