Posts by Scottish Field

Raise the Barre is explosive stuff. A must see, it’s truly terrific, says Jeremy Welch.  ★★★★★ It’s graduation day at a dance school presided over by a strict assessor. There are two troupes of dancers here, the female troupe dressed in classical ballet tutus, the male troupe dressed similarly but in an anarchistic way, black…

Dan Tiernan’s abrasive comedy style is at once hilarious and disconcerting, says Frankie Reason.  ★★★★ Dan opens his set with a scream, immediately turns to talk of ketamine, and then proceeds to riff on his divisive style.  ‘Not for everyone this, is it’ he reflects, before accusing the hot-chocolate-drinking Café Nero patrons of stumbling into…

No introductions, no preamble, Glenn Moore is off and running at a hundred miles an hour before he’s even on the stage, says Alister Tenneb. And strap yourself in because he doesn’t slow down for the next hour. ★★★★★ As well as being a regular on radio, Glenn will be recognisable to many from his…

Arthur Hull’s FLOP has charisma by the bucket-loads, Frankie Reason says. ★★★★ Edinburgh-born Australian artist Arthur Hull delivers a musically impressive, engaging, and witty exploration of musical theatre’s greatest flops. Both exposé and love letter, Hull muses on the dubious opening choreography to Carrie, the pitfalls of theatre to screen, the consistently faulty formula that…

Baxter v The Bookies’ script is fast moving and very amusing, says Jeremy Welch. ★★★★ The spot light turns on and there sits Baxter looking exactly as you would expect from a small-time compulsive horse racing gambler, slightly down on his luck but, like all gamblers, believing the wheel of fortune is about to turn…

The award-winning writer, Henry Naylor, is back at the fringe with Monstering the Rocketman and it’s a must see, Jeremy Welch says.  ★★★★★ This production comes after his two award winning plays at previous fringes, Afghanistan is not Funny and Let the Bodies Pile. He doesn’t disappoint with this production. In this play we see…

Jo Caulfield’s Bad Mood Rising is one of the best comics at the Fringe. A must-watch, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ Jo Caulfield is scathing of shows with themes, and people in new relationships, and men’s fashion and just about everything else.  The title of her show, Bad Mood Rising, is apt. She wears a bright…

Ten Thousand Hours, performed by the Australian acrobatic troupe, Gravity and Other Myths, is the most extraordinary thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ It’s not just the apparent ease of the feats (and somehow these performers do make it look easy), but also the choreographed falls, faults, stumbles.  A…

I saw Alasdair Beckett-King at the Fringe in 2022 with his Nevermore show and it was one of the highlights of that year’s Edinburgh festival for me. This year he’s back, and on top form, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★★ I am surprised that Beckett-King is not more of a household name by now – apparently…