Fringe

If I were to accidentally take a mind altering illegal substance and then slip down a bottle of vodka I suspect the world would look a lot like the Little Death Club. This show is set in a Berlin night club in the early 1940s and hosted most wonderfully by the-in-your face Bernie Dieter. She…

If you think you know what good cabaret is I suggest you join Reuben Kaye to see what outstanding cabaret is all about. His voice booms, his wit is electric and to the delight of the audience it can be aimed at a fellow member, those front row seats are for the cult followers of…

Do not be late for this lecture – The Professor is a study in the beautiful use of language, written by Brian Parks, and throughout it is witty, clever and informative. To just read the script would be enough, but to have it so wonderfully acted by the enormously talented David Calvitto is a double…

We all know how overwhelming it can be looking for a Fringe show that ticks all the right boxes. Thankfully though, there’s one failsafe way of testing how much you’ll enjoy this one. Reading the lyrics, ‘So no one told you life was gonna be this way’, what’s your immediate reaction? If it’s anything other…

I write this as a person with some, but limited knowledge of opera. I was in a minority in the audience for Ciara Harvey, but the opera educated knew what they were after and they got it too. From my perspective we were in the presence of a very talented singer – her beautiful voice…

Before the End is a quirky show, telling the story of Michel Graindorge, a Belgian human rights lawyer. The story is not just about him but his relationship with his daughter, the performer of the show, Catherine Graindorge. She links her life with him using a mixture of video, violin playing and narrative. The show…