Review: Strong Arm, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars At 14, Roland Poland – Roly-Poly to his classmates – weighed 20 stone. Not these days he doesn’t. Not after a first...

Review: Chapel Street, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars Insecurity rules, OK? Joe and Kirsty might look down their noses at a world full of “mingers” and dickheads, but be...

Review: Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice sets its audience a puzzle. It is a triptych of short, almost entirely distinct ...

Edinburgh Round Up: All That Is Wrong; Mess; NOLA; Coalition

Written for the New Statesman In Edinburgh, the how can sometimes overshadow the what. Fringe audiences are won over by artistry, more than ...

Review: One Hour Only, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars Do you have to fake it to make in Britain today? That’s one conclusion to be taken from Sabrina Mahfouz’s savvy and...

Review: The Prize, Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for The List Gold and silver are mere split seconds apart. Hair’s breadths. There’s just as little between Olympians and Paralympian...

Review: You Once Said Yes, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars There’s just about the spoonful of sugar in You Once Said Yes to help its bitter medicine go down. It is essential...

Review: John Peel's Shed, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars In 2002, John Osbourne won a competition. His tagline summing up John Peel’s Radio One show – “Records you want to ...

Review: The World Holds Everyone Apart, Apart From Us, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe

Written for Culture Wars Just when you think it’s safe to disregard Stuart Bowden’s cutesy comic book storytelling, it creeps up and kicks y...