The Presentation by Roger Goldsmith is based on the authors personal experience, where he lost his job when he stammered during a presentation. Single Dad Tom Lancaster, played by Paul Andrew Golds…

What The Animals Say is the current play being performed at The Finborough Theatre in West Brompton. A Fringe venue known for championing new and thought-provoking work. This production does not fa…

The book Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo has been adapted and directed by Simon Reade to bring this story set during World War I to the stage. Benjamin Cain delivers a powerful performance in …

Long term manager of The Hen and Chickens pub theatre in Highbury and Islington, Mark Lyminster, brings his solo show to life with a chilling variety of cafe customers who all share one thing in co…

Starting off the evening of comedy was Ed Patrick’s supporting comedian Chelsea Birkby, who was very engaging and spends time trying to gauge the dynamics of the audience. I hadn’t come…

Dark and utterly mesmerising, Lovett, currently showing at The Bridewell Theatre, is a compelling one-woman exploration of the woman behind one of Victorian literature’s most infamous characte…

The Last Ship, the musical by Sting, tells the story of a tight-knit shipbuilding community in Wallsend, a town in the North East of England that’s facing closure by the government, with one …

The Last Ship, a musical by Sting, explores the decline of shipbuilding in the 1980s while highlighting themes of pride and community. Sting portrays Jackie White, a shipyard foreman, alongside charac...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time staged adaptation is based on the novel by Mark Haddon and has been adapted by Simon Stephens. This staged version has switched the lead role of Ch…

Stepping Out was written by Richard Harris and premiered in 1984 at the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead, and later that year was released in the West End, London, and ran for three years. I first sa…

Paulus The Cabaret Geek presents his new show, What Wood Victoria Do?, directed by Sarah-Louise Young, exploring the themes of friendship and loss through music from The Victoria Wood Songbook. Openin...

The Haunting of Hill House, based on the novel by Shirley Jackson, is a new staged production of this intense thriller. Exactly what is hiding in the shadows of this stunning house. Can a family tr…

The Other Side of Murder written by Torben Betts is the new-comedy thriller based upon medium Darius Divine (host of The Other Side), a television show about to make a come back and relaunching his…

Who doesn’t enjoy a “Who Dunnit,” especially from the pen of Agatha Christie. The Mill at Sonning is currently hosting The Mirror Crack’d starring Liza Goddard as the fictio…

Showing at the newly renamed Lower Marsh Arts Club (formerly The Glitch), Arden Fitzroy presents a solo show inspired by the film Conclave. Over 60 minutes, we follow Cardinal Cvntvs, fictional Dea…

That’s why Mums Go to Switzerland is written and performed by Bonnie Oddie, who is a charming and honest narrator. Life with two teenage daughters, a partner, and a mother whose a force to be…

RADIO WOKING  SUNDAY 9TH AUGUST At the Panto Launch at Woking Theatre I spoke to Elaine Chapman who is a judge at the National Pantomime Awards.

Although the Edinburgh Fringe finished last weekend, some of the productions have venues booked beyond it. Oil and Whiskey is one of them. The story is set around Zelda (Juliet Perel) and Teddy (Co…

Tam Williams’ revival of Noël Coward’s Still Life, fresh from the Mill at Sonning, pulls into Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a brief London stop, and it’s a delightfully immersive one. The Grand Salo…

A haunting, thought-provoking, and brilliantly performed new play about identity, the secrets we hide, and the truths waiting to be uncovered. I was lucky enough to catch Aquila Youth Theatre’s Nig…

The flamboyant Irish man Oscar Wilde is one the most well renowned playwrights of his generation. His sexuality and time in “Reading Gaol” are well documented, along with many of popula…

Dinosaurs wasn’t quite what I was expecting.  I expected comedy and dinosaur’s antics of some description, although not sure what. Especially as the costume worn by Mandy Rubeli playing…

Baby Brain introduces the audience to Cass played by Kimberly Nixon. She is currently in a mother and parent unit in the hospital. She has a newborn baby and postpartum psychosis which can come on …

What can stand between a mother and her child? And more importantly, what should? These questions and many more regarding power and love resonate throughout this drama directed and written by Oisín…

The Arcola Theatre rounds off the 19th season of Grimeborn with Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, one of the composer’s most celebrated operas. In this intimate new production from New Trinity Baro…

The timing of the Edinburgh weather on the day I reviewed Prophets was perfectly timed. It’s set on a small fictional South Pacific island and exposed to the elements. As the weather setting …

Jamie Leonard returned to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with his storyline based show Blink of an Eye, which was part of the Just the Tonic free Fringe during August this year. The eighteen year o…

This year, I have seen some very good Edinburgh Fringe productions. However, I hadn’t seen that “one” that sticks out, and you remember long after the Fringe has disappeared into …

Solo play about the plainer, non- famous sister, Helena (Michelle Cohn) of supermodel sisters Gigi and Bella. The media is all over the family at the moment due to the models both falling down a fl…

Little Angel Theatre concludes its Children’s Puppet Festival with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; a production created through its heritage marionette project. The project aims to remove marionett…

Seoeun Oh and Q Lee’s You & It arrives at the King’s Head Theatre with an intriguing premise: in a near-future world where AI and humans coexist, can technology recreate someone we ha…

Stephen Smith brings two new Edgar Allan Poe stories to the Edinburgh Fringe 2026. Although I can guarantee that this will not be there, only outings on the stage will be tweaked along the way. Smi…

The wonderful charm of the Edinburgh Fringe is that you will find the rare gems nestled in venues, and you find them when you least expect it. Meteors is performed in the “Former Ladies Locke…

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life by Keith Alessi. The title is fairly self-explanatory, although the journey he has taken to get to where he is today is captivating and inspiratio…

Eileen(Juliette Imbert) is the least suspecting person you would imagine to have intrusive thoughts about killing people! The play also features Kate Woodman as Mary and Imogen Whelan as Toni, who …

You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) at Summerhall Arts is a touching story about Keron (Keron Day), a disabled man who needs another full-time personal assistant after his latest one quit, and Dani…

Tamsin Shasha has bought her solo show to Summerhall Arts this year at the Edinburgh Fringe. The performance combines pole work, singing, dramatic and comic acting, and storytelling in a chaotic ma…

Dreaming of Max by Jackie Kleefield Cohn, a solo sailing holiday in Guadeloupe, leaves a lasting memory for Jackie after meeting her beguiling sailing instructor, Max. Once she leaves Guadeloupe, s…

Callum Patrick Hughes brings a different style of storytelling to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. He has moved away from his stories about family and personal struggles, which has earned him an acc…

The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey! By Harry ElletsonMalcolm and Angéle Galea’s is described as a broken fairy tale that is exploring grief and loss through the metaphor of the land of broken toys. Jos…

Plays about grief and loss are very popular across the Edinburgh Fringe most years. It’s a way for creatives to share their experiences for many different reasons. I think for many, it is part of t…

Stacie Burrows had on the surface an incredibly privileged and luxurious lifestyle. Living in a huge house with marble floors in an exclusive area in America where her Mom went shopping with their …

What happens to a child whose born into the world of uncertainty and spends a lot of their time searching for their father? For a start, they ask every man who knocks on the family door and questio…

Dear Cathy begins with one woman (Amelia Sweetland) apologising for her absence in what we presume is either a close friend or family’s life, called Cathy. If this relationship is confirmed, …

The Bob Ross Effect debuted this year at the Edinburgh Fringe. It is the latest production by Sarah-Louise Young, who uses the famous American artist and art instructor Bob Ross as the basis f…

Boys Don’t Dance is exactly the kind of joyous show you hope to find at a festival. Marc Brew adapts his own story for young audiences, blending dance, BMX, and wheelchair choreography into a slick…

Max Fulham performed his debut show at the Edinburgh Fringe last year and was hugely popular, performing to sold-out audiences. This year, the talented 26 year old ventriloquist has bought two show…

Welcome to The Jungle, the pub at the heart of The Choir of Man. It is a familiar setting: an old-school boozer complete with sticky floors, battered furniture, an upright piano and, naturally, a w…

101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians) created by Leslie Gold. Three other comedians from across the Edinburgh Fringe take their seats on the panel to decide with the help of Gold, which rules…