MONKEY BARREL

by Kat Mokrynski - September 29, 2024

Amy Matthews: Commute with the Foxes begins with a surprising topic for a comedy show - conspiracy theories. And the one Matthews chooses to focus on isn’t one of your typical theories. Instead, she tells us about her belief that Francis Bourgeois, a viral trainspotter, is a government plant....

by Kat Mokrynski - September 29, 2024

While living in New York, I was first introduced to comedy shows through 2/3rds of A Threesome (and Friends). The show is hosted by AJ Holmes and Caitlin Cook, two singer-songwriters who created the duo known as 2/3rds of A Threesome. Holmes and Cook have brought along their “friends,” fellow comedi...

by Kat Mokrynski - September 04, 2024

Larry Dean: Dodger begins with Dean joking about what he thinks will be the first thing that people notice about him - his appearance. The audience is introduced to one of the central characters in his story, his nan, with her description of Dean, saying that he looks “left-handed.”...

by Kat Mokrynski - September 03, 2024

As you are taking your seats for Eleanor Morton: Haunted House, you are greeted by a spooky voice, reminiscent of Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction. Some of the disembodied voice’s comments include “There’s something watching you from the darkness . . .” and “Many a tech has gone mad down here,” s...

by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2024

Alex Kealy: The Fear begins with Kealy talking about politics, discussing not only the low bar that has been set for the Labour government but also his concerns about the American election, having a conversation with an audience member about Trump’s chances of winning this year’s presidential electi...

by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2024

Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking? has quite a simple concept - Laws is putting all of his cards on the table, both figuratively and literally. There is a pile of cards on the table next to Laws and he is ready to share them with the audience, telling us about his life using comedy and storytelling....

by Blair Ingenthron - August 25, 2024

The Skinny and Fest, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland have announce the winners of the third and last round of the weekly new Festival Awards, The Besties....

by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2024

A round-up of BroadwayWorld's Edfringe reviews from 2024....

by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 07, 2024

BroadwayWorld catches up with Rachel Fairburn at the Fringe to chat about her new character show Side Eye....

by Blair Ingenthron - August 04, 2024

Fresh from his critically acclaimed debut hour, Tim Reeves brings a show of surreal, anxious Calpol-fuelled flights of fancy about limescale, bees and a Fish Cake. Performances run 4-25 August at 11.00pm at PBH @ Hot Toddy....