Articles by Catherine Bryer

John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing

In the bowels of The Jazz Bar, John Hunt perches on his stool clutching a guitar, his ageless face cast in red shadows.

Absolute Improv!

Comedy troupe To Be Continued.

Give Me a Tune

Along a cobbled alley, in a candlelit attic, it’s easy to forget the thronging crowds in the centre of Edinburgh just outside.

Light Relief

Review
★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

Geoff Cotton presents and stars in a two-person sketch show involving comedy songs and impressions.

The Shambles

Review
★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

Improv shows are very difficult to do well, so kudos to York’s improv group The Shambles for making a gutsy attempt.

Kev Orkian in Concert - The World's Favourite Foreigner

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2012

Kev Orkian of Britain’s Got Talent! fame has toured the world and performed for royalty.

Piaf - the Songs

French singer, Eve Loiseau, presents the life and music of Edith Piaf in this show.

Luke Benson - Backseat Hero

Hilarious and original, Luke Benson presents a highly polished routine complete with sound effects and little dances.

How the World Wags

Review
★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2012

Croydon’s amateur dramatics club brings to the Fringe a perfectly nice but mediocre sketch show.

My Elevator Days

The phrase ‘Finnish one-man play’ may not sound gripping, but ten seconds into the performance the audience is utterly absorbed in this moving and honest drama.

Magpie and Stump in Lolitary Confinement

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2012

The comedy club of Trinity College Cambridge consists of a stuffed bird (Magpie) and a handful of aspiring stand-up comedians.

Once in a House on Fire

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2012

From Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre comes a drama set in 1970s-80s Manchester.

Moonlight Serenade Octet Singing and Swinging

The songs of Glen Miller and Frank Sinatra are brought back to life by the brilliant big band Moonlight Serenade.

Sean Hughes Stands Up

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

There’s nothing like brutal honesty to kill a festival mood and the atmosphere thickened with Sean Hughes’ dark cynicism.

Karma Comedian - Stella Graham - Free

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2012

Stella Graham’s routine is fun and original: she recounts amusing anecdotes of good and bad things she has done and the audience have to decide if she should go to heaven or hell.

Big Sean, Mikey and Me

Packed into a crowded, stuffy room in the turrets of Teviot, Ruaraidh Murray gives a schizophrenic performance in a production that’s somewhere between a play and stand-up comedy.

Eric Davidson - The Only Way is Eric's

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Eric Davidson is like a showman from a bygone era, blinking behind his thick-rimmed glasses like a cynical Ronnie Corbett.

Ali McGregor's Alchemy

Fans of the film ‘Cabaret’ and 80’s cheese will enjoy this show: a jazz and blues mash-up of 80’s and 90’s hits.

Cirque du Charlie Chuck

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2012

There is something vaguely terrifying about Charlie Chuck, real name David Kear.

Michael Mittermeier: A German on Safari

Review
★★★
Catherine Bryer
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

German comedian Michael Mittermeier makes his début at the Fringe with a sell-out show, packed into an unfairly tiny venue.

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