Articles by Justin McCarthy

Trash Cuisine

Banned from performing in their own country by command of Europe’s last dictator, Belarus Free Theatre delivers a post-modernist and overtly political production.

Thpethial

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2013

Women’s Award Winner Ria Lina returns to Edinburgh Fringe with a funny, endearing and eye-opening performance.

All the King's Men - Knight Fever!

A capella group All the King’s Men return to the Fringe for their fourth consecutive year with Knight Fever! It is a professional, well presented and well executed performance, t…

Measure for Measure

Review
★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

Shakespeare is arguably the most popular and critically acclaimed playwright the English language has ever seen.

Absolute Improv!

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
3rd Aug, 2013

Short-form improvisational comedy is a dangerous game.

The Stand Late Show

This is late night comedy at its finest.

Timeline

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Instagram, the list goes on.

Martin Mor - How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death?

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

An entertaining yet highly prurient act, Martin Mor’s How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death? offers a reinvigorated, revitalised and thoroughly welcome attitude towards…

Luke and Harry's Journey to Sex Colony 01

Review
★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Simply the most bizarre show you will ever have the unfortunate and detrimental privilege to watch.

The King and Queen of the Universe

A poignant adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s tale, The King and Queen of the Universe, produced by Slippers and Rum, tells a story of adulation and bereavement set in the depths of t…

Abigoliah Schamaun: Subtle

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
25th Aug, 2013

Abigoliah Schamaun returns to Edinburgh Fringe for yet another year of aggressive, highly inappropriate and slightly bizarre comedy.

John Williams: My Son's Not Rainman

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

John Williams isn’t just a comedian.

Paul McCaffrey: Name in Lights

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
29th Aug, 2013

Witty, full of puns, and anything but uninteresting, Name in Lights is a free-flowing performance that bears an aura of genuineness.

Bad Bread: Glove Contractually

A first-class, provocative sketch comedy performed by the trio Bad Bread, full of amusing anecdotes, Glove Contractually kicked off with the Proclaimers’ ‘500 Miles’.

Pat Cahill: Start

Review
★★★
Justin McCarthy
Edinburgh Fringe
4th Aug, 2013

This show is a lightning-paced stand-up comedy performed in the attic of Pleasance Courtyard.

The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

Three hundred plus years of anecdotes and tales of Scotland’s greatest essayists, novelists and poets, an informative and entertaining evening exploring the streets and pubs of E…

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