Articles by Mathew Tansini

The Essential Tom Stade: 12 Nights Only!

Tom Stade calls his show The Essential as it contains topics and themes that he believes are international and integral to many different cultures and lifestyles, thus maximising i…

Peatbog Faeries

Review
★★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2013

The Peatbog Faeries don’t really look like rock stars, or what you might call the traditional larger-than-life performer.

Billy Jones: Roots 66

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2013

Looking for stagecraft and charisma is an odd part of reviewing a music show.

Fèis Rois and Friends

Feis Rois and Friends is a show by Feis Rois, an organisation which promotes traditional celtic and Scottish folk music.

Rock and Dole

Review
★★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Rock and Dole is Sam Avery’s story of how his band dBh (dirty Blue hooks) went from humble beginnings with their mums backstage at their first gig to touring Europe and even open…

Crunch the News

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

Crunch the News is a panel show in the vein of shows such as Radio 4’s News Quiz and Have I Got News For You.

Bruce Fummey - Gaelic in the Afternoon

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2013

Bruce Fummey’s show is a chronicle of his learning the native language of Scotland.

Marcus Brigstocke presents Unavailable for Comment

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

Unavailable for Comment, hosted by Marcus Brigstocke, is a news-based quiz and sketch show.

Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year

Review
★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Character comedy is slowly but surely leeching into stand-up.

Steve Bugeja Tries Hard

Steve Bugeja is certainly trying hard.

Geoff Norcott Occasionally Sells Out

Review
★★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Tired of playing soulless corporate gigs and run-of-the-mill crowd pleasers at the weekend, Geoff Norcott is taking the plunge with this show, his first where he talks about what h…

Moving Family

Moving Family is a play written by Paul Charlton, the Geordie from The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek.

Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

I was so ready to tear this show down.

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- Live

Sketch is arguably one of comedy’s hardest forms, requiring an individual to have the abilities of a writer, actor, comedian, director, and critic, all at the same time.

Lior

When Lior Attar comes on stage, he doesn’t look like much - a guy in skinny jeans with a beard and a guitar and let’s be honest, there’s lots of those about.

Worbey and Farrell: Deviations On the Piano

The venue Worbey and Farrell play in looks like it is reserved for an austere classical performance, with the solemn black piano dominating the stage.

Jeff Mirza: Meet Abu Hamsta and Paki Bashir-From Allah with Love

Review
★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

When you get more laughs from riffing off your audience in the first five minutes then you do for the whole rest of your show, you know something’s wrong.

The Surrender

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

The Surrender is a play about sex.

Michael Che: Cartoon Violence

Review
★★★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
3rd Aug, 2013

Michael Che’s show Cartoon Violence offers a little fresh perspective on current issues such as racism, bullying, sex, and the recession.

Neil Hickey: Escape Artist

Review
★
Mathew Tansini
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

They say that comedy is all about the delivery and no-one proves this more than Neil Hickey, whose show is a prime example of one that could be perfectly competent, but which is re…

Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian

Nish Kumar is in the throes of an identity crisis, only in this instance it is other people being confused about him, rather than him about himself.

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