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The Rove
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- London Fringe
- Battersea Arts Centre
- 9th Mar, 2015
Stories have always been at the heart of cultural inheritance – the myths we pass on about self, family and nation – and today is no different.
Game
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- London Fringe
- Almeida Theatre
- 9th Mar, 2015
The rising trend in ‘poverty porn’ suggests that there’s money in laughing at, scorning at and ultimately punishing the socially and economically deprived.
A Taste of Honey
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- London Fringe
- National Theatre
- 4th Apr, 2014
It was 1958 that saw Sharagh Delaney’s first play hit the stage, and it isn’t hard to imagine how totally stupefied the contemporary audience must have been.
Faustus and the Snakes
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
This revision of Marlowe’s classic Doctor Faustus draws on the timeless story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.
A Midwife Crisis
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 21st Aug, 2013
The NHS: you just don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Power Games
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
Power Games pays homage to the classic notion of the Fatal Flaw in its depiction of a banker’s fall from grace.
Theo Gibson
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
What happened to rock n’ roll? What happened to ruddy passion? Theo Gibson is a perfect example of a new age of Sheeran-sheeps who sing – and rap, we can’t miss that out – …
Invisible People Journeys
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
3rdThought, the renowned over-65’s theatre company, have bestowed upon the public an utterly charming new idea that revolves around personalised one-to-one performances.
Dan & Dan Live: The First Sign of Madness
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy.
Paul F Taylor Presents The Greatest Show In The World Ever
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Paul F Taylor is like a puppy: he has very fluffy hair, oodles of energy and even when he slips up, we still like him.
Sandi Toksvig My Valentine
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
As Toksvig scurries excitedly on stage, she triumphantly proclaims that she is returning to Edinburgh after over thirty years since her first Fringe Festival.
Am I
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Geared towards raising awareness of human rights violations, Am I is most effective in its ability to turn its question back on the audience: who are we, and what part do we have t…
American Gun Show
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Chris Harcum is loud, brash, theatrical and oh so American.
How to be a Modern Marvel®
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
Tupperware: it’s robust, it’s light, it seals, it’s stylish and it’s modern.
Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
This refreshing re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello sees the handkerchief drama played out from a female perspective, a comedic take on the tragedy that we’re used to.
Verb Garden: The Decent Chat Show
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
The premise behind the Decent Chat Show is a good one, but unfortunately what I experienced didn’t even come close.
Stupid Hair and Skinny Jeans - Ryan McDonnell
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Ryan McDonnell has never quite fitted in.
Upstairs Downton
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
When people say that period dramas aren’t their thing, I just don’t believe them.
Marcus Brigstocke: 'Je m'accuse - I am Marcus'
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
If you want to know how it came to be that Marcus Brigstocke became a part-time podium dancer while also working on an oil rig in Scotland, this show is definitely for you.
Keith Farnan: Fear Itself
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 23rd Aug, 2013
Keith Farnan’s appeal is that he is both a loveable Irish rogue and an acerbic politico.
Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
Once a week during the Fringe, Blackwell’s is hosting evenings dedicated to celebrating Scotland’s rich literary scene.
Mixed Doubles
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Facebook culture is without a doubt the comedic subject du jour and, admittedly, I have begun to grow tired of seeing mimes of the ‘like’ function three times a day during this…
Laughter On the Outskirts - Free
- Review
- ★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Every twenty years or so, comedy re-vamps itself.
It's Me Dayne
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
It’s Me Dayne is thoroughly awkward, cringe-worthy and even gob-smacking, but boy, is it funny.
Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 17th Aug, 2013
In his new Fringe show, Stephen Carlin sheds light on a unique problem that comes out of gambling addiction; while most addicts can feasibly avoid their choice drug for evermore, g…
Dressing Down
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
If you ever forget why it is that everyone has heard of the Cambridge Footlights, Dressing Down will remind you.
The Play That Goes Wrong
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Emma Banks
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
The Play That Goes Wrong is an impeccably glorious spoof of such amateur disasters, that centres upon Cornley Polytechnic’s production of ‘Murder at Haversham Manor’ as it de…
The Light Princess
- Review
- ★★★★
- Emma Banks
- London Fringe
- 11th Feb, 2014
Is that a bird? A plane? No, it’s Rosalie Craig, and what a soaring, magical flight hers is.
Blurred Lines
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Emma Banks
- London Fringe
- 20th Jan, 2014
Blurred Lines is a cutting reference to Robin Thicke’s chart-topping hit that had us all grimly singing along to ‘you know you want it’.
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