Articles by Tony Challis

Edinburgh Tonight With Joe Simmons

This was the grand opening of a new show which will happen regularly through this years Fringe, hosted by Joe Simmons at Symposium Hall.

Shappi Khorsandi: The Moon on a Stick

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2010

There were some brilliant one-liners in this show, and Im tending to think that this is what Shappi Khorsandi really does best.

Man Who Fell Out of Bed

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2010

Mr Price (Scott Baxter) has had a very significant role in an election or so it would seem.

Dream of Sancho

Don Quixote has forgotten his role and nature.

Scott Agnew: Pride (In The Name of Love)

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
26th Aug, 2010

Scott Agnew is a really nice guy who has a strong stage presence and has some very good lines.

Little Black B**tard

Noel Tovey is a legend.

Connection Failed

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
24th Aug, 2010

This is the first production that this Welsh group has brought to Edinburgh, and is the third play by its writer.

The Retreat

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2010

Nick takes his girlfriend Flora off for a quiet rural weekend.

Joe Power - The Man Who Sees Dead People

Review
★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2010

Here was the biggest audience yet.

Cage

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2010

This show was written by and stars Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, as Jack, the central character who has been jilted by his fiancée immediately before their marriage some months back.

Rap Guide to Human Nature

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2010

Here is a extremely entertaining show that conveys more scientific and theoretical information than any other show I have seen.

Jack the Knife

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
27th Aug, 2010

Jack Klaff was outside chatting to audience members for some time before the show, and shook our hands as we entered.

6766

Review
★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2010

This is the first outing for a young company.

Rapconteur

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2010

Baba Brinkman is famed for his Rap Canterbury Tales and later shows such as the Rap Guide to Evolution.

Importance of Being Earnest

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2010

This is a very traditional production, but none the worse for that.

Porgy and Bess

This is probably the most stunning and gorgeous show I have ever seen in Edinburgh.

Poem Without a Hero

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2010

Holly Strickland performs the poem by Anna Akhmatova, translated by D M Thomas, with extra verses translated for this performance.

Homo Asbo

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2010

Richard Fry is here a tough guy who is both gay and a terror! But hes such a nice guy you do have to make an effort to see that.

Tony Tanner's Charlatan

Review
★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2010

Tony Tanner is a man with an illustrious theatrical history, who amongst other things received two ‘Tony’ nominations for his work on Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Paul Sinha: 'Extreme Anti-White Vitriol'

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2010

Paul Sinha has yet to really breakout, although hes been building a solid stand-up foundation over the years at the Fringe.

Head of the Fork

Review
★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2010

Two very young guys share a house.

Stripped

Review
★★★★
Tony Challis
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2010

A kaleidoscope of absorbing characters are created by one actor in this play, written and performed by Hannah Chalmers and directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair.