Chris Mackrell

★★★★Underbelly Bristo Sq | 17:15 | £12.50/10.50 |Ian Smith has been a busy guy, he’s spent the run up to the 2018 festival folding hundreds of origami cranes. As much as ‘Craft’ is centred around origami (and some interesting facts around it that I never knew) Ian is full of great anecdotes and stories, all as in previous years with the assistance of a multimedia projection behind him. The projection often […]

★★★★★Pleasance Courtyard | 21:30 | £9/8 | You can’t walk too far in Edinburgh without tripping over someone flyering for a sketch troop at the Fringe, but which one should you to? Let me save you some searching and point you in the direction of Moon. The Northern Duo pick up the pace and get the audience laughing from the off, accompanied by the kind of music I would expect behind a […]

★★★Underbelly Cowgate | £10.509.50 | 17:30 I know it’s difficult, but imagine a world where Hollywood is full of nothing but creepy men. That is the world you are drawn into if you visit Graham Dickson’s solo show at Underbelly. ‘Timber’ is framed as a Netflix documentary, looking back at 2018 to find out why all the women left LA to escape the monsters inhabiting the city. Dickson expertly switches characters to […]

Picasso’s Women features a series of monologues and confessionals performed by three of the most influential women in the early life of seminal 20 th Century artistic genius, Picasso. We sat down with Colette Redgrave who play's Olga, Picasso’s first wife to chat about bringing the show to Edinburgh. Picasso’s Women will be performed from Monday 13 – Monday 20th Wednesday 22nd – Sunday 26 August, 19.00 at Fruitmarket Gallery for tickets and more information […]

★★★★Pleasance, Courtyard | £98 | 16:45 Owen Roberts is a brave (or desperate) man letting a six year old write his show. You read correctly, Owens show has been written by his partners 6 year old daughter Isabella. As you’re walking in it’s a hand chosen Disney mix that greats your ears in the Pleasance venue, that’s the first indication that you’re in a child’s version of a standup show. Owens ‘grand […]

★★★★Gilded Balloon, Teviot | £1110 | 20:00  Have you ever been tempted to take a home dna test? Find out your biological make up? Jarred Christmas has, and what he discovered surprised him. He’s Remarkably Average. His results have lead him to question his own backstory and the way he views himself.  He takes the audience through the results of the test while bouncing ideas off them and regaling with stories from […]

★★★★Pleasance, Courtyard | £15.5014.50 | 13:30  I used to say that physical theatre wasn’t really my thing. However, over the last few years several Fringe performers have won me over. I can definitely include German company Familie Flöz on that list.  As you walk into ‘Infantia’ the show has already begun as a silhouette scene is playing out in the background of the set. These silhouettes as it turns out act as […]

★★★★★Pleasance Courtyard| £109 | 21:45 Have you ever written on a banana with a ballpoint pen? If not then you’re in for a treat if you visit Chris Turner at The Pleasance Courtyard. Chris greats the audience as they come in, a nice touch that set everyone at ease as they come in (plus it gives us time to write something witty on a banana) His set ranges from his views on […]