Dan Tiernan returns with a high-energy confessional about his quest for self-improvement, delivering cringe-inducing truths and unapologetic humour.
Review: Biscuit Barrel – The 69-Sketch Show, Fringe 2025
Decked out in their iconic biscuit heads, a talented comedy team present a fast-paced show featuring 69 distinct sketches of varying lengths and styles.
Review: Well Behaved Women, Fringe 2025
Well Behaved Women is a triumph. It expertly balances laugh-out-loud farce with a powerful, timely message about the joy and strength of female friendship.
Radar: Unspoken, Yet Heard – A Story of Theatre, Love, and the Unseen
Unspoken, Yet Heard is a free event designed specifically for children and young people with additional support needs and their families, enabling them to be part of the Fringe.
Review: Nüshu – Written for Her, on Her, by Her (Fringe 2025)
Guest reviewer Liwei Teng went along to C aquila (Temple – C Arts) to see this poetic, multi-sensory ritual that honours lost women’s voices.
Review: Paratroopers, Fringe 2025
In the murky world of internal party politics, how does a candidate get selected to run for Parliament? Paratroopers is a sharp, timely two-hander that dives headfirst into the grubby reality of the Labour Party’s selection process.
Review: Best of Burton, Fringe 2025
Birdy and Girdy made it back to Gilded Balloon @ Appleton Tower to see Best of Burton – something they’d both been looking forward to! Birdy reviews.
Review: Consumed, Fringe 2025
Essential viewing at the Fringe, Consumed is a 5-star powerhouse. Set around a tense family gathering in Northern Ireland, this gripping drama features a quartet of actresses at the top of their game, unearthing devastating family secrets with nuance and ferocious power. It is an utterly bewitching and profoundly affecting theatrical triumph.