User:Mortice/Fringe2018
Thursday 16th (got to hotel about 3pm) to Sunday 19th (left hotel 11am).
I saw:
- 5 Standup
- 5 Multi Standup
- 4 Sketch
- 3 Play
- 2 Cabaret
- 2 Storytelling
- 2 Other
The rating (1 to 7) is not the quality of act but the quality compared to my expectation (since for many I know what to expect), so 4 is 'as expected', which in most cases is fairly entertaining (expectation higher for famous acts).
| Day | Title | Style | Price | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THURSDAY | |||||
| Flo and Joan: Alive on Stage | Cabaret | £11 | 4**** | ||
| Clay Nikiforuk: Fun to Be Around | Storytelling | £7 | 3*** | Interesting detailed but scatty organisation | |
| Matt Forde: Brexit Through the Gift Shop | Standup | £12 | 4**** | ||
| Hot Gay Time Machine | Cabaret | £10 | 6****** | Creative story telling, standing ovation | |
| Oleg Denisov: Doublethink | Standup | £5 | 4**** | Interesting insights from a Russian in UK | |
| Diamond Comedy Club | Multi Standup | Free | 2** | Canadians, mostly drunk idiots | |
| FRIDAY | |||||
| The Delightful Sausage: Regeneration Game | Sketch | £5 | 5***** | Creative sketch, lots of ideas | |
| The EU Inspector | Play | £7 | 4**** | 11 people in the cast! | |
| Rory Bremner and Jan Ravens | Multi Standup | £20 | 4**** | ||
| Kids Play | Play | £9 | 5***** | ||
| Hot Mess: Bezzie Mates | Sketch | £6 | 3*** | Nothing outstanding. Recurrent sketch involving alien in a box | |
| Bristol Revunions Present: Paraguay | Sketch | £9.50 | 4**** | ||
| Gloria Hole Presents: The Clinic | ? | £7 | 4**** | Weird format, problems from audience discussed by guests | |
| Late Night Comedy Death Camp | Multi Standup | Free | 3*** | ||
| SATURDAY | |||||
| Lou Sanders: Shame Pig | Standup | £5 | 5***** | Well put together, 110 in audience including Nish Kumar | |
| Croft & Pearce: Double Take | Sketch | £11 | 3*** | Entertaining more than funny | |
| Pickle Jar | Play | £11 | 5***** | Drama with Maddie Rice of zazu | |
| Dana Alexander: Shady With a Chance of Sunburn | Standup | Free | 2** | Shouty and not interested in audience | |
| Luisa Omielan: Politics for Bitches | Standup | £15 | 4**** | Much about the death of her mother | |
| Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre | ? | £12.50 | 4**** | ||
| Not My Audience! The Stand-Up Showcase | Multi Standup | Free | 3*** | Standups joking about random topics | |
| Comedy Queers | Multi Standup | Free | 3*** | Tiny room, one comic read poetry | |
| SUNDAY | |||||
| 3000 Trees: The Death of Mr William MacRae | Storytelling | £10 | 2** | Too historical, walked out |