Jack Whitehall returns to the Fringe with a second helping of relentlessly funny anecdotes. Focusing on the mistakes we all make as we grow up, of which Whitehall appears to have made plenty, I spent most of the hour laughing at just how many I could identify with.
Who is he? One third of The Penny Dreadfuls, whose mirth-filled Victorian melodramas have long been a hit on both the Fringe and Radio 4. 
Awash with identikit comedians, you can often leave Fringe stand-ups feeling a numbing sense of déjà vu. That is, of course, unless you have had the experience of sitting in the audience of Tony Law’s new show, Go Mr Tony Go! Expectant of an audience well-versed in the tropes of stand-up, Tony makes it his mission to turn every expectation on its heads, in a fabulously Mad-Hatter-and-the-March-Hare-like way. 
Rugged up in his duffle coat, Danny is keen to share that “I done a show all about travel and places” whilst pointing to his green felt-tipped map of Britain. From the word ‘go,’ you’ll want him to be as funny as he is disarmingly endearing. Although he may be offended at the comparison to Paddington Bear, the appeal and wish to protect him is there. Thankfully Danny’s is a presentation which, every now and again, passes you a little pearl of wit. Latest Reviews
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In the dance village of Nrityagram, students live solely to dance. It is therefore a great privilege to be able to see this community, who practice from dawn to dusk to achieve perfection, in the flesh, and in our fair city.| 01 September 2011
Difficult, unsparing, almost deliberately oblique, Drought and Rain delivers an hour and some of music and dance theatre that feels at least double that. As an exploration of the Vietnam War through the eyes of people that lived through it, it is undoubtedly flawed, failing to find much tension or even emotional connection to the conflict. However, it is not without its shining moments.
| 27 August 2011
Mud, mud, glorious mud,Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!
So follow me, follow-
If you are already singing heartily along, then this hour of Flanders and Swann songs will be right up your street. Cobbled together by multi-award-winning comedian Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 ‘Showstopper!’ star Duncan Walsh Atkins this hour of legendary songs is good, old-fashioned fun for everyone.
| 27 August 2011
In the crush of the London Underground carriages, lives intersect like the lines that thread beneath the city. One Under masterfully brings to the forefront the thoughts that capture our imaginations as we sit solemnly waiting for our stops in a subtly and deftly told piece of drama.
Engulfed by the hubbub of the Pleasance Courtyard, for an hour Invisible Show II makes you privy to the secret lives of those embedded in the milling crowds, with a set of headphones and your keen eyes your only guides.
I had the pleasure of seeing a multi-culturally-inspired a cappella group called Voices last night in an underrated show at New Town Theatre.
Crowded into the HMV Picture House, excitement hung heavy in the air. The night was kicked off by the energetic Woodenbox with a Fistfull of Fivers, whose upbeat folk accentuated by an incredible horn section managed the often difficult task of grabbing and keeping the attention of an audience waiting for the main act: Gomez.
