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It’s finally happened. I failed to stick to my odds and sods schedule. I decided I wasn’t going to do an odds and sods for October because there was barely anything to report. But after November came and went, my day job went crazy whilst...


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Another year, another end-of-year roundup. When the aim of your reviews is to encourage people to see stuff you like, it’s tempting to overplay the good bits and downplay the weak bits. But this is the one place where this does not apply. All the plays I saw in 2025 are now competing with each other.

Usual caveats apply: this is a bit of fun, not an authoritative ve...


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And now, an embarrassingly late start to my Edinburgh Fringe roundup. In my defence, October-December were supposed to be my quiet catch-up months, but a combination of my day job going ridiculously busy, coupled with a monster stomach bug that put out of action for a week or two, has got me miles behind. If you are waiting on a review, apologies. January should be back to so...


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This is the final review to be published in 2025. I don’t review much in December as it’s mostly panto, but I did get a review request for a tour, and with Durham Cathedral taken on at the end of its run, I was happy to ...


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All right, that’s enough ranting for now. It’s the end of the year, let’s end this the way the way I want to, with a celebration of all of the good stuff that happened on stage this year.

Most of my awards are done from Boxing Day to New Year’s Day, but recently I’ve been doing an extended list of individual performances before Christmas, because I noticed there wer...


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