Are You Lonesome Tonight

In 1977 Dwight surprises Leanne on their twentieth wedding anniversary with tickets to follow the king on his last tour. One the king didn’t turn up for.

Didn't Want to Play Your Stupid Game Anyway

Bec Hill is the human equivalent of a ukulele. She starts playing and you can’t help but smile. Hill tells a story of growing up in Adelaide when her pet caterpillar crawled into its cocoon… and never came out.

We Don't Care If You Like It

It’s just as well. Three women, crazed fireball Wanda, quiet Canadian Jill and Essex Jo, took a comedy writing workshop and decided to make a Fringe show.

Helen and the Space Rocket

People take technology for granted. A few short years ago there were no smart phones, Internet or computers smaller than a house.

Princess

Atmospheric, with black and white images and films projected across the entire stage giving it the feeling of a Man Ray dream, Princess is about a girl who has recently been through some sort of tragedy.

Frozen Moment

Two short plays from Broken Pockets Productions, part of a rotating showcase of new writing and performers from Kingston University, some of whom also appeared in the brilliant The Shoemaker’s Wonderful Wife.

The First Supper

There’s a lot of satire of satire and ‘clever dick’ writing in Expeditionary Force’s show, The First Supper. I love clever dick writing. Wordy sketch comedy keeps Oxbridge graduates out of the City and other such criminal enterprises, like politics.

Leisa Rea's (Bad) Pension Plan

I have found my guru. Leisa Rea’s life has been an epic ascent to the nadir, and she has reached the bottom, triumphant. She has failed at everything and reached a zen-like understanding with hopelessness, emblazoning it across an inspirational banner: “We Can’t All Win”.

Square Eyed

The BBC is heading north, abandoning buildings and traditions. Ghosts of presenters, no less beloved in their time for being a bit crap, wander the halls. And one rampaging, messy elephant. In its stead, empty heads in pinstripe suits spout bilious jargon and attempt to create the television of the future based on pie charts and marketing research.

Dolphins Wrestling

A large group of attractive, funny people, who invest too much time into setting up a joke and not enough time into actually making it funny. Also, the premises of some of these jokes have heritage status.

Snipe Highlights

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