Kevin Ibbotson-Wight
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
Reviews: 871
Other Articles: 267
The Apprentice
An empty vessel of a biopic offering little insight on its already media-saturated sbject
Samizdat: Eastern European Film Festival
We take a look at the third installment of the Eastern European Film Festival
Mark Bittlestone: I Need a Straight Guy*
Solid debut hour from a charming and engaging comic
To Kill a Wolf
A strong but slightly unbalanced debut reworks the tropes of Little Red Riding Hood to impressive effect
Amanda Dwyer: What You Thinking About?
Excellent debut from a comedian who’s deadpan in demeanour but warm, witty, and wise in material
Amelia Bayler: Easy Second Album
Chaotic and charming hour of catchy songs and disarmingly honest insights into the messy mind of a unique performer
Bailey Swilley: Gimme a Sign!
A gently powerful hour of comedic storytelling with universal resonance
Ed Night: The Plunge
Spectacularly fast-paced stand-up that treats the heaviest and most lightweight material with the same irreverence
Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!
Excellent debut hour made even more distinctive with a delicious paranormal twist
Robin Grainger: Refurb
A strong, heart-on-sleeve hour from a comedian who has come into his own
Timmy Booth’s Manhole
Seattle surrealist triumphs against adversity in a memorable Fringe experience
Elaine Malcolmson: Joik
Deadpan Fringe staple has an off day with an oddly-structured show about grief and reindeers
Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil
Empathetic and ambitious performer tries something truly distinctive
Lou Taylor: Jeans and a nice top
A warm and charming coming-of-age debut that plays it a little too safe
Gabey Lucas: A Berkshire Boar Walks Into a Bar (and Gets Shot in the Face)
Idiosyncratic comic turns her fitful attention to one of the weirdest wars in history
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
Near genius pastiche of the old-school variety act with a hellish bonus twist
Ian Lockwood: The Farewell Tour
High-energy and high-concept musical comedy mines the cult of celebrity for existential dread
Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult
Screamingly hilarious folk horror pastiche tickles the funny bone and shivers the spine