At the International Festival Reviewed by Minka Paraskevova

“The Fantastic Francis Harvey – Faith Healer – One night only”.  The poster bearing this legend screams out on the almost-bare stage, and its appearance in all scenes binds together the fates of Faith Healer’s three characters – and their painful, burning memories.

Musical Theatre @ George Square (venue website) 19 - 31 Aug (not 25), 1:15pm (2:30pm) Reviewed by Lee Zhao

Set in a finishing school in the 1920s, The Boy Friend follows Madame Dubonnet and her pupils on the day of the Carnival Ball. The version presented by Hazlenut [sic] Productions of Oxford University is a Fringe-friendly abridged version of Sandy Wilson's 1953 musical. However, since the plot's quite simple and all the songs are there save for a few verses, you'll hardly notice what's missing.

The GRV (venue website) 6 - 30 Aug (not 19), 2:40pm (3:40pm) Reviewed by Chris Hislop

The comedy sketch show is one of the least-well-respected of the comedy show formats, yet one of the most popular. It's rare to come across a sketch show that doesn't follow the tried-and-tested format: a collection of up-and-coming comedians perform in a collection of multi-penned scripts, the pieces hit and miss at regular intervals - and while a particular joke or two might stand out, the whole experience is largely entertaining but not inspiring nor ground-breaking. At first glance, Superclump could very easily be classed as such a sketch show and, to be fair, it does tick nearly all of these conventional boxes. But what helps it stand apart and stand out as a truly great show is the quality of writing and performance.

Downstairs at the Tron (venue website) 6 - 30 Aug (not 19), 6:20pm (7:20pm) Reviewed by Chris Hislop

We all love to swear, there's no denying it. As an expression of passion, anger or vehemence, there is nothing better - but I'm supposed to keep this review "clean", otherwise I'd be both cursing and passionately supporting Alexis Dubus in equal measure. While it's great subject matter, and Dubus' style and performance are appealing, the material is very hit-and-miss; Dubus is delightfully friendly and cheeky, but the show is a little sloppy, and could do with trimming and reworking.