Skip to content

FringeGuru

Home arrow Archive arrow Archive: Edinburgh '09
 
Edinburgh 2009: Reviews Archive

These are archived reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2009.  We keep archived reviews online as a courtesy to performers, and to help members of the public researching the history of a show.

Looking for coverage of a particular show?  Here's a full index of all the reviews and previews we published for Edinburgh 2009. 

5 stars 100 Wounded Tears (2009-08-13)  

3.5 stars 3 Thrayaa (2009-08-20)  

2.5 stars 6.0: How Heap And Pebble Took On The World And Won (2009-08-25)  

3.5 stars 90 minutes for Gandhi (2009-08-29)  

3 stars Afternoon Delight (2009-08-18)  

preview Afternoon Delight (2009-07-17)  

3 stars Alexis Dubus: A R*ddy Brief History Of Swearing (2009-08-31)  

4 stars Alistair McGowan And Charlotte Page: Cocktails With Coward (2009-08-23)  

5 stars Almost 10 (2009-08-28)  

4 stars An Improvised Musical (2009-08-29)  

4 stars Art (2009-08-27)  

3 stars Art House (2009-08-17)  

4 stars At Home With Holly (2009-08-27)  

4 stars Axis Of Awesome: Infinity Rock Explosion (2009-08-20)  

4 stars Bane (2009-08-21)  

4.5 stars Barbershopera Ii (2009-08-11)  

preview Barbershopera II (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Beethoven For Breakfast (2009-08-22)  

3.5 stars Belle Canto's Opera Hour: Tales Of Love And Lies (2009-08-13)  

4.5 stars Ben Lerman's Size Matters (2009-08-29)  

4 stars The Best Of John Betjeman (2009-08-22)  

preview The Best Of John Betjeman (2009-07-17)  

2 stars Bloodbath - The Musical (2009-08-16)  

4 stars The Boy Friend (2009-08-31)  

4 stars Brendon Burns: Comedy Good Yeah Silly Side C**T (2009-08-30)  

5 stars Broken Records (2009-08-21)  

preview Capoeira Knights (2009-07-17)  

5 stars Capoeira Knights: The Boys From Brazil (2009-08-10)  

4.5 stars Catch (2009-08-09)  

preview Certain Dark Things (2009-07-17)  

3 stars The Chair (2009-08-10)  

3 stars Chopin After Lunch (2009-08-28)  

4 stars Cigarettes And Chocolate (2009-08-17)  

3.5 stars Circa (2009-08-13)  

2.5 stars Cluedo (2009-08-29)  

preview Cocktails with Coward (2009-07-17)  

4.5 stars Colin Hoult's Carnival Of Monsters (2009-08-27)  

3 stars The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2009-08-20)  

4.5 stars Dan Antopolski - Silent But Deadly (2009-08-19)  

3 stars Dan Atkinson: Death By A Thousand Pricks (2009-08-23)  

3 stars Dan March - Goldrunner (2009-08-19)  

3 stars Danceforms - 'The 48th International Choreographers' Showcase' (2009-08-16)  

5 stars Daniel Rigby: The Mothwokfantastic (2009-08-13)  

2.5 stars Daniel Sloss - Teenage Kicks (2009-08-14)  

4 stars The Dark Party (2009-08-15)  

4 stars David O'Doherty: David O'Doh-Party (2009-08-22)  

2 stars Denis Krasnov Versus Shane Healey (2009-08-23)  

4 stars Des Clarke - Clarxism (2009-08-27)  

3.5 stars Dialogue (2009-08-12)  

4 stars Die Roten Punkte - Robot/Lion Tour (2009-08-13)  

2 stars Facebook: The Musical (2009-08-24)  

4 stars Fahrenheit 451 (2009-08-16)  

preview A Fistful Of Snow (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Flanders And Swann: A Brand Gnew Aftergnoon (2009-08-09)  

3 stars Four Quarters (2009-08-12)  

5 stars Francis, The Holy Jester (2009-08-24)  

5 stars Frisky And Mannish's School Of Pop (2009-08-14)  

preview Frisky and Mannish's School of Pop (2009-07-17)  

5 stars Glenn Wool: Let Your Hands Go (2009-08-18)  

3 stars Grounds/Re-Membering(s) (2009-08-22)  

preview Hayton on Homicide (2009-07-17)  

2 stars How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse (2009-08-18)  

4 stars I Love You, You'Re Perfect, Now Change (2009-08-25)  

4.5 stars Idiots Of Ants: This Is War (2009-08-12)  

3 stars The Importance Of Being Earnestina (2009-08-17)  

1.5 stars Inventing The Sky (2009-08-20)  

4 stars Jack Whitehall - Nearly Rebellious (2009-08-13)  

preview Jerry Springer: The Opera (2009-07-17)  

3.5 stars Jessica Delfino - I Wanna Be Famous (2009-08-20)  

4 stars Jon Richardson: This Guy At Night (2009-08-27)  

4.5 stars Kent Valentine - How To Love Everyone (Even The *rseholes) (2009-08-13)  

preview Kit & The Widow: All That Twitters (2009-07-17)  

preview Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler - Double Down Hearts (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Lewis Barlow - Close-Up Magician (2009-08-24)  

4 stars The List Operators (2009-08-10)  

4 stars Lochhead & Laula - Love, Love, Love (2009-08-11)  

4.5 stars Lotte's Gift (2009-08-13)  

3 stars Luck (2009-08-25)  

4 stars Malaje - The Flamenco Circus (2009-08-18)  

3.5 stars Matt Kirshen - Shorter Than Napoleon (2009-08-21)  

4 stars ME (Mobile/Evolution) (2009-08-19)  

preview Mervyn Stutter's Pick Of The Fringe (2009-07-17)  

4.5 stars Metamorphosis (2009-08-18)  

2.5 stars A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009-08-18)  

4.5 stars Mike Wozniak: Clown Shoes (2009-08-13)  

4 stars Mind Out (2009-08-28)  

preview My Darling Clemmie (2009-07-17)  

3 stars Myriad (2009-08-21)  

3.5 stars A New Remembering Esenin (2009-08-22)  

5 stars Normality (Starring Pedro Kruger) (2009-08-20)  

5 stars 'Oleanna' By David Mamet (2009-08-16)  

3.5 stars One Man Lord Of The Rings (2009-08-08)  

preview Oor Tours (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Opening Night Of The Living Dead (2009-08-20)  

3 stars Ophelia (Drowning) (2009-08-11)  

4 stars The Origin Of Species... (2009-08-21)  

4 stars Out Of The Blue (2009-08-29)  

preview Out Of The Blue (2009-07-17)  

4 stars The Overcoat (2009-08-18)  

3.5 stars Patrick Monahan: Cowboys And Iranians (2009-08-18)  

preview The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Never Man (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Picaresque (2009-08-10)  

3.5 stars Piff-Tacular - Free (2009-08-15)  

preview Piff-Tacular - Free (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Plane Food Cafe (2009-08-30)  

3.5 stars Play On Words (2009-08-18)  

preview Play On Words (2009-07-17)  

preview Power Plant (2009-07-17)  

4.5 stars Precious Little Talent (2009-08-13)  

4.5 stars Reginald D Hunter: The Only Apple In The Garden Of Eden And N*ggas (2009-08-29)  

3.5 stars Rendition Monologues (2009-08-22)  

preview Rendition Monologues (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Rhod Gilbert And The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst (2009-08-13)  

4 stars Russell Kane: Human Dressage (2009-08-19)  

preview The School For Scandal (2009-07-17)  

4 stars Scottish Dance Theatre - A Visitation (2009-08-28)  

4.5 stars Scottish Dance Theatre - Luxuria (2009-08-23)  

preview The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre Goes To Hollywood (2009-07-17)  

preview Shakespeare For Breakfast (2009-07-17)  

2.5 stars Show Down (2009-08-16)  

5 stars Showstopper! The Improvised Musical (2009-08-25)  

2.5 stars Simon Munnery's AGM09 (2009-08-29)  

4.5 stars Socially Retarded (2009-08-20)  

4.5 stars Sound & Fury's Sherlock Holmes And The Saline Solution (2009-08-28)  

3 stars Spaceman (2009-08-20)  

4 stars Spectrum (2009-08-22)  

5 stars A Stroke Of Genius (2009-08-19)  

preview A Stroke Of Genius (2009-07-17)  

5 stars The Sunday Defensive: Friend And Foe (2009-08-21)  

4 stars Superclump (2009-08-31)  

3.5 stars The Tartuffe (2009-08-11)  

preview The Tartuffe (2009-07-17)  

3 stars The Tempest - A Musical Enchantment (2009-08-28)  

4 stars Tim Key - The Slutcracker (2009-08-13)  

3.5 stars Tom Allen: Women! (2009-08-21)  

preview Tom Tom Crew (2009-07-17)  

2.5 stars Trilogy (2009-08-19)  

2 stars Underground: A Forgotten World (2009-08-26)  

3.5 stars Unit 46 (2009-08-16)  

4.5 stars Wittank (2009-08-18)  

4 stars Zemblanity (2009-08-19)  

FROM OUR ARCHIVES

These are archived reviews of shows from Edinburgh 2009.  We keep our archives online as a courtesy to performers, and for readers who'd like to research previous years' reviews.

Current reviews >>

Edinburgh 2011

Coming to the Fringe next year?  It's never too early to plan your trip.  Learn about Edinburgh's summer Festivals and plan your visit around the city's major events. 

Find out more >>