
Every woman knows that hairdressers get all the good gossip as we sit in the chairs completely disarmed by the scalp massage and promise of a fresh outlook. In much the same way, our beauty therapist has probably seen us in positions of vulnerability reserved only for the biennial trip to the gyno.

Thread ranges from the minutiae of the modern world to the vast breadth and depth of Jewish culture and history.

Claire Healy is a very attractive artist. As we entered the tiny room she had been allocated for the Fringe Festival she was seated at the electric keyboard rippling away at intro music and chatting to patrons in a charming manner.

Hailing from a town called Openmouth Holler and with a sister who works as an ‘intimacy facilitator’, country singer Tina C is all about proudly reclaiming her white trash status.

I wanted to like this play – De Angelis is a peer. I wanted to identify with the characters and their stories, I wanted to laugh but I hated it. It felt very dated, the mother-daughter dynamic reminding me of conflicts I had with my mother forty years ago.

Magically it was a very accomplished show. The script was a little corny but once the tricks really started to roll the audience couldn’t have cared less.

Going into this show, you may think you know what the F word is. However, a few minutes into his performance, Gavin Roach let the most common F word slip into his monologue and I became intrigued as to what his “F word” might be.