
Red Stitch’s latest offering The Aliens is a brilliantly crafted production and a testament to why this company is in the midst of celebrating its tenth anniversary.

It’s not often I get to use the phrase “consummate performer” without sounding pretentious, but in the case of Martin Short, there really are no other words to describe the one man band of singing, dancing and comedic brilliance.

This fast paced performance piece jumped in and out of theatre, TV and film vignettes and was layered with smatterings of pop culture references.

Transparency demands much of its audience, prodding it and provoking it with difficult questions about honesty, truth, forgiveness, redemption and, of course, transparency.

With his unique brand of observational humour, Demetri Martin has conquered stand up stages the world over.