Tiger Paws Junior

Review: Roughs for Radio

Roughs (For Radio) – **** 4 Stars, C Nova, 8.30pm daily

What can I say about this show? The writing is genius and it’s the only Beckett piece on in the festival I believe, the premise is good and the direction is ambituous.

When one enters the theatre you are given a blindfold and asked to put it on. The actors, who have tape over their mouths, then guide the frightened audience to their seat.

Then the two Beckett plays commence.

The first opens with a lady and a sick man and she is being guided around some sort of sex den and he keeps repeating ‘To the Right Madam…’

The next is set in some sort of torture chamber where a gentleman is controlling the punishment of some people and has a stompy friend Dick who is clearly deranged and a lady who has a lovely voice and a charming characterisation.

All of this is heightened by the fact that you can’t see, because you’re made to wear a blindfold. This was explained to me as a Beckett Law which states that only radio plays written for the radio are permitted to be played on radio. Therefore by blinding the audience, they create a radio like situation.

This is a good show, I enjoyed it. They were very invested in their characters and played them well. I especially liked the second of the two plays.

When I asked Tristram, the director what Beckett meant to him in two sentences, e said ‘There is Silence in Music. Less is always more.’

Altogether a solid show with a bright future. They need to get some fans in to the theatre though. It was so warm in there! 4 Stars.

Review: History’s Greatest Monster

History’s Greatest Monster – Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories ***** 5 Stars

11 August 2015: Reviewer: Jabe

A mixed bill comedy show at Just the Tonic at the Community Centre.

At the bottom of Candlemaker Row is this lovely venue where Mike
Shephard wrangles comedy from the annals of history. He asks other
stand-ups to come up with material inspired by history – no easy feat
considering it’s not exactly a commercial goldmine. We don’t find out who

exactly is History’s Greatest Monster but the fun is in the chase.
There are some obscure facts which are humorously interesting and some
well known stories and events looked at anew with fresh, comedic
eyes.Shephard comperes the show with material tailored to the specific date
– so each show is unique. He also knows his history. There’s enough
ready knowledge inside of him that he can riff on points of interest
that the other acts raise before he introduces the next guest.

Mike has some regular support – for now Joby Mageean (later on in the
run is David Whitney).

Mageean has such delightful innocence and a sheer joy to his comedy

which is perfectly juxtaposed to his incisive and intelligent material;
making connexions and jumps to the next reference which somehow seem
brilliantly absurd and magically mundane. He is a fantastic
counterpoint to Shephard’s grown-up enthusiasm and librarianesque
befuddlement at this strange world.The second act was the utterly inspired buffoonery of motivational
speaker Ken Do, who took us on a Victorian/Japanese blockbuster
journey which destroyed the countryside (created using the audience)
and built the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Ken Do is a marvellous
creation (of Jack Kelly) who has to seen to be believed.

The last on was Angus Dunican, he of the lovely, lovely hair, talking
about always feeling out of time, out of place & of occasionally
pretending to be an Edwardian gent transported to modern London. He
also discusses the end of history. 1992. At least, according to an
American expert of the time who now is also history.

A mixed bill can be a mixed bag but my fellow audience members and I
loved the contents of that bag today with guffaws and giggles
throughout this hilariously & historically accurate hour.

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories – 5 stars.

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/history-s-greatest-monster

Day 7: Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Day 7 – Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Day 7 – started off as they usually do – sleepily editing photos and trying to stretch out. Body is in pain, two shows a day really takes it out of you.

It very quickly hit 1pm which is our call time for Faulty, so we headed off to B’est for another two show day. The audience were fantastic and we had a really good time with them. We also got told our first review was in; 5 stars for the Mumble…sweeeet, which was very kind of her.

Mumble Review click here!

I then nipped off after the show to catch a beautiful show called A Life with the Beatles (Reviewed below in previous post, check it out for details). It’s a new writing piece and I really enjoyed it. They are a lovely company and really nice to deal with.

Then I got a shot of some decent skaters, and a nice flyer sketch group who are bursting with energy on the corner of Nicolson St and Drummond St. Gonna try to get to their show soon.

Back to our venue straight after the Beatle’s show for a little food and we’re up again at 8pm to 10pm.

Evening crowds tend to be more raucous and playful than the usual lunchtime, respectful audience who have largely consumed fewer alcohols. This crowd was no different. Two hours later we limped off stage exhausted after leaving everything out there.

On the walk home, we came across a sweet fire party in the park and took some of my favourite photos ever. Edinburgh is proving really beautiful for photography – the lights and colours as well as the setting and characters walking around is just a sess-pool of a photographers dream.

“It really is a special festival. There’s rarely trouble and there’s something for all ages” – Ricky, the Bouncer at C Venues main venue.

Have a day off tomorrow so went to bed early. Heavy load in the morning, starting with a hike up Arthurs Seat. Very much looking forward to taking a breath up there.

Much Love for now,

TPJ x

Photos of The Fire Party in the Park

Needless to say it was a great party. Love the shots too, Off to see some dance now,

Over and out,

TPJ x

Review: Princes of Main

Princes of Man, Pleasance 23.00

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories – **** 4 Stars

These three Cambridge trained comedians are funny. The helped write the Cambridge Footlights International touring show in 2014 and this is their new show. They have great material and a good chemistry on stage and they have worked on their material for many hours of preparation…and it shows.

They switched characters with fluidity and embraced their new forms, all equally as talented as each other. I liked the reoccurring dinosaur

With a pint of cider in my hand, I sat in the back row and enjoyed their material immensely, as did all of the audience. They have the technique of comedy worked out perfectly, and Edinburgh will relax them into the touring scene if they want to continue it.

It’s definitely a show in development and they perhaps have to slow their hearts down a little but, given their enthusiasm and eagerness to please (I received my ticket for free from one of them flyering me and convincing me to go), they will continue upwards in the festival and beyond should they wish.

Good luck to them. I’d recommend their show a lot.

Tiger Paws Junior’s Stories – 4 Stars

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