By his own description a ‘long-form storyteller’, Kent Valentine’s focus is not necessarily on wringing every last gag out of a situation, but on taking his audience on a scenic journey through wittily-described situations. Indeed, the closer he gets to straightforward stand-up, the less assured he is. The preamble he indulges in with the front row [...]

Daniel Kitson is notable by his absence from this year’s festival – but have no fear, fans of quietly whimsical romances involving fragile, lost souls: Sarah Collins and Justin Kennedy have picked up the gauntlet to produce a two-hander so close to Kitson’s theatrical work, it’s almost a cover version. As if to underline the [...]

Felicity Ward was one of the undeniable discoveries of last year’s festival: ‘A force of nature,’ I called her then, based on her often frenziedly animated delivery of warped tales from her weird excuse for a life. This year, she’s calmed the pace right down. As the title suggest, this is a storytelling show, so she [...]