Articles by Jon Stapley
JON STAPLEY is a freelance writer, journalist and sub-editor who has been to the Fringe as a performer, a punter and a reviewer probably more times than is healthy. A former actor and occasional drummer, he passes a lot of time these days writing about photography, books and theatre. He reviewed for ThreeWeeks at Festivals 2014, 2015 and 2016. [Biog updated Aug 2016]
Drone (Harry Josephine Giles, Rob Jones, Neil Simpson and Jamie Wardrop) 15 August 2019
Deer Woman (Article 11/CanadaHub) 15 August 2019
Full Consent To Speak On My Behalf (Good Wolf People) 15 August 2019
Sketch Thieves (Purple Martian / Free Festival) 15 August 2019
Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness (Isa Bonachera) 15 August 2019
Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum With Expats (Soho Theatre in association with Show and Tell) 14 August 2019
My Best Dead Friend (Anya Tate-Manning and Isobel MacKinnon with Zanetti Productions) 14 August 2019
Landscape (1989) (Emergency Chorus) 14 August 2019
Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd (Francesca Moody Productions) 14 August 2019
Kurl Up And Dye (NUTS Theatre) 14 August 2019
All of Me (China Plate, Cambridge Junction and The Yard Theatre) 14 August 2019
Algorithms (Sadie Clark & Laura Elmes Productions) 14 August 2019
The Long Pigs (WE3 and Cluster Arts) 13 August 2019
Umbrella Man (Teuchter Company - Colin Bramwell) 13 August 2019
Square Go (Francesca Moody Productions) 13 August 2019
I'm OKayfabe (Fake Heat) 13 August 2019
Cabaret Of Curiosities (Tatwood Puppets) 13 August 2019
Lucy McCormick: Post Popular (Soho Theatre, Johnson & Mackay and United Agents) 11 August 2019
Standard:Elite (Hidden Track) 11 August 2019
Catherine Bohart: Lemon (Chambers Touring) 11 August 2019
Whose Mind Is It Anyway? (Whose Mind Is It Anyway?) 9 August 2019
Bible John (Bible John and The Pleasance) 7 August 2019
House Of Hundred (Yesim Ozsoy Galata Perform Tiyatrosu - Turkey) 7 August 2019
IvankaPlay (Snowy Owl) 7 August 2019
YUCK Circus (Underbelly/YUCK Circus) 6 August 2019
Róisín And Chiara: Get Nupty (Róisín And Chiara) 6 August 2019
Struan Logan: Struan All Over The World (Struan Logan) 21 August 2018
Speechless (Cambridge University Performance Technology Society) 21 August 2018
A Fair Tale About A Fairy Trade (Human Rongs) 19 August 2018
Stuart Mitchell: Gordon Ramsay's Karma Cafe (Gilded Balloon and Stuart Mitchell present...) 19 August 2018
Brain Rinse (Mike Raffone) 19 August 2018
Solarplexus: An Alternative Energy Play (Project Mercury) 18 August 2018
Alice Fraser: Ethos (Get Comedy by arrangement with Mushroom Comedy and TGA) 17 August 2018
Jasper Red: Press Play (Natalie Walmsley) 16 August 2018
Camp Be Yourself (Box Theatre Company) 15 August 2018
Geek (Infinity Repertory Theatre) 15 August 2018
Christian Finnegan: My Goodness (Live Nation) 15 August 2018
My Kind Of Michael (Nick Cassenbaum) 14 August 2018
The Last Straw (People Show) 14 August 2018
Timpson: The Musical (Gigglemug Theatre) 14 August 2018
(even) HOTTER (Transgress) 12 August 2018
The Myth Of The Singular Moment (Jim Harbourne) 11 August 2018
Entropy (Talon Theatre) 11 August 2018
Bad Clowns: Hostage (Bad Clowns Comedy) 11 August 2018
Adam Riches Is The Guy Who... (Plosive Productions / Tigco) 11 August 2018
Questing Time (Monkey Toast) 10 August 2018
Adam Riches Is The Lone Dueller (Fight In The Dog) 8 August 2018
Last Resort (2Magpies Theatre) 19 August 2017
The Inevitable Quiet Of The Crash (Leoe & Hyde in association with FoxTale Productions) 19 August 2017
£¥E$ (LIES) (Ontroerend Goed) 18 August 2017
Assessment (Shows On A Shoestring) 18 August 2017
The Delightful Sausage: Cold Hard Cache (The Delightful Sausage) 18 August 2017
The North! The North! (Christopher Harrisson) 17 August 2017
What Would Cathy Do? (40 Watt Pearl - Australia) 17 August 2017
Adventurers Wanted: A 250-Hour Epic Tabletop Roleplaying Game (Total Party Kill! in association with Sweet Venues) 17 August 2017
The Great Ridolphi (The Last Great Hunt) 17 August 2017
Princes Of Main: New Year's Eve (Princes of Main) 17 August 2017
JoJo Bellini: Crash-Bang Cabaret! (JoJo Bellini / The Stand Comedy Club) 17 August 2017
Pornography by Simon Stephens (The Lincoln Company) 15 August 2017
Stiff Dicky (JunkBox Theatre) 15 August 2017
Kafka And Son (Theaturtle, Threshold, Richard Jordan Productions in association with the Pleasance) 15 August 2017
The Hero Who Overslept (Bravebeard Productions and Fringe Management) 15 August 2017
Pity Laughs: A Tale Of Two Gays (Straightup) 15 August 2017
Wild Bore (Soho Theatre and Malthouse Theatre) 15 August 2017
Amy Conway's Super Awesome World (RiotBox Productions) 15 August 2017
How To Win Against History (Áine Flanagan Productions and Seiriol Davies present) 15 August 2017
Britney In: John (Country Mile Productions) 13 August 2017
Butt Kapinski (Kapinski Enterprises and The Pleasance) 12 August 2017
xx (Poltergeist Theatre) 17 August 2016
The Surge (The King's Players) 17 August 2016
My World Has Exploded A Little Bit (Natural Shocks) 17 August 2016
Life According To Saki (Atticist) 17 August 2016
I'm Doing This For You (Never Mind the Noise / Haley McGee) 16 August 2016
Cosmic Fear Or The Day Brad Pitt Got Paranoia (Empty Deck) 16 August 2016
Oh My Dad: Christ On A Bike (Chris JS Wilson) 16 August 2016
World Without Us (Ontroerend Goed / Theatre Royal Plymouth / Vooruit / Richard Jordan Productions / Summerhall) 15 August 2016
Wonderman (Gaggle Babble / National Theatre Wales) 15 August 2016
Often Onstage (Figs In Wigs) 15 August 2016
Shit-Faced Shakespeare (Magnificent Bastard Productions) 15 August 2016
Agent Of Influence: The Secret Life Of Pamela More (Fluff Productions) 14 August 2016
The Improv Musical (Music Theatre Warwick) 14 August 2016
Company (The Lincoln Company) 14 August 2016
Me, Myself And ISIS (Banana Collective / PBH's Free Fringe) 14 August 2016
Two Man Show (RashDash) 12 August 2016
Team Viking (James Rowland) 12 August 2016
Swansong (DugOut Theatre) 12 August 2016
Last Dream (On Earth) (Kai Fischer in association with National Theatre Of Scotland) 12 August 2016
The Humble Heart Of Komrade Krumm (Babolin Theatre) 12 August 2016
Ada/Ava by Manual Cinema (Underbelly Productions and Manual Cinema) 12 August 2016
Barbarians (Ben Van der Velde / Free Festival) 12 August 2016
Deal With The Dragon (First Sprout Theatre) 10 August 2016
Escape From The Planet Of The Day That Time Forgot (Company Gavin Robertson) 9 August 2016
Heartbeats & Algorithms (Jenny Lee) 27 August 2015
Pramkicker (Old Trunk) 27 August 2015
Foxfinder (Master Of None) 27 August 2015
Stuart Bowden - Wilting In Reverse (Stuart Bowden) 27 August 2015
Japan Marvelous Drummers (NPO Kawasuji Japan Marvelous) 27 August 2015
Pajama Men - 2 Man 3 Musketeers (Assembly Festival in association with Soho Theatre) 27 August 2015
Markus Birdman – Grimm Realities (Markus Birdman / PBH's Free Fringe) 27 August 2015
Lucy Frederick – In The Wild (Vivienne Smith Management) 27 August 2015
Ivy Paige - Filthy Rich (Bound & Gagged) 27 August 2015
UKIP! The Musical (Hell Bent Theatre Company) 25 August 2015
Festival Of The Spoken Nerd - Just For Graphs (Phil McIntyre Entertainments) 23 August 2015
Clare Plested - The Essential Collection (Clare Plested / PBH's Free Fringe) 23 August 2015
Dead Man's Cell Phone (UCLU Runaground) 22 August 2015
Luke Toulson - Grandpa, Hitler And Me 22 August 2015
The Dead Secrets Present... The Curiositorium (The Dead Secrets) 22 August 2015
Croft & Pearce – There's Always Something (Vivienne Smith Management) 22 August 2015
Massive Dad 2.0 - Step Up 2 Massive Dad (The Pleasance) 20 August 2015
zazU - A Fête Worse Than Death (zazU Comedy) 20 August 2015
Wasted (No Prophet Theatre Company) 19 August 2015
Crash (Traverse Theatre Company) 19 August 2015
The Final Act (RopeWalk Productions) 19 August 2015
Drum Tribe (Drum Tribe) 19 August 2015
Murder, She Didn't Write (Degrees Of Error) 19 August 2015
Giraffe - Raisin' The Hoof (Giraffe) 18 August 2015
The Domino Effect (Mulberry Theatre Company) 31 August 2014
WitTank - Old School Secrets (Avalon Promotions Ltd) 31 August 2014
Jamie MacDonald - That Funny Blind Guy 2 - The Good, The Stag And The Ugly (Jamie MacDonald) 31 August 2014
Odd Shaped Balls (Chris Sheridan) 20 August 2014
Ernest And The Pale Moon (Les Enfants Terribles / Pins & Needles) 20 August 2014
Dido And Aeneas (The About Turn Theatre Company) 20 August 2014
Inheritance Blues (DugOut Theatre) 17 August 2014
Ennio Marchetto - The Living Paper Cartoon (Glynis Henderson Productions Ltd) 17 August 2014
The Chronic Single's Handbook (Randy Ross) 17 August 2014
Tricity Vogue - Songs For Swinging Ukuleles (Tricity Vogue / Free Festival) 17 August 2014
The Sons Of Pitches - Boiler Alert! (The Sons Pitches) 16 August 2014
The Hat Pack (New Town Theatre) 15 August 2014
Japanese Samurai Don Quixote Challenging Giant English Windmills! (Hiroshi Shimizu / Free Festival) 15 August 2014
The Reviewers (Charlesworth And Holland Productions) 14 August 2014
Laika - A Space Dogyssey (Double Edge Drama) 14 August 2014
The Alleycats - Contemporary A Capella (The Alleycats) 14 August 2014
Martin Pilgrim - Diary Farmer (Martin Pilgrim / La Favorita Freestival) 14 August 2014
Katie Mulgrew - Happily Ever After (Avalon Promotions Ltd) 14 August 2014
Catriona Knox Thinks She's Hard Enough (in association with United Agents) 14 August 2014
Show 6 (Secret Theatre Company) 12 August 2014
Don't Let Go (Manic Chord Theatre) 12 August 2014
Gone Native (Nicholson and Gore) 12 August 2014
Lights! Camera! Improvise! The Improvised Movie (Mischief Theatre) 12 August 2014
Ivy Paige - Kiss And Sell (Bound & Gagged Comedy) 12 August 2014
Josie Long - Cara Josephine (Josie Long with Show And Tell) 11 August 2014
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