Claire Smith
- Reviewer
Press clippings Page 8
Blam! preview: 'Die Hard meets The Office' (Link expired)
Blam! has been dubbed Die Hard meets The Office and is coming to the Fringe. Claire Smith travels to Iceland to watch a truly spectacular show
Claire Smith, Edinburgh Festivals, 30th July 2013Alexei Sayle on his return to stand-up comedy
After a 17-year break from stand-up, Alexei Sayle is back. Age may have seen off the tight suits but it hasn't blunted his edge.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 25th June 2013Don't ask about dosh: The true cost of staging a Fringe
It was suddenly no laughing matter when Claire Smith decided to investigate what it really costs to put on a show at the Fringe.
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 25th August 2012The Umbrella Birds: WC
There's a fantastic cast of characters here, and with tight writing, strong characterisation and snappy delivery, the sketches are laugh-out-loud funny. An hour on a hard seat in a Portakabin is uncomfortable, but I'm already looking forward to telling people in a few years' time: "I saw Emily Watson Howes performing in a toilet in Edinburgh back in 2007."
Claire Smith, The Scotsman, 20th August 2007