Fiona Shepherd
- Journalist
Press clippings
What good is sitting alone in your room....
Cabaret on the Fringe has come a long way since The Lady Boys of Bangkok first wowed an Edinburgh audience over twenty years ago with their glamorous variety show.
Fiona Shepherd, Entertainment Now, 6th August 2022The stars who made it big at the Edinburgh Fringe
'I saw them long before they became famous' is a common Fringe-goer's boast. But, as Fiona Shepherd discovers, there's a good reason for that.
Fiona Shepherd, The Scotsman, 8th July 2017Review: #JC4PM, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Finding mainstream musicians prepared to stick their head above the parapet these days is no mean feat and so the textily-titled #JC4PM is headlined by Charlotte Church, who brought mighty, soaring vocals and left-of-centre electronica rather than rhetoric, with a support bill of speakers, poets and comedians, including veteran campaigners Jeremy Hardy, acting as MC for the evening, and Mark Steel, both of whom were happy to confront the prevailing political mood across the spectrum with some well aimed barbs.
Fiona Shepherd, The Scotsman, 10th March 2016Interview: Margaret Cho (Link expired)
Margaret Cho has battled homophobia, racism, booze, drugs and anorexia. And throughout it all, her stand-up comedy has been her biggest ally.
Fiona Shepherd, London Is Funny, 2nd August 2011