Mark Fisher
- Scottish
- Journalist
Press clippings
Dancing Shoes review
Bedroom boogying bloke frees his feet in fab comedy. In his inaugural season at A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Guardian journalist Brian Logan directs with a keen eye for physical comedy, not least when Donny confesses his secret love of dancing.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 26th March 2025Liberation Squares review
Three unsuspecting teenagers find themselves under close observation in this satirical swipe at the government's Prevent strategy.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 19th April 2024Edinburgh focus: What can be done to save the world's biggest and best arts festival?
As Edinburgh's annual summer spectacular kicks off amid cost-of-living hikes, rising accommodation costs and ongoing concerns about its sheer size and direction of travel, Fergus Morgan asks voices from the industry and beyond about the one thing they would change to secure the festival's future.
Fergus Morgan, The Stage, 4th August 2023Dear Billy review - brilliant tribute to the Big Yin
Gary McNair delivers verbatim interviews and misremembered Connolly routines from ordinary people in this love letter.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 19th May 2023Paul O'Grady interview
As he prepares to return to Edinburgh as Miss Hannigan in a touring production of Annie, Paul O'Grady recalls how an incendiary Fringe performance in the city in 1991 ignited his career.
Mark Fisher, The Scotsman, 14th March 2023Laurel and Hardy review - a dream of slapstick and sadness
Stephen McNicoll and Barnaby Power make a consummate team as the comedy legends, delivering knockabout hilarity with a melancholy undertow.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 8th June 2022Sunny Side Up! review
Set in a northern seaside B&B, John Godber's latest play has a healthy dollop of political analysis beneath its very funny surface.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 15th September 2021Talent review
Victoria Wood drama tackles the squalid side of celebrity.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 5th July 2021Daniel Kitson's Dot. Dot. Dot. review
Daniel Kitson's unkempt everyman charts the strangest of years.
Mark Fisher, The Guardian, 2nd November 2020