Underbelly News

A woman returns to her childhood home to clear out family belongings found by the new owners in an air raid shelter long buried under the flower beds.  As the play continues, it becomes clear each of the three characters have buried things of their own that they have to deal with.

Playwrights Horizons continues its 2019/20 season of works from groundbreaking playwrights pushing their singular styles to new heights with Heroes of the Fourth Turning, written by Will Arbery

Produced by double Fringe-First winning Francesca Moody (of Angry Alan and Square Go), self-obsessed 30-year-old Girl Guide Sephie tries to achieve her entertainment badge after several failed attempts.

A powder keg of stupefaction and anxiety. Three people - Rose Wardlaw, Azan Ahmed and Shannon Hayes - explore their conspiracy theories around the famous 1932 photo of 11 builders precariously eating their lunch atop the Rockefeller Centre.

The Cowgate is the heart of Underbelly, home to its new writing theatre, comedy, cabaret and late-night music and mischief.

In Werewolf: Live, Jon Gracey leads a team of comedians through several rounds of mystery and intrigue with hilarious results.

Helen Wood, who is up performing her show The National Trust Fan Club at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, received special permission from the management of Gladstone's Land to visit the National Trust for Scotland property there.

The Williams Project, that small theater company that burst onto the Seattle theater scene in 2014 with their incredible a?oeOrpheus Descendinga?? is back with the first of two shows within their a?oeBar Playsa?? series. This time it's Tennessee Williams' a?oeSmall Craft Warningsa?? and with this, they once again show what a dedicated company, committed to actually paying their actors, can do with an interesting space, a little money, and a lot of talent.

Led by world-famous trials rider and YouTube sensation Danny MacAskill, Drop and Roll make their long-awaited Edinburgh Fringe debut with a brand-new show featuring jaw-dropping stunts! Joining Danny will be highly acclaimed trials rider and fellow Scotsman Duncan Shaw, plus more athletes to be announced. Hosted by extreme sports commentator Henry Jackson, the hour-long show includes crowd participation plus there are prizes to be won throughout. Expect an action-packed display of gravity-defying tricks, guaranteed to amaze children and adults alike!

Writer and actor Alex Gwyther, working in collaboration with the voluntary organisation Survivors Manchester, will be thrusting male trauma and modern masculinity into the spotlight in his new play Ripped at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. When Alex began devising the one-man play he wanted his portrayal to be as honest, accurate and respectful as possible. He approached Survivors Manchester, who were keen to work in collaboration to ensure its authenticity and relevance. The resulting play, Ripped, premières at Underbelly, Cowgate, from 1-25 August.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the brand-new Rave Theater Festival is set to launch later this week, running August 9-25, 2019 at Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural and Educational Center (107 Suffolk Street) on the Lower East Side. For its introductory year, Rave Theater Festival has selected a diverse roster of plays, musicals, family-friendly shows, and cross-disciplinary projects.

Take a first look at some of your favourite Mr. Men and Little Miss characters as Selladoor Family and Rockefeller Productions announce casting for the UK tour of the stage adaptation of Roger Hargreaves much loved children's book series, Mr.Men & Little Miss On Stage. The brand new show opens on 01 August at the Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe before an extensive tour.

New Diorama Theatre today announces its new season with a diverse and multi-talented range of companies forming a hugely ambitious 2019-20 programme.

Multi award-winning performance poet Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin takes his stand-up poetry show Don't Bother to this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which opens next week.

TR/ST has announced his new LP The Destroyer - 2 and shared a new track titled 'Iris'. The album is the follow up to The Destroyer - 1 LP which was released in April. The new LP will be out 11/1 on Grouch via House Arrest.

New rehearsal photographs have just been released for the forthcoming Edinburgh production of I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical featuring cast members James Hume, Felix Mosse, Charlotte O'Rourke and Charlotte Anne Steen, with whom many London and nationwide audiences will be familiar from their performances in leading roles such as Javert in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Sophie in Mamma Mia!, and Sherrie in Rock Of Ages, respectively.

It's nearly August, it's nearly a heatwave and it's DEFINITELY another great month of shows at Underbelly Festival Southbank.

BWW catches up with Dave Bibby to chat about bringing Crazy Cat Lad-y to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Baron Pendleton and the (Semi) Reform Club pin teams against one other in the coolest feats in London. With only about 80 minutes' worth of time, participants need to trot around the Southbank and Covent Garden to gather clues, funds, and make pressing purchases ahead of their trip around the world. Whoever makes it back in time to hop on the train and manages to travel the Earth in the least amount of days, wins.

Whenever I see a play, Dear Readers, I want that play to just tell me a story. I want it to flow nicely, build at a steady pace, and have a good payoff. I don't necessarily need the trappings of superfluous gimmickry. If the added bits lend themselves to the piece or the story, that's great, but when they interrupt the flow of the show, that's when I have issue. The current piece from Intiman Theatre, "The Events", certainly has a powerful message and is performed by two very gifted actors, but the "gimmicks" only allowed for the show to feel disjointed and the sustained tension to be lost.