Review: EDINBURGH 2024: FLIGHT, Pleasance Dome
If you’re afraid of flying, this may not be the right show for you.
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Review: EDINBURGH 2024: MURDER, SHE DIDN'T WRITE, Assembly George Square - Gordon Aikman Theatre
Murder, She Didn’t Write is an improvised murder mystery show that has been welcoming audiences for the past ten years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS: THE MUSICAL! WITH PUPPETS!, Pleasance Dome
Written by Matt Chiorini and Travis Newton, Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! is pretty much what is written on the tin - an adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis told using songs and puppets.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SHITTY MOZART, Gilded Balloon Patter House
Imagine this, if you will.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ANIA MAGLIANO: FORGIVE ME, FATHER, Pleasance Courtyard
Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father begins with a bit of relatable comedy - stalking people on Instagram you aren’t able to follow.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: CELYA AB: OF ALL PEOPLE, Pleasance Courtyard
Celya AB: Of All People begins with a topic that some might see as taboo - money.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: AMY MATTHEWS: COMMUTE WITH THE FOXES, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)
Amy Matthews: Commute with the Foxes begins with a surprising topic for a comedy show - conspiracy theories.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SPY MOVIE: THE PLAY!, Pleasance Courtyard
Spy Movie: The Play!, written by Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey, is “The Greatest Spy Movie (n)Ever Made.
Review: 2/3RDS OF A THREESOME (AND FRIENDS), Monkey Barrel Comedy
While living in New York, I was first introduced to comedy shows through 2/3rds of A Threesome (and Friends).
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SWAMPLESQUE, Assembly Hall
Have you ever seen someone in a gingerbread costume give the drag performance of their life? No? Well, you should definitely consider seeing it sometime.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: BRITANICK: DUMMY, Pleasance Courtyard
BriTANick: Dummy, a self-described “nonlinear, freeform sketch show” is performed by Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, the two members of BriTANick who are most well-known for their online sketch comedy as well as being writers for Saturday Night Live and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: PAUL WILLIAMS: MAMIYA 7, Assembly Roxy
Paul Williams: Mamiya 7 has a description that leaves much to the imagination.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: EDDY HARE: THIS ONE'S ON ME, Pleasance Courtyard
Eddy Hare: This One’s On Me begins on the topic of male pattern baldness, with Hare explaining that he first had a bald spot at the age of twenty, promising to reveal it to us by the end of the show, which had already been requested by one eager audience member.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: JAKE ROCHE: NEPORRHOIDS, Pleasance Courtyard
Jake Roche: Neporrhoids certainly has one of the more interesting show starts of the Fringe.
Review: LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME, Tron Theatre
Taking the classic Smiths’ song Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me as their cue, director, writer and performer Ben Harrison and musician and composer David Paul Jones delve into the wonderful, troubled, exhilarating and oddly innocent decade - the 80s.
Review: THE WOLVES AT THE DOOR, Oran Mor
A dark comedy that takes aim at corporate greed and questions the kindness of strangers.
Review: UP, Tron Theatre
We discover the chances of perishing in a commercial plane crash are 29.
Review: HISTORY OF PAPER, Tron Theatre
A pizza express menu.
Review: THE LAST CABARET ON EARTH, Oran Mor
An electrifying show full of music and laughter by Brian James O’Sullivan that asks “how would you want to spend your last hour?”
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: MICHAEL KUNZE: INFINITY MIRROR, Underbelly, Cowgate
Walking into Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror, audiences are greeted by Kunze himself, who is standing on the stage making sandwiches.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: STAMPTOWN, Pleasance Courtyard
As someone who has seen versions of Stamptown in both Edinburgh and London, I was very much looking forward to seeing the show at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Pleasance Courtyard - Grand, a 750-seat venue.
Review: There Is No Room In Our Bathroom For Lewis Capaldi, Paisley Arts Centre
Seventeen year old Gwen has 8 siblings and a long list of daily tasks to get them ready and out the door each morning for school; until one day she doesn’t.
Review: NISH, DON'T KILL MY VIBE, Kings Theatre Glasgow
Who knew dissecting global politics could be such a riot? In his latest show, Nish Kumar (best known for The Mash Report and Taskmaster) proves we need punchlines to survive punch-ups.
Review: BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal Glasgow
When Ali heads to the bright lights of New York in search of her mother, she finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world where the beat of the music and the heat of the dance moves will change her life forever.
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: CATHERINE COHEN: COME FOR ME, Pleasance Courtyard
Catherine Cohen: Come For Me is self-described as a “openly glamorous, decidedly horny comedy cabaret,” and that is certainly accurate! Cohen also compares her show to Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, an immersive theatrical experience, and she’s not wrong.
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