EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SINCE U BEEN GONE, Assembly Roxy
Teddy Lamb's Since U Been Gone is two stories inextricably weaved together.
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EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ALGORITHMS, Pleasance Courtyard
Algorithms is a feel-good show, comic and gently moving.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: HOTTER, Underbelly
Mary Higgins and Ell Potter interviewed women and trans people from the age of 11 to 97 about what gets them 'hot', and then made a wonderful verbatim piece of theatre.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CRYSTAL RASMUSSEN PRESENTS THE BIBLE 2, Underbelly
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM's Crystal is back.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE, Underbelly
This daring new play uses a blend of verbatim interviews, Methodist hymns and original songs to investigate the lives in and around Miracle Village, a rural American community for sex offenders buried deep in Florida's sugar cane fields.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JESSICA FOSTEKEW: HENCH, Monkey Barrel
Absolute powershed and regular host of The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew explores her big strong strength.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LADYBONES, Pleasance
Archaeologist Nuala unearths a skeleton and her ordered life starts to unravel.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE HAPPY, Roundabout @ Summerhall
Josh and Abbie decide to adopt.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SPLINTERED, Bedlam Theatre
Not fully stand up, not fully a play.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE 90S MUSICAL, Assembly George Square Gardens
The bent to film adaptions and Jukebox productions in new musical theatre does not fill everyone's hearts with joy.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DARIUS DAVIES: PERSIAN OF INTEREST, Just the Tonic at The Tron
In a selfless act of public service, Anglo-Iranian comedian Darius will show you how easy it is to beat the system and avoid media manipulation in our agenda-driven, technology-obsessed, modern society.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: COLIN CLOUD: SINFUL, Pleasance Courtyard - The Grand
After five years at the Fringe, and a transatlantic turn on America's Got Talent, for which he was invited back for the Champions series, Colin Cloud returns to Edinburgh with new show Sinful.
BWW Review: RED DUST ROAD, Lyceum, Edinburgh
Growing up in 70s' Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BROMANCE, Assembly Rooms - Music Hall
The art of circus skills involves trust, talent and intimate physical contact.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JENNY BEDE: THE MUSICAL, Just the Tonic
Classically trained in musical theatre, comedian, writer and actor Jenny Bede is tired of waiting around for her perfect role.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JAMES BARR: THIRST TRAP, Underbelly, Cowgate - White Belly
James Barr has had a glittering career on the airwaves for the past few years on stations such as Heat and Hits Radio, plus working for MTV.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: FISHBOWL, Pleasance Courtyard - The Grand
After winning the esteemed French theatre award, the Moliére, for Best Comedy Play, Fishbowl brings its slapstick physical comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: FATTY FAT FAT, Pleasance
Ever feel like your body takes up too much space in a world that doesn't want to make any room? Katie is fat.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ROSE MCGOWAN: PLANET 9, Assembly
Best-selling author, actress and activist Rose McGowan makes her debut at the Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ABORIGINAL COMEDY ALLSTARS, Assembly George Square Studios
Deadly: Excellent/amazing/really good to Aboriginal people.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CHRIS PARKER: CAMP BINCH, Assembly George Square Studios
This show has everything - big Broadway tunes, wigs, exceptional childhood haircuts and enough energy from Parker to power the whole of Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY SLATTERY: SLATTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE, The Stand
A manic mash-up of memories from his career, Tony Slattery is asked questions by his good friend Robert Ross.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BRYONY KIMMINGS: I'M A PHOENIX, BITCH, Pleasance Courtyard
I'm a Pheonix, Bitch is an autobiographical piece which chronicles a deeply horrendous time in Bryony Kimmings' life through the years 2015-16 with the loss of her relationship, her mental health, and, nearly, her child.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: RAY BADRAN: EVERYBODY LOVES RAY, MAN, Pleasance Courtyard
Ray Badran has come up with the best ending to a comedy show, perhaps ever.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ZOË COOMBS MARR: BOSSY BOTTOM, Monkey Barrel Comedy
Zoë Coombs Marr's 2016 show Trigger Warning was the bonkers brainchild of a comedian fed up with the tribulations of being a woman in comedy.
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