EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: NICK HELM, PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES, Pleasance Dome
Nick Helm's Phoenix from the Flames is an electric blend of comedy and musical performance.
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EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUPER SUNDAY, Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows, Lafayette
Super Sunday is a circus show by Race Horse Company, known for their uncompromising contemporary vision.
EDINBURGH 2019 BWW Review: MY DARLING CLEMMIE, Assembly, Drawing Room
A one woman play telling the story of Clementine Hozier's life with Winston Churchill.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CREAM TEA AND INCEST, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre
Peracals Productions presents writer Benjamin Alborough's Cream Tea and Incest in a revival, featuring an all-female cast of four in a Jeevesian tale.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JUST CHECKING IN, Gilded Balloon
A once-glamorous Scottish hotel is being sold to Donald Trump.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: Maria Shehata: HERO, Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
Do you ever worry about how a comedian is doing? Maria Shehata's 2017 Edfringe show finished with an uncertain future for a relationship she had moved across the world for, so I wanted to check in and see how things were going for her.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TOM LENK IS TRASH, Assembly
In 2016, SAG Award-winning, middle-aged scene-stealer Tom Lenk (Buffy, Tilda Swinton Answers.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LAURA LEXX: KNEE JERK, Gilded Balloon
Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a 'bouncy, bubbly stand up star' (Telegraph) shining a hilarious light on how hard it is to be a good person these days.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: WEST END PRODUCER - FREE WILLY, Studio 2 @ Assembly Studios
On his first foray in front of the curtain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End Producer unveils his brand new project - Free Willy: The Musical - and invites his audience to audition for their own role in the production.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA, Underbelly
Grab your Bag for Life, stick your pound-shaped keyrings into the trolley and step inside The Supermarket for a freshly baked musical treat.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SPONTANEOUS POTTER, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre
Spontaneous Potter is a playful, inventive piece, joyfully tapping into a generation of Potterhead's love of the franchise
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY LAW: IDENTIFIES, Monkey Barrel
Tony Law is wild, utterly absurd and magnetic in his new show 'Identifies'
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUCH FILTHY F*CKS, Pleasance Dome
Oli Forsyth expertly writes and directs Such Filthy F*cks, a show that questions why porn and porn addiction is still taboo.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BLODEUWEDD UNTOLD, Pleasance Courtyard
The story of Blodeuwedd Untold is about a woman created from the flowers, but her passion has a devastating effect
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW REVIEW: DEAD RINGERS LIVE, Pleasance EICC
Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens and Duncan Wisbey thrill audiences with their quick wit and wonderful impersonations of politicians and public figures.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SOOZ KEMPNER: MEGA DRIVE, The Globe Bar
Following 2018's Super Sonic 90s Kid, award-winning comedian Sooz Kempner is back with a brand-new hour, Mega Drive: a show about the video games that defined our youth and the ambition they helped create.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: STEPHEN BUCHANAN: BABY DOVE, Pleasance Courtyard
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ENOUGH, Traverse Theatre
Jane and Toni are immaculate, iconic, accommodating flight attendants.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: VIKKI STONE: SONG BIRD, Pleasance
Multi award-winning comedian and musician Vikki Stone returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new show of her trademark comedy songs and stand-up.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: AARON SIMMONDS: DISABLED COCONUT, Underbelly
Join the BBC New Comedy Award finalist and wheelchair enthusiast as he tells you about how his first paid gig led to him performing on BBC2 a year later, and what happens when you are being trolled online for not being disabled enough.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: GODLEY ON THE FRINGE, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
Janey Godley's stand up material really is second to none.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ASHLEY STORRIE: HYSTERICAL, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
In her one-hour set at Edinburgh's Counting House, she brings a fresh perspective to dating, crime and autism with a brand that is most definitely her own.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUZI RUFFELL: DANCE LIKE EVERYONE'S WATCHING, Pleasance Courtyard
Suzi Ruffell is happy and she's not afraid to celebrate with you.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SNORT, Pleasance Courtyard
Utterly and brilliantly bonkers improvisation from New Zealand
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BYSTANDERS, Summerhall
Written and directed by Adrian Jackson.
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