Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: THE SHOWSTOPPERS' KIDS SHOW, Pleasance Courtyard
Showstoppers! have made a name for themselves as the UK's most acclaimed and in-demand musical improvisers, creating brand new musicals in a single evening.
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BWW Review: MADAGASCAR THE MUSICAL, King's Theatre, Glasgow
This smash hit musical features all of your favourite crack-a-lackin' friends as they escape from their home in New York's Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien's Madagascar.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: GARRY STARR PERFORMS EVERYTHING
Theatre, we are informed at the outset of the show, is a dying art.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review, PASSIONATE MACHINE, Zoo Charteris
We are all time travellers in our own way.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: (NO) MONEY IN THE BANK, Sweet Novotel
Thom Bee is a wrestling fan who wants to share his passion for the art of the squared circle with Edinburgh audiences.
EDINBURGH 2018:BWW Review: ASHLEY STORRIE: ADULTING, Counting House
Scotland's favourite funny girl and viral internet sensation Ashley Storrie returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show about not growing up.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: CATHERINE BOHART: IMMACULATE, Pleasance
Catherine Bohart is the bisexual, OCD daughter of an Irish Catholic Deacon and she's got a hell of a lot to say about it.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN, Paradise @ Augustines
Clark Gesner's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown first opened on Broadway in 1967, based on the Peanuts comic strip characters created by Charles M.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, Pleasance Courtyard
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical makes a return visit to the Edinburgh Festival for its 11th consecutive year.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: JAY LAFFERTY: WHEESHT!, Gilded Balloon
"Wheesht" is a Scottish expansion of "Shh", often used within the phrase "Haud yer wheesht' when telling someone to shut up north of the border.
BWW Review: ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US, Pleasance Courtyard
Alex Edelman won Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe and now returns with his third solo show, Alex Edelman: Just for Us.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: SIX, Underbelly
Six began as a Cambridge University student production before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe last year.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: COURTNEY ACT: UNDER THE COVERS, Underbelly
Courtney Act will be best known to UK audiences from her winning stint Earlier this year in Celebrity Big Brother.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIGLIST, Assembly
With sold-out shows in New York and Los Angeles, a gay man's life implodes when actress Tilda Swinton (Buffy and Instagram star Tom Lenk) insists on studying him for her next big movie role
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF, Traverse
In 1992 a schoolgirl from Fife was catapulted to a rock star life in an indie band.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: MESS, Greenside
Many have said to a loved one: 'If you need anything, give me a call, any time of day.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: ARMOUR: A HERSTORY OF THE SCOTTISH BARD, TheSpace
Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard is a new musical written by Shonagh Murray and directed by Melanie Bell that addresses who Nancy and the other women featured in his poetry were and what might have happened if they had met after his death.
Edinburgh 2018: BWW Review: BRAINIAC LIVE!, Underbelly
Can you run through plasterboard? How does an electric fence work? How good is your hearing? What is the best way to spin an office chair? All questions that may or may not have crossed your mind but are answered by the Brainiac team live on stage.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: SOUTH BEND, Gilded Balloon
Multi award-winning Grid Iron, in association with Platform, bring you a hilarious road movie for the stage.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: HEAVEN BURNS, Assembly Roxy
In 1662 Morayshire, Isobel Gowdie works for zealous and ruthless witch-pricker John Dixon, torturing suspected witches into confessing their crimes.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: JOHN ROBERTSON: SWEATY, SEXY PARTY PARTY, Just the Tonic at The Tron
Sheer anarchy is about the only way to describe John Robertson's latest stand up effort.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: FCUK'D, Gilded Balloon
A teenager on the road to ruin and his little brother are about to be taken into care by the authorities.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: ICONIC: A BRIEF HISTORY OF DRAG, Assembly
A triple threat of heavenly vocals, theatrical swagger and razor-sharp wit.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: GINGZILLA: GLAMONSTER VS THE WORLD, Assembly
The multi award-winning Gingzilla is on a mission to conquer the world! Gingzilla: Glamonster vs the World presents gender equality and femininity from the 1950s to now.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: JOHN PARTRIDGE: Stripped, Assembly
Stripped is a new beginning.
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