EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: CREATIVES, Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
Creatives is a dark comic pop-opera written by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia with music by Laurence Mark Wythe.
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EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: RACHEL PARRIS- KEYNOTE, Pleasance Dome
Rachel (Austentatious, The IT Crowd, Murder in Successville) has been invited to be a guest speaker at her old school, but what kind of a role model is she really? Through stand-up, character and musical comedy, she explores what messed up message she can possibly offer to impressionable young minds
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: SPEAKING IN TONGUES: THE TRUTHS, Pleasance Courtyard
Two for one is more commonly applied to tickets at the Fringe rather than the plays themselves.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE PATCHWORK ODYSSEY, Assembly Roxy
The Odyssey is one of the most iconic stories of all time, telling the tale of Odysseus' long and epic journey home from the Trojan War.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: 2016 THE MUSICAL, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
Few years in recent memory have included such a host of dramatic events, so it is perhaps no surprise that the turbulent time that was 2016 has been chosen as the subject of this new musical from Evolution Theatre.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER, Pleasance One
Based on the 1984 cult movie of the same name and following a successful run at London's Southwark Playhouse, the rock musical comes to the Edinburgh Fringe prior to returning to London for a limited run at the Arts Theatre in autumn 2017.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: RHYS JAMES: WISEBOY, Pleasance Courtyard
Well, well, well.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: HARRIET KEMSLEY: BAD AT DOING, Just The Tonic
Multi award-winning stand-up and absolute mess Harriet Kemsley has survived another year and returns with her best show yet.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS, HEROES @ Monkey Barrel
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: A JOKE, theSpace on Niddry Street
Starring Richard Oliver, Robert Picardo and Sylvester McCoy, A Joke depicts three men meeting in a void and attempting to figure out who they are and what has brought them together.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: SOMEONE DIES AT THE END, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
American theatre company Squeaky Wheelz Productions have brought a new play to Edinburgh set after a nuclear apocalypse has wiped out the United States.
BWW Review: PROM KWEEN at Underbelly, Cowgate
Cool kids, high school identity issues, a whole lot of singing and the starting of engines.
BWW Review: ED GAMBLE: MAMMOTH at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
Ed Gamble returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show 'Mammoth'.
BWW Review: THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD AND LOEB STORY at C Venue - C Too
Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story is the shocking true story of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, two soon to be trainee lawyers who kidnap and murder a 14 year old boy in their desire to commit the perfect crime.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, theSpace @ Venue45
'It Shoulda Been You' opened on Broadway in 2015, with a cast including Tyne Daly, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard in a production directed by David Hyde Pierce.
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: JOE'S NYC BAR, Assembly George Square Studios
Joe's NYC Bar is a show that really understands the Celtic concept of "craic" - the great pleasure of good company and good conversation.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: EDGES, C
Edges is the first musical from Pasek and Paul, now better known for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S IMPROBABLE NEW MUSICAL, theSpace on the Mile
The typically implausible G&S style plot involves two companies going to extreme lengths to secure good reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe with rival productions.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS LEMONS, Roundabout @ Summerhall
How would you get through your day without being able to sing a full song, read a poem aloud or even debate at length which Fringe show to see? That's the premise behind Sam Steiner's award-winning play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons , which returns to the Fringe this year in the lovely Roundab
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: BREXIT THE MUSICAL, C Chambers St
Brexit the Musical isn't the only show in this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe to be inspired by recent political goings-on, but it's likely to be the funniest.
BWW Review: FLASHDANCE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Starring Strictly Come Dancing Champion Joanne Clifton and A1 heartthrob Ben Adams, Flashdance - The Musical is the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex a determined welder who dreams of becoming a professional dancer.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: ORDINARY DAYS, C royale
Ordinary Days is a musical portrayal of four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE TIME MACHINE, Voodoo Rooms
Long before the Delorean or the TARDIS ever graced our screens, the story of The Time Machine fascinated the public with the idea of travelling in the fourth dimension.
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: ANY SUGGESTIONS, DOCTOR? AN IMPROVISED ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, Sweet Grassmarket
We have several months to wait to see Peter Capaldi regenerate into Jodie Whittaker, but for those needing a Fringe fix of their favourite Gallifreyan, Any Suggestions, Doctor? An Improvised Adventure in Space and Time is offering up a brand new unofficial episode almost every day of the festival.
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Jitters Summerhall (8/06-8/30) |
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Remember, Remember! Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Usher Hall (12/03-12/03) |
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Friendliest Gilded Balloon (The Nook) (8/08-8/31) |
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Woodcutter Triplex Studio @theSpaceUK (Venue 38) (8/07-8/29) |
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Spin Cycle Underbelly (Clover) (8/05-8/31) |
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Argonauts Zoo (Playground 1) (8/07-8/30) |
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Heart Beats Strong Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 2) (8/05-8/31) |
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Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/30) |