EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: BETTE MIDLER..AND ME, Gilded Balloon, August 15 2015
'When I'm on stage - it's a party,' quipped Bette Midler.
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EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: NEWS REVUE, Pleasance Courtyard, August 15 2015
Nobody is safe: from Farage to the royal foetus, politicians and celebrities come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladder-threateningly funny songs and sketches brimming with punchlines.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: PAUL MERTON'S IMPRO CHUMS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 15 2015
Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums are wonders of nature.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: BRENDON BURNS AND COLT CABANA, Stand in the Square, August 14 2015
The noted Australian comic and celebrated American indie wrestler reunite for another month of snarking at the worst of sports entertainment in the show with the longest and most literal title on the Fringe: Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Sit in a F*cking Yurt at 11pm and Provide Comedy and Commentar
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: STEWART FRANCIS: PUN GENT, Assembly Rooms, August 14 2015
Have you noticed loud groans emanating from the area of the Assembly Rooms this month? No doubt that's down to the fabulously deadpan Stewart Francis, as seen on Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo, who is bringing his painfully hilarious oneliners and shameless puns to the Fringe in his latest
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: MY BEAUTIFUL BLACK DOG, Underbelly, August 15 2015
This electrifying show challenges the urgent stigma around mental health and encourages the audience to take ownership over their own black dogs, whilst channelling infectious dance moves, swagger-boss costumes and banging tunes!
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: A POCKETFUL OF GRIMMS, Gilded Balloon, August 15 2015
Let the storyteller take you to a land of fables and wonder to explore some of the best fairy tales ever told.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: HEY HEY 16K, Sneaky Pete's, August 13 2015
Aptly introduced by the cast as an hour of 'singing, dancing and titting about', this two man musical comedy takes it name from the viral music video hit of the pre-YouTube era, praising the many virtues of the ZX Spectrum and its ilk.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: THE BUMPER BLYTON IMPROVISED ADVENTURE, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, August 13 2015
The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure uses audience suggestions to inspire an improvised performance in the style of the English pre-war middle class adventures where a group of kids are unable to set foot outside their front door without being drawn into a range of implausible situations, while st
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: THE LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK, Fountainbridge, August 12 2015
A new location at Fountainbridge for the hottest, funniest show this side of Bangkok.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: UKIP! THE MUSICAL, Space, August 12 2015
UKIP! The Musical is a rollicking satirical swipe at the most radical political party of our time.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: ED GAMBLE: LAWMAN, Canon's Gait, August 12 2015
Star of Almost Royal (E4) and the not beard one from the Peacock and Gamble Podcast, Chortle Award-winning Ed Gamble moseys back into town with a brand new stand-up show about why it's hip to be square.
BWW Reviews: DREAMBOATS AND MINISKIRTS, King's Theatre, Glasgow, August 11 2015
t's 1963, and the world is changing.
BWW Reviews: EAST IS EAST, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, August 10 2015
Following its sensational West End run as part of the Trafalgar Transformed season, one of the best British comedies delights the nation this summer.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: ZANNA, DON'T, C, August 11 2015
Zanna, Don't is your typical high school rom com, with a slight twist.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: USHERS, Momentum Grand, August 9 2015
Set in a West End theatre, the acclaimed hit new musical comes to Edinburgh! Following the lives of the stagiest people in theatre - the Front of House staff - and portraying the hilarious, ridiculous and frequently moving stories of ice cream sellers who dare to dream…
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: IAN SMITH WHEREABOUTS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 9 2015
Award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC1's The Ark, BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) returns with his third hour.
EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA, Pleasance Courtyard, August 9 2015
John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Sliding Doors, The Mummy) stars in this madcap comedy of illusion.
Extempore Theatre's THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT: RHAPSODES Hits Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Extempore Theatre presents The School of Night: Rhapsodes at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe from the 5th - 17th August.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: UNDER THE GROUND, Assembly Checkpoint, August 9 2015
A brand new musical following the seemingly simple journey of a girl on a single Glasgow Subway car.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL!, Pleasance Courtyard, August 9 2015
Improvisation is a tricky thing to get right on stage, but what happens when you also have to improvise full band accompaniments, a cappella harmonies and dance routines? The Showstoppers, a talented troupe of improvisers as heard on BBC Radio Four, manage to do just that in their show at the Pleas
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: JESS ROBINSON, THE RISE OF MIGHTY VOICE, Pleasance Dome, August 8 2015
Amazing mimicry, stunning singing, cheeky wit and a different show every night, thanks to the legendary Wheels of Sixty-Four Tunes.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: CHRISTINA BIANCO PARTY OF ONE, Assembly George Sq, August 8 2015
Broadway performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco takes you on a hilarious musical comedy journey, showing you what led her to become a multi-faceted, multi-voiced party of one! Christina performs an eclectic selection of your favourite pop, standard and Broadway tunes in her own voice as we
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF, C Venues, August 8 2015
The small English village of Bakewell, Derbyshire is holding its annual baking competition and the eclectic group of contestants, including a local postman, a German transsexual and a nun, are each hoping that their baking skills will impress the judges.
EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: BRUCE, Underbelly Cowgate, August 8 2015
Keeping you at the edge of your seat, Bruce will sweep you away on an adventure of love and revenge.
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