EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: PUNCHLINE, Space @ Surgeons Hall, August 13 2013
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EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: BRIEFS: THE SECOND COMING, Assembly George Square, August 12 2013
MAGIC MIKE meets CIRQUE DU SOLEIL in the latest fringe outing for the outrageous Australian cabaret troupe Briefs.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MY PREGNANT BROTHER, Pleasance Dome, August 12 2013
Thomas Beattie made news around the world when he went on Oprah in 2008 to discuss being a pregnant man.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: HAPPY NEVER AFTER, Pleasance Courtyard, August 12 2013
A young couple fall in love and move in together to their first home.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: ALFIE MOORE: VIVA ALF VEGAS
Comedy and therapy can often overlap in one-hour shows and such is the case in ALFIE MOORE: VIVA ALF VEGAS.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WARDENS, Assembly Roxy, August 11 2013
What happens when a group of traffic wardens, a PCSO and a chemist are forced to spend hours held up in a disused cricket pavilion held hostage by an angry mob? WARDENS, written by Darren Richman and Garrett Millerick, hopes to find out as it pokes fun at some of Britain's least loved public servant
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: HIGH PLAINS, Underbelly, August 11 2013
Set in A Unique Little Town (Ault for short), Brian Watkins' gripping one-man play HIGH PLAINS tells the extraordinary confession of Jake, a young construction worker with a dark secret and haunting tale to tell.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: JEKYLL & HYDE, Assembly Roxy, August 10 2013
The story of JEKYLL & HYDE has been reworked and reinterpreted many times since Stevenson's original novella.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MCNEIL AND PAMPHILON GO 8-BIT!, Pleasance Dome, August 10 2013
Comedy duo Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon have put together an eclectic video games themed show for a short run at this year's Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: THE SORRIES, Quaker Meeting House, August 10 2013
For all that they take their name and claim inspiration from Scotland's most famous folk duo The Corries, this is no mere tribute act.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: PREEN BACK YER LUGS, Pleasance Dome, August 10 2013
Amidst all of the questions of what the consequences of next year's independence referendum could be, nobody seems to have asked what would happen to an independent Scotland after a worldwide apocalypse.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: VOICES IN YOUR HEAD - THE PHILL JUPITUS EXPERIMENT, August 10 2013
Improvisation is very much a fringe staple and one that can seem all too familiar, when you've seen the umpteenth troupe of drama students playing the same WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY games.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: THE ADVENTURES OF CAROLINE AND MR CLOWN, Gilded Balloon, August 10 2013
Join Caroline Rhea of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Phineas and Ferb and her new best friend, Mr Clown, an adorable, quick-witted puppet, as they sing, play and joke their way through basic language skills, manners, and other exciting life lessons in this playful interactive multi-media show
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: WRONG SIDE OF THE DOOR, Underbelly, August 9 2013
The Grandees present The Wrong Side of the Door, three short plays taking the imagination on a roller coaster adventure of bizarre and wonderful character comedy.
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON SHOW, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
With brand new tricks and a mind-reading fish, Edinburgh's favourite magical dragon returns.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: SINCERELY, MR TOAD, Pleasance Dome, August 9 2013
Trapped in a mundane existence, Kenneth Grahame longed to write wild adventure tales and pursue his love of nature and literature.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: MINNIE AND MONA PLAY DEAD, Dairy Room, August 9 2013
Minnie and Mona are best friends who are destined to end up apart.
EDINBURGH 2013- BWW Reviews: SAM ROSE IN THE SHADOWS, Bedlam Theatre, August 9 2013
Sam Rose has been carrying a box with him for five years.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: JOHN LLOYD: LIFF OF QI, Underbelly, August 10 2013
Despite having never passed a BBC recruitment board in his life, John Lloyd has none-the-less been responsible for some of the greatest TV and Radio comedies broadcast in the UK over the last 40 years.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: THE RADICALISATION OF BRADLEY MANNING, Pleasance At St Thomas of Aquin's High School, August 8 2013
The topical story of Bradley Manning, the young US soldier responsible for leaking millions of military documents and now facing a lifetime in prison, is brought to the stage in a new production by the National Theatre of Wales, which examines what brought an American teenager at school in Wales to
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: GOD BLESS LIZ LOCHHEAD, Assembly Rooms, August 6 2013
Vain actors and productions in the process of going wrong are popular, if tedious, topics for Fringe plays, perhaps in an attempt to acquire an audience of theatrical types who will recognise themselves on stage.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: FUNERAL REPLACEMENT SERVICE, Necrobus, August 5 2013
The Fringe simply wouldn't be the Fringe without shows in bizarre venues.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: CAROLINE RHEA, Gilded Balloon, August 5 2013
Caroline Rhea, stand-up comedian and actress brings her fresh, funny and spontaneous show to Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH 2013 - BWW Reviews: BAN THIS FILTH!, Scottish Storytelling Centre, August 4 2013
Alan Bissett has been making a name for himself in recent years through novels, plays and insightful contributions to the Scottish independence debate, including his fantastic poem "Vote Britain".
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot (8/05-8/30) |
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Patient 13 Zoo Playground 2 (8/07-8/30) VIDEOS |
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Man or Bear Summerhall (8/06-8/30) |
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Baby Brain Studio Three, Assembly George Square (8/21-8/30) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Stand 1 (8/05-8/30) |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Alhambra Theatre (10/07-10/10) |
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Tell Me Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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Spin Cycle Underbelly (Clover) (8/05-8/31) |
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The Steamie Alhambra Theatre (10/29-10/31) |