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I FEEL THE NEED Comes to Edinburgh This Month
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2022
Former US Navy Combat Aviator Loree Draude was one of the first women to fly combat jets in the military.  An accidental aviation pioneer, she saw ten years' service, during which she was deployed twice to the Persian Gulf and was selected to be an instructor pilot.  
Review: CHARLOTTE JOHNSON: MY DAD AND OTHER LIES, Pleasance Dome
by Alexander Cohen - August 18, 2022
An hour of stand-up from Boris Johnson’s illegitimate daughter, everything about Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies is predictable.
Female-Run Theatre Company Will Memorialise Brixton's History In New KNOCK DOWN Performance Collaboration With BRIXTON HOUSE
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2022
Set against a backdrop of urban gentrification, economic change and social divide, women-led and run DROPPED TEA THEATRE is on a mission to crystallize the history of London's beautiful and varied communities through THEATRE and PERFORMANCE ART. Having previously focused on Peckham and Camberwell (KNOCK DOWN - Peckham and Camberwell) to high acclaim, their latest project (KNOCK DOWN - Brixton) focuses on upholding and preserving Brixton's vivid history in a fresh artistic collaboration with the new Brixton House. 
Review: FLAT AND THE CURVES, The Stand
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 17, 2022
What did our critic think of FLAT AND THE CURVES at The Stand?
Safe To Be Me Programme Launched in Perth Secondary Schools By Scottish Ballet
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2022
Scottish Ballet's ground breaking Safe To Be Me programme that uses dance to tackle challenging subjects including racism, homophobia, bigotry, ableism and transphobia will be launched for the first time in secondary schools in Perth before being rolled out once again across selected schools in the Highlands and Central Scotland.
Photos: First Look at HEROIN TO HERO at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2022
All new production photos of Tony McGeever in the highly-praised Edinburgh Fringe show Heroin to Hero have been released. Check them out here!
Edinburgh 2022: Review: DON'T SAY MACBETH, ZOO Playground - Playground 2
by Helen Smith - August 17, 2022
Perhaps the best-known theatre superstition is: don’t say “Macbeth” in a theatre. GOYA Theatre Company present Don’t Say Macbeth, in which a troubled production of “Hubble Bubble: The Musical” attempts their opening night. Don’t Say Macbeth is an hour of hilarious musical comedy that’s perfect for the Fringe!
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD, theSpace/on demand
by Fiona Scott - August 16, 2022
What did our critic think of MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD at TheSpace?
Review: THE HIPPIE SHAKES, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 16, 2022
What did our critic think of THE HIPPIE SHAKES at Greenside @ Infirmary Street?
Review: SHEWOLVES, Pleasance Courtyard
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 16, 2022
What did our critic think of SHEWOLVES at Pleasance Courtyard?
DREAMACHINE, The Free Immersive Art Experience Opens in Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2022
Created by Collective Act, Dreamachine is presented in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival in partnership with Edinburgh Science.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: WHO HERE'S LOST?, Pleasance Attic
by Alexander Cohen - August 16, 2022
Ben Moor is an English Wes Anderson. Everything about his playful one man show Who Here's Lost? Exudes Anderson's signature twee from Moor's knitted jumper to the whimsical world of the play itself.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: TOM DETRINIS: I HATE NEW YORK, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2022
I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances. DeTrinis unmasks his singular views on everything from NYC to his huge family to cheese and finally, to himself. DeTrinis is angry and he wants you to know who, what, where, when and why!
Edinburgh 2022: Review: ARE YOU BEING MURDERED? EICC
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2022
World premiere of a new murder mystery starring Arthur Bostrom ('Allo 'Allo!) set in the golden age of BBC sitcoms, from the acclaimed Father Brown writer David Semple. A supporting artist's job is to be invisible, inscrutable, and not to pull focus from the stars... and Jamie Button does his best to follow these rules, until he witnesses a murder on the set of a popular sitcom. Extra turns detective, stepping into the limelight. As events unravel and the culprit fears detection by this amateur sleuth, could it be that Jamie has spoken his last 'rhubarb'?
Edinburgh International Culture Summit Opens Dialogue To The Public Through Daily Broadcast Q&As
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2022
Edinburgh International Culture Summit opens dialogue to the public through Daily Broadcast Q&As for those anywhere in the world and gallery tickets to the Scottish Parliament's chamber for those in the world's Festival City.
WE ARE TRAFFIC Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2022
WE ARE TRAFFIC: An Uber Adventure, Written and Performed by Jonathan Tipton Meyers and Directed by Harry Kakatsakis, comes to Edinburgh Fringe this month. Performanaces run August 3 – 28th.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: EULOGY, Summerhall
by Alexander Cohen - August 16, 2022
Performed in total darkness, Eulogy is one of the Edinburgh festival's more eccentric offerings.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: LOVE THEM TO DEATH, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2022
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school. But is everything as it seems? School Attendance Officer Kelly isn't so sure. A piece about who is telling the truth, how we come to that decision, and whether the truth even exists most of the time. A dark and twisty tale set in the borderlands between love and violence – inspired by real events. Written by Max Dickins (The Man on the Moor, Kin, The Trunk) and directed by five-time Fringe First winner Hannah Eidinow.
Review: DELICIOUS FRUIT, Pleasance Dome
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 15, 2022
What did our critic think of DELICIOUS FRUIT at Pleasance Dome?
Edinburgh 2022: Review: FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2022
The Fringe premiere of new kickass-pirational pop musical from one of the producers of hit SIX, that celebrates the lives of Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Emmeline Pankhurst and many more. Join our inquisitive heroine Jade as she breaks away from her class to take a peek at the not yet open Gallery of Greatness in the local museum where she meets some of history’s incredible wonder women.
HISTORY OF HOUSE Comes to Edinburgh This Month
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2022
Ministry of Sound/ARIA-nominated DJ Groove Terminator teams up with 3 x Grammy Award winners Soweto Gospel Choir for History of House an exhilarating journey through the history of dance music for two nights only at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.  
Pitlochry Festival Theatre Will Stage the Premiere Of Martin McCormick's New Play THE MAGGIE WALL in September
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2022
This September, Pitlochry Festival Theatre's new Studio is set to host the stage premiere of The Maggie Wall, a new monologue by Scottish playwright Martin McCormick, which is inspired by a mysterious monument built in Dunning in Perthshire to commemorate the death of a woman who was tried and executed in the 17th century for witchcraft.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: ANIA MAGLIANO: ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES IF NOT, Pleasance Courtyard
by Mark Carnochan - August 15, 2022
Ania Magliano is the type of comedian so impressive that you wish to see more of her in future. A rising star who deserves to make it.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MEDEA, The Hub
by Alexander Cohen - August 15, 2022
Each word of Scottish poet Liz Lochhead's razor sharp adaption of Euripides' Medea is forged in fire. First staged in 2000, it is still searingly relevant and painfully urgent.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: BRITNEY: FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2022
Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love. But which of these two girls will you fancy more?

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Live In Concert in Scotland Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Live In Concert
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (3/27 - 3/27)
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical in Scotland Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
Theatre Royal Glasgow (11/10 - 11/14)
Two Doors Down in Scotland Two Doors Down
OVO Hydro (9/25 - 10/11)
Paul Merton & Suki Webster''s Improv Show in Scotland Paul Merton & Suki Webster''s Improv Show
Pavilion Theatre Glasgow (3/12 - 3/12)
*Two Doors Down in Scotland *Two Doors Down
OVO Hydro (9/25 - 10/11)
Jeff Wayne''s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds in Scotland Jeff Wayne''s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds
SEC Armadillo (10/9 - 10/9)
Gravity - Starring Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman & Rachel Tucker in Scotland Gravity - Starring Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman & Rachel Tucker
Kings Theatre Glasgow (4/22 - 4/22)
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