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SKANK Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
After a short (and critically very well received) sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2021, Future Artists will bring Skank back for a full run, and allow Kate (Skank) to live life at Fringe to the full. She's gonna love it, it's right up her street.
RUCKUS Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Wildcard Theatre's Ruckus is a compelling, unsettling one-woman thriller exploring the suppression and destruction caused by coercive control. Taking the audience through the sensations of being at the beginning of a coercively controlled relationship, this tense and thought-provoking drama will raise questions about women's vulnerabilities to psychologically violent relationships within today's patriarchal society.
Lucy Frederick's BIG FAT WEDDING Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Negotiating the route towards the happily ever after is tricky at the best of times, even more so if you're not the archetypal princess. And since weddings are almost always stressful, expensive and outdated nowadays anyway, what really is the point of it all?
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING...EARNEST? Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Say It Again, Sorry?'s comedic masterpiece of meticulous logistics, an overly-involved audience, questionable stage management and celebrity cameos is delighted to be making its Edinburgh Fringe full-run debut (following a short run in 2021).
ART Award Winner SANDCASTLES Will Premiere at This Year's Assembly Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Brite Theater presents this year's Assembly Festival ART Award winner Sandcastles written by Steve McMahon, directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir and supported by the Carol Tambor Incentive Award and Allan Wilson's patronage. 
LOTTIE PLATCHETT TOOK A HATCHET Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
With a script that melds the cutting quick wit of the finest drag queen-cum-panto dame with the bawdy brassiness of an all American (there ain't nothing like a) dame, Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchet by Justin Elizabeth Sayre, is a high camp, high energy, comedy whodunnit, based on the infamous murder case of Lizzie Borden.
US Comedian Kylie Brakeman Makes Her Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Making her Edinburgh Fringe debut, US comedian and actor, Kylie Brakeman is Linda Hollywood: a recently cancelled high strung agent who's been alive for 300 years, gracing Edinburgh with her presence to present a night showcasing her favourite A-List celebrity friends (with characters from the low-key to the frenetically energetic, all played by Brakeman).
Katie Pritchard Debuts In Edinburgh With BOOGIE WONDERLAND
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Katie Pritchard's Boogie Wonderland has a massive heart and a huge desire for everyone to have a fun time.
Jordan Gray Brings IS IT A BIRD? to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
After 10 years in the music biz (and a memorable run on The Voice), Jordan Gray has suddenly become one of the UK's most exciting and celebrated rising comics.
THE GUILTY FEMINIST Returns To Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Ever worry you're not doing feminism right? Since its launch in 2016 - The Guilty Feminist has grown to become less of a podcast and more of a global phenomenon. With over 95 million downloads in six years and a Sunday Times bestselling book, The Guilty Feminist is part comedy, part deep-dive discussion, and part activism.
FILLS MONKEY: WE WILL DRUM YOU Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
If Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keyton had been French, and had become exceptionally skilled percussionists, Fills Monkey: We Will Drum You might just be the show they would have made.
'Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase' Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
From the man who brought you the cult-hit, fringe superstars Zach & Viggo, an award-winning funk-opera Where Does The Love Go? with Thumpasaurus, and the blistering, jazzy stylings of alter-ego Jack Tucker... Zach Zucker has decided to break from convention and expose his true self (you wish) on stage.
BriTANicK Makes Their Edinburgh Debut in August
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
US comedy duo Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, collectively known as BriTANicK have been nominated for an Emmy and named Variety's Top 10 Comics to Watch, have written for Saturday Night Live and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and now make their Edinburgh debut, directed by multi-award winning comedian Alex Edelman.
THE ACTRESS Comes to Edinburgh Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
From the producers of critically acclaimed The Giant Killers (Edinburgh 2017), comes the dramatic telling of Anne Marshall's rise and fall as the first actress of the British stage. In Long Lane Theatre's tradition of bringing heartfelt, funny and engaging stories to the stage, The Actress stars Eve Pearson-Wright treading the boards in the footsteps of these fascinating women from the past.
Reboot Theatre Company Announces Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run Of CANDY
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Reboot Theatre Company announces a month-long run of 5-star show Candy by Tim Fraser at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at Underbelly Bristo Square from 5 – 29 August. This follows a sell-out run at the King's Head Theatre in London in 2020 and a special online performance released last year.
BREATHLESS: A Funny, Honest and Stylish Exploration Of Hoarding Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
It's a funny, honest and stylish exploration of the knife-edge of hoarding, from the joy to the addiction and suffocating shame and based on the real-life experience of writer Laura Horton.
The Made in Scotland Showcase is Back for 2022 Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
The Made in Scotland Showcase at the 75th anniversary edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see a feast of Scottish work presented to audiences from around the world and showcasing the tantalising wave of Scottish creative talent. The work, in a broad range of forms, engages with topics old and new as the world bounces back to its feet after the forward roll of the last two years.
Stanley Brooks: I CAN MAKE ME RICH Makes Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
About 8 years ago, Lewis Dunn (founding member of the 5 star Any Suggestion, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody) went for a job interview that promised to take him into the world of 'direct marketing.'
Hope Mill Theatre Announces Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Manchester's Award-winning Hope Mill Theatre is set to makes its Fringe debut with Classic! a new comic play, that races through a multitude of classic novels in 60 minutes. At lightning speed and utilising multiple costume changes, Classic! races you from Black Beauty to Wuthering Heights via Moby Dick and many, many more ...
Grant Busé Brings New Show SentiMENTAL to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
In his new show SentiMENTAL!, Australian comic, Grant Busé takes his audience on a trip to the past: equally celebrating and mocking the never-ending nostalgia assaulting our modern senses. It's a nostalgia-extravaganza, a music-fuelled deconstruction of our selective memories.
THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN Comes to Edinburgh Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Inspired by the gameplay of Dungeons and Dragons, this hilarious adventure is never the same tale twice as audience members control the story from the palm of their hands.
Ben Norris Brings His New Play AUTOPILOT to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
Who are we programmed to save? That's what playwright Ben Norris asks in his new show Autopilot, premiering in Edinburgh this year.
A Good Catch Circus Brings ZOE, a Politically Charged New Work About The Climate Crisis to Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
After winning The Total Theatre Award for Best Circus in 2018, multi award winning Australian circus group A Good Catch, return with the international premier of new show Zoë.
THE ANNIVERSARY Premieres at Edinburgh Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
You are cordially invited to Jim and Barb's Golden Anniversary. Don't be fooled - this is no ordinary elderly couple.
Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky Transform the Role of Women in the Arts in Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 31, 2022
After performing to sold out crowds in New York and LA, New York City comedians Marcia Belsky and Jake Cornell are making their debut performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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