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EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE FIT PRINCE, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE FIT PRINCE, Pleasance Courtyard

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 17, 2025
The King is dead and the Prince is unmarried – if he doesn't find someone soon, he must forfeit the crown! In NYC, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: INSIDERS, St John's Church

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: INSIDERS, St John's Church

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 17, 2025
With prisons rarely out of the news, Insiders gives insight into the challenges of life in jail.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SARAH BRADLEY: JUST LIKE OTHER GIRLS, Gilded Balloon

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SARAH BRADLEY: JUST LIKE OTHER GIRLS, Gilded Balloon

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 17, 2025
After spending her formative years trying to be 'not like other girls', Sarah Bradley is celebrating all things feminine – from rosé to romance novels, horoscopes to hot celebrities, inconvenient crushes to crying at inconvenient times.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROSCO MCCLELLAND: HOW COULD HELL BE ANY WORSE, Monkey Barrel

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROSCO MCCLELLAND: HOW COULD HELL BE ANY WORSE, Monkey Barrel

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 16, 2025
The winner of the 2025 Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, Rosco McClelland brings his brand new show for 2025.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: JACOB NUSSEY: PRIMED at Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 3)

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: JACOB NUSSEY: PRIMED at Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 3)

by Chloe Buckley — August 15, 2025
Jacob Nussey makes his Fringe debut with his stand-up show Primed where he shares stories from his time working at Amazon.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: STEPHEN BUCHANAN: COLD MEAT, Monkey Barrel Comedy

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: STEPHEN BUCHANAN: COLD MEAT, Monkey Barrel Comedy

by Chloe Buckley — August 14, 2025
Stephen Buchanan returns to the Fringe with his new hour, Cold Meat, where he brings dark humour and well-crafted jokes to the Edinburgh stage.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GUYS SING DOLLS, Studio At Paradise In Augustines

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GUYS SING DOLLS, Studio At Paradise In Augustines

by Iona Rose — August 14, 2025
An amazing show all round, Guys Sing Dolls, a cabaret style concert, was expertly executed.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE MANCHESTER REVUE IN CUBICLE LAND, Just The Tonic

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE MANCHESTER REVUE IN CUBICLE LAND, Just The Tonic

by Mark Carnochan — August 14, 2025
An entire sketch comedy show based around real-life graffiti scrawled in toilet cubicles is the sort of premise you could only ever wish to come up with.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SHARON WANJOHI: IN THE HOUSE, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker 2

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SHARON WANJOHI: IN THE HOUSE, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker 2

by Christiana Rose — August 14, 2025
In her debut hour, Sharon Wanjohi strides on stage with dynamic energy on a mission to share her comedic mock wisdom.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: TED MILLIGAN: UNITED, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Three

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: TED MILLIGAN: UNITED, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Three

by Christiana Rose — August 14, 2025
From the moment Ted Milligan strides on to the stage to the roar of football anthems, the atmosphere is electric.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DEAR ANNIE, I HATE YOU, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two

by Christiana Rose — August 14, 2025
Dear Annie, I Hate You is a visceral, captivating account of survival which fuses raw storytelling with inventive theatricality.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: IS THERE WORK ON MARS?, Playground 1, ZOO Playground

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: IS THERE WORK ON MARS?, Playground 1, ZOO Playground

by Erin Roche — August 14, 2025
Dystopian, semi-autobiographical solo show Is There Work On Mars? returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following a successful 2024 run.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE UNCRACKABLE CASE, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE UNCRACKABLE CASE, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two

by Christiana Rose — August 14, 2025
Front Room Productions and Lawrence Batley Theatre present The Uncrackable Case, a courtroom drama which reimagines fairy tale characters in a tabloid-fuelled whodunnit.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FLY, YOU FOOLS!: RECENT CUTBACKS, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasa

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FLY, YOU FOOLS!: RECENT CUTBACKS, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beyond

by Christiana Rose — August 14, 2025
From the creators of Hold On To Your Butts, Recent Cutbacks return with a gloriously inventive UK premiere which transforms an epic fantasy film into a joyous, lo fi theatrical romp.
Theatre Channel To Launch WHAT THE FRINGE 2025 Live From Edinburgh

Theatre Channel To Launch WHAT THE FRINGE 2025 Live From Edinburgh

by BWW News Desk — August 14, 2025
Theatre Channel will debut What the Fringe 2025, a brand-new original live broadcast series sponsored by Pleasance Theatre Trust, offering audiences an insider’s view of the world’s largest celebration of live performance.
Scottish Comedian Marc Jennings Adds Extra Show

Scottish Comedian Marc Jennings Adds Extra Show

by BWW News Desk — August 14, 2025
With the rest of Marc Jennings' shows this week sold out and very limited availability for next week, Monkey Barrel Comedy have added a second extra show at 10:40pm on Saturday, August 16.
Comedian Edy Hurst Will Host the Edinburgh Fringe Witch Trials 2025

Comedian Edy Hurst Will Host the Edinburgh Fringe Witch Trials 2025

by BWW News Desk — August 14, 2025
Edy Hurst, Ingenious Fools & Liebenspiel Productions have joined forces to discover, once and for who shall be named the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's favourite fictional Witch of 2025.
Voting Now Open For The Comedians' Choice Awards 2025

Voting Now Open For The Comedians' Choice Awards 2025

by BWW News Desk — August 14, 2025
British Comedy Guide and Angel Comedy have announced the return of The Comedians' Choice Awards to the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Interview: How LUIGI THE MUSICAL Is Pushing the Boundaries of Musical Theatre

Interview: How LUIGI THE MUSICAL Is Pushing the Boundaries of Musical Theatre

by Michael Major — August 13, 2025
Luigi: the Musical – a new comedy inspired by the reality of Luigi Mangione, Sam Bankman-Fried, and Diddy all being incarcerated in the same federal facility—has become a sold-out hit that’s now headed to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: EDINBURGH DAYS, St Bride's Centre

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: EDINBURGH DAYS, St Bride's Centre

by Iona Rose — August 13, 2025
What did our critic think of EDINBURGH DAYS at St Bride's Centre?
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROHAN SHARMA: MAD DOG, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROHAN SHARMA: MAD DOG, Pleasance Courtyard

by Chloe Buckley — August 13, 2025
Rohan Sharma makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with his stand-up show Mad Dog.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: CHLOE PETTS: BIG NATURALS, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: CHLOE PETTS: BIG NATURALS, Pleasance Courtyard

by Christiana Rose — August 13, 2025
Chloe Petts love of Big Naturals, regales with a bold and brilliantly crafted hour, in which she tackles her favourite body parts, questions her previously entrenched relationship with lad culture and inspects her own evolving identity.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KC SHORNIMA: DETACHMENT STYLE, Pleasance

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KC SHORNIMA: DETACHMENT STYLE, Pleasance

by Mark Carnochan — August 13, 2025
After years of writing for Michael Che and Colin Jost on Saturday Night Live, KC Shornima proves that some of her greatest material comes from writing for herself.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE UGLY DUCKLING: THE REVEL PUCK CIRCUS, Underbelly’s Circ

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE UGLY DUCKLING: THE REVEL PUCK CIRCUS, Underbelly’s Circus Hub On The Meadows

by Christiana Rose — August 13, 2025
The Revel Puck Circus’s latest collaboration with Underbelly is set in the faraway land of the Circus Hub on the Meadows in Edinburgh, in a sweet, acrobatic retelling of The Ugly Duckling.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: AMY ANNETTE: BUSY BODY, The Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2025: Review: AMY ANNETTE: BUSY BODY, The Pleasance Courtyard

by Christiana Rose — August 13, 2025
In her triumphant return to the Fringe, Amy Annette brings Busy Body to The Baby Grand, a shipping container transformed into an intimate comedy boudoir, complete with a floral display and the nostalgic welcoming harmonies of The Andrews Sisters

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