EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LAURA BENANTI: NOBODY CARES, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
A love letter to people pleasers everywhere. Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. With her razor-sharp wit, the star of stage and screen blends side-splitting storytelling with original songs co-written with Todd Almond. The New York Times Critic's Pick Nobody Cares is a hilarious, heartfelt and sometimes brutally honest tribute to recovering ingenues, mothers and anybody working on themselves.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
A love letter to people pleasers everywhere. Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. With her razor-sharp wit, the star of stage and screen blends side-splitting storytelling with original songs co-written with Todd Almond. The New York Times Critic's Pick Nobody Cares is a hilarious, heartfelt and sometimes brutally honest tribute to recovering ingenues, mothers and anybody working on themselves.
EDINBURGH 2025: CECILIA GENTILI'S RED INK Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
God won't give up on Cecilia Gentili. Unfortunately, neither will the devil. Follow a young trans girl as she navigates the hilarity of rural Argentina during the 1970s. Part stand-up, part camp and (almost) all true, Red Ink is an irreverent romp in searching for faith while trans.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
God won't give up on Cecilia Gentili. Unfortunately, neither will the devil. Follow a young trans girl as she navigates the hilarity of rural Argentina during the 1970s. Part stand-up, part camp and (almost) all true, Red Ink is an irreverent romp in searching for faith while trans.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HANNAH MORTON: CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
You're invited to Lachlan-Thomas' sixth birthday party hosted by your favourite children's party entertainer, Hannah Banana! Hannah is a writer, performer and most importantly, a children's birthday party entertainer... on the weekends that is! But what do you do when you realise your side hustle is no longer on the side? And maybe being a clown is the only thing you're truly good at? Have an existential crisis during the Cha Cha Slide of course! Expect prizes, games and Hannah asking herself, what the f*ck am I doing with my life?!
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
You're invited to Lachlan-Thomas' sixth birthday party hosted by your favourite children's party entertainer, Hannah Banana! Hannah is a writer, performer and most importantly, a children's birthday party entertainer... on the weekends that is! But what do you do when you realise your side hustle is no longer on the side? And maybe being a clown is the only thing you're truly good at? Have an existential crisis during the Cha Cha Slide of course! Expect prizes, games and Hannah asking herself, what the f*ck am I doing with my life?!
EDINBURGH 2025: BroadwayWorld's Edfringe Reviews
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
A roundup of our coverage from the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
A roundup of our coverage from the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: RIFT, Traverse Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
Two brothers — one a progressive novelist, the other a convicted murderer and high-ranking member of a white supremacist prison gang — shared a traumatic childhood. Now adults, these men navigate the edges of their bond. Are they truly so different?
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
Two brothers — one a progressive novelist, the other a convicted murderer and high-ranking member of a white supremacist prison gang — shared a traumatic childhood. Now adults, these men navigate the edges of their bond. Are they truly so different?
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: MAKE IT HAPPEN, Starring Brian Cox
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
Set in Edinburgh, Make It Happen sees legendary actor Brian Cox return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as Adam Smith, the ghost of fiscal past.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 02, 2025
Set in Edinburgh, Make It Happen sees legendary actor Brian Cox return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as Adam Smith, the ghost of fiscal past.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FLOAT, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2025
Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon... but not all missions are successful. A new autobiographical solo show by Indra Wilson about the lonely, turbulent journey of experiencing pregnancy loss as a queer young person
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 01, 2025
Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon... but not all missions are successful. A new autobiographical solo show by Indra Wilson about the lonely, turbulent journey of experiencing pregnancy loss as a queer young person
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: AMY MASON: BEHOLD! Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Amy Mason is witty, unfiltered, and enjoyably coarse, diving right into how connection, intimacy, and the chaos of how modern life works in reality. Mason brings a refreshingly honest perspective to the hour, delivered in a deadpan yet inviting style which creates a sense of wonder at her candour, with every understated punchline.
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Amy Mason is witty, unfiltered, and enjoyably coarse, diving right into how connection, intimacy, and the chaos of how modern life works in reality. Mason brings a refreshingly honest perspective to the hour, delivered in a deadpan yet inviting style which creates a sense of wonder at her candour, with every understated punchline.
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: JOZ NORRIS: YOU WAIT. TIME PASSES. The Pleasance Dome
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Joz Norris is an enthusiastic lover of fun, concerned with elevating joy and embracing his inner weird. With a blend of surreal storytelling, gentle earthy chaos and endearing self-awareness, Norris draws the audience into a world where logic is irrelevant.
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Joz Norris is an enthusiastic lover of fun, concerned with elevating joy and embracing his inner weird. With a blend of surreal storytelling, gentle earthy chaos and endearing self-awareness, Norris draws the audience into a world where logic is irrelevant.
Edinburgh 2025 Review: JESS ROBINSON: YOUR SONG, Piccolo Tent, Assembly George Square Gardens
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Jess Robinson, Your Song: Elton Reimagined is an uproarious triumph which cements Jess Robinson as the reigning diva of comedic musical impressions.
by Christiana Rose - August 01, 2025
Jess Robinson, Your Song: Elton Reimagined is an uproarious triumph which cements Jess Robinson as the reigning diva of comedic musical impressions.
THE BURTON BROTHERS Channel Comedy Legends in 1920s-Inspired Fringe Show
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2025
The Burton Brothers—real-life siblings Josh and Tom Burton—are bringing their vaudeville-inspired sketch show The Burton Brothers: 1925 to the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with performances running daily at 16:20 through August 24 at Assembly George Square, The Crate.
by BWW News Desk - August 01, 2025
The Burton Brothers—real-life siblings Josh and Tom Burton—are bringing their vaudeville-inspired sketch show The Burton Brothers: 1925 to the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with performances running daily at 16:20 through August 24 at Assembly George Square, The Crate.
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 31, 2025
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 31, 2025
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.
EDINBURGH 2025 Q&A: Ned Van Zandt of Del Valle at The Orchard Project
by Joshua Wright - July 31, 2025
Ned Van Zandt was in the Chelsea Hotel the night of Nancy Spungen’s death, and he was with Sid and Nancy just before her sad demise. Ned was also an actor during the 1970s in Hollywood heyday and cavorted with Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, director Hal Ashby and others, he was away in San Francisco when a double murder occurred in his apartment in LA.
by Joshua Wright - July 31, 2025
Ned Van Zandt was in the Chelsea Hotel the night of Nancy Spungen’s death, and he was with Sid and Nancy just before her sad demise. Ned was also an actor during the 1970s in Hollywood heyday and cavorted with Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, director Hal Ashby and others, he was away in San Francisco when a double murder occurred in his apartment in LA.
Edinburgh International Festival Launches 2025 Edition With Global Artists
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2025
The 2025 Edinburgh International Festival will officially open tomorrow, launching a 24-day global celebration of music, opera, theatre, and dance. Now in its third year under Festival Director and acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti, this year’s Festival invites audiences to explore the theme The Truth We Seek—a journey into the elusive and multifaceted nature of truth in personal and public life.
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2025
The 2025 Edinburgh International Festival will officially open tomorrow, launching a 24-day global celebration of music, opera, theatre, and dance. Now in its third year under Festival Director and acclaimed violinist Nicola Benedetti, this year’s Festival invites audiences to explore the theme The Truth We Seek—a journey into the elusive and multifaceted nature of truth in personal and public life.
Dynamic Earth Joins the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2025
This August, Dynamic Earth is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as Venue 315, transforming once again into a vibrant Fringe hub at the foot of Salisbury Crags.
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2025
This August, Dynamic Earth is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as Venue 315, transforming once again into a vibrant Fringe hub at the foot of Salisbury Crags.
EDINBURGH 2025: DIC DIC CHANG CHANG PLAYGROUND Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2025
Our award-winning Cantonese opera adventure is back! Join Captain Dic Dic and Chang Chang at the Cantonese Opera Playground in Edinburgh, where the Cantonese Opera Fairy teaches them skills to outwit the Boring King. But they can't do it alone – they need you, the audience, to become secret agents in this interactive spectacle.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 30, 2025
Our award-winning Cantonese opera adventure is back! Join Captain Dic Dic and Chang Chang at the Cantonese Opera Playground in Edinburgh, where the Cantonese Opera Fairy teaches them skills to outwit the Boring King. But they can't do it alone – they need you, the audience, to become secret agents in this interactive spectacle.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: STUART MCPHERSON: CRISPS AND A LIE DOWN
by Mark Carnochan - July 30, 2025
Following his sell-out 2023/24 runs, Stu returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show about settling down, growing up and how he’s being controlled by his step-dog. Join the host of smash-hit podcast Some Laugh and star of BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad for another sensational hour in which he pokes fun at 30-something relationships, generational divides and why he doesn’t want to die surrounded by loved ones.
by Mark Carnochan - July 30, 2025
Following his sell-out 2023/24 runs, Stu returns to the Fringe with his highly anticipated new show about settling down, growing up and how he’s being controlled by his step-dog. Join the host of smash-hit podcast Some Laugh and star of BBC Scotland’s Scot Squad for another sensational hour in which he pokes fun at 30-something relationships, generational divides and why he doesn’t want to die surrounded by loved ones.
Eric Liddell Community Reveals Lineup of Edinburgh Fringe Shows
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2025
With August and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival right around the corner, local charity, The Eric Liddell Community has announced its lineup of shows and events taking place in its Bruntsfield-based hub.
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2025
With August and The Edinburgh Fringe Festival right around the corner, local charity, The Eric Liddell Community has announced its lineup of shows and events taking place in its Bruntsfield-based hub.
Photos: Paines Plough's CONSUMED at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
New production images have been releasedfor Karis Kelly’s dark comedy Consumed, a co-production with Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting. See photos here!
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
New production images have been releasedfor Karis Kelly’s dark comedy Consumed, a co-production with Belgrade Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and the Women’s Prize for Playwriting. See photos here!
MATILDA THE MUSICAL UK Tour Finds Full Cast
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Casting has been announced for the upcoming tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical, which this year celebrates 15 years on stage
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Casting has been announced for the upcoming tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical, which this year celebrates 15 years on stage
THE MERMAID, THE OTTER AND THE BIG POO Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Based on her popular children's book, The Mermaid, the Otter and the Big Poo is about Lindsey's 60-kilometre swim adventure down the Bristol Avon in a mermaid tail with her big poo sculpture.
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Based on her popular children's book, The Mermaid, the Otter and the Big Poo is about Lindsey's 60-kilometre swim adventure down the Bristol Avon in a mermaid tail with her big poo sculpture.
Keith and Kristyn Getty Bring HOME FOR CHRISTMAS to Glasgow, London, and Belfast This December
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Following two sold-out nights at the SSE Arena Belfast last December, world-renowned hymn writers Keith & Kristyn Getty will bring their ‘Home for Christmas' concert to the UK this festive season.
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2025
Following two sold-out nights at the SSE Arena Belfast last December, world-renowned hymn writers Keith & Kristyn Getty will bring their ‘Home for Christmas' concert to the UK this festive season.
EDINBURGH 2025: Simon Kane Guest Blog
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
Inspired by the Book of Jonah – and probably God – award-winning shunt veteran, Mitchell and Webb writer, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programmer (and Keith Darren Dean in Ghosts), Simon Kane, regurgitates his highly acclaimed, horrifyingly evergreen divine comedy about the extremist in us all.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
Inspired by the Book of Jonah – and probably God – award-winning shunt veteran, Mitchell and Webb writer, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programmer (and Keith Darren Dean in Ghosts), Simon Kane, regurgitates his highly acclaimed, horrifyingly evergreen divine comedy about the extremist in us all.
EDINBURGH 2025: Rosa Garland Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
The gorgeously gross new piece from Rosa Garland, the creator of Trash Salad, one of The Telegraph's Funniest Shows of the Fringe. Join Rosa on a slimy trek into the recesses of our erotic imaginations, celebrating pleasure in its ugliest forms, and the hard work of accessing desire. Like Jackass if Johnny Knoxville was Gwyneth Paltrow, this new comedy experiment will stop at nothing to investigate the mucky mind-corners we prefer to ignore. Come into the bog; the mud's just fine.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
The gorgeously gross new piece from Rosa Garland, the creator of Trash Salad, one of The Telegraph's Funniest Shows of the Fringe. Join Rosa on a slimy trek into the recesses of our erotic imaginations, celebrating pleasure in its ugliest forms, and the hard work of accessing desire. Like Jackass if Johnny Knoxville was Gwyneth Paltrow, this new comedy experiment will stop at nothing to investigate the mucky mind-corners we prefer to ignore. Come into the bog; the mud's just fine.
EDINBURGH 2025: Pedro Leandro Guest Blog
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
Debut show from Pedro Leandro, a comedian who has famously been described as 'magnetic' (Guardian) and 'a beautiful bright-eyed joy' (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). Sadly, he has found this praise to be insufficient. Standing atop the lonely Everest of his innumerable achievements, he invites his audience to reflect: will it, can it, ever be enough?
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 28, 2025
Debut show from Pedro Leandro, a comedian who has famously been described as 'magnetic' (Guardian) and 'a beautiful bright-eyed joy' (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). Sadly, he has found this praise to be insufficient. Standing atop the lonely Everest of his innumerable achievements, he invites his audience to reflect: will it, can it, ever be enough?
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