EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BREAKING THE WAVES, King's Theatre
by Daniel Perks - August 22, 2019
Lars von Trier's 1996 film Breaking The Waves has no underscore. So, while the subject matter is perfectly apt for yet another opera where a woman debases herself at the whims of a man, composer Missy Mazzoli has little to musically draw inspiration from.
by Daniel Perks - August 22, 2019
Lars von Trier's 1996 film Breaking The Waves has no underscore. So, while the subject matter is perfectly apt for yet another opera where a woman debases herself at the whims of a man, composer Missy Mazzoli has little to musically draw inspiration from.
Nominees Announced For The 2019 Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Today the 2019 nominees were announced for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now in its 39th year, for Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Today the 2019 nominees were announced for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards, now in its 39th year, for Best Comedy Show and Best Newcomer.
Edinburgh International Festival Creates New Board For The Future
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Today Edinburgh International Festival reveals a remodeled Board of Trustees a?" with a female majority for the first time in the Festival's 73-year history. The dynamic new board includes cultural leader Leonie Bell at Renfrewshire Council, Director of Digital Products at BBC Chris Condron, Solicitor and charity legal specialist Marion Davis, Rector of the University of Edinburgh Ann Henderson, Standard Life Aberdeen Chief Executive Keith Skeoch and award-winning journalist Yasmin Sulaiman. These new additions join educational, political and financial luminaries to create a modern board primed for a fast-changing world.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2019
Today Edinburgh International Festival reveals a remodeled Board of Trustees a?" with a female majority for the first time in the Festival's 73-year history. The dynamic new board includes cultural leader Leonie Bell at Renfrewshire Council, Director of Digital Products at BBC Chris Condron, Solicitor and charity legal specialist Marion Davis, Rector of the University of Edinburgh Ann Henderson, Standard Life Aberdeen Chief Executive Keith Skeoch and award-winning journalist Yasmin Sulaiman. These new additions join educational, political and financial luminaries to create a modern board primed for a fast-changing world.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JESSICA FOSTEKEW: HENCH, Monkey Barrel
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
Absolute powershed and regular host of The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew explores her big strong strength. Have you ever watched a feminist try and take 'hench' as a compliment? It's like watching a snake eat but funny. In preview, Hench was nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. You've seen Jess in BBC sitcoms Motherland and Cuckoo and BAFTA Award-winning drama Three Girls. She's also in forthcoming feature films: Gavin Hood's Official Secrets and Michael Winterbottom's Greed. She writes for 8 out of 10 Cats.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
Absolute powershed and regular host of The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew explores her big strong strength. Have you ever watched a feminist try and take 'hench' as a compliment? It's like watching a snake eat but funny. In preview, Hench was nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival. You've seen Jess in BBC sitcoms Motherland and Cuckoo and BAFTA Award-winning drama Three Girls. She's also in forthcoming feature films: Gavin Hood's Official Secrets and Michael Winterbottom's Greed. She writes for 8 out of 10 Cats.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CRYSTAL RASMUSSEN PRESENTS THE BIBLE 2, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM's Crystal is back. Bringing her pages to life through song, dance and writhing around in a children's swimming pool. A tour-de-force show of a lifetime, 108-year-old Crystal reveals how to escape shame, escape the debt collector and escape James Franco who has been obsessed with her since 1996.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
After a swift rise to fame with her Nobel-nominated book Diary of a Drag Queen, DENIM's Crystal is back. Bringing her pages to life through song, dance and writhing around in a children's swimming pool. A tour-de-force show of a lifetime, 108-year-old Crystal reveals how to escape shame, escape the debt collector and escape James Franco who has been obsessed with her since 1996.
BWW Review: AMELIE, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
A story of an astonishing young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind. She secretly improvises small, but extraordinary acts of kindness that bring happiness to those around her. But when a chance at love comes her way, Amélie realises that to find her own contentment she'll have to risk everything and say what's in her heart.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
A story of an astonishing young woman who lives quietly in the world, but loudly in her mind. She secretly improvises small, but extraordinary acts of kindness that bring happiness to those around her. But when a chance at love comes her way, Amélie realises that to find her own contentment she'll have to risk everything and say what's in her heart.
WE WILL ROCK YOU Comes to Theatre Royal
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2019
Casting has been announced for Queen and Ben Elton's smash hit musical We Will Rock You, which will storm Theatre Royal, Glasgow this December as part of a UK tour.
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2019
Casting has been announced for Queen and Ben Elton's smash hit musical We Will Rock You, which will storm Theatre Royal, Glasgow this December as part of a UK tour.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
This daring new play uses a blend of verbatim interviews, Methodist hymns and original songs to investigate the lives in and around Miracle Village, a rural American community for sex offenders buried deep in Florida's sugar cane fields.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
This daring new play uses a blend of verbatim interviews, Methodist hymns and original songs to investigate the lives in and around Miracle Village, a rural American community for sex offenders buried deep in Florida's sugar cane fields.
AMKI DUO Comes to Wigmore Hall and More on Swiss Ambassador's Award Concert Tour
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2019
Akmi Duo will embark on the Swiss Ambassador's Award Concert Tour!
by BWW News Desk - August 20, 2019
Akmi Duo will embark on the Swiss Ambassador's Award Concert Tour!
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LITTLE DEATH CLUB, Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows - The Beauty
by Adam Robinson - August 20, 2019
When you step into the Little Death Club, the lights are low, the band is jamming and the anticipation is palpable.
by Adam Robinson - August 20, 2019
When you step into the Little Death Club, the lights are low, the band is jamming and the anticipation is palpable.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LADYBONES, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
Archaeologist Nuala unearths a skeleton and her ordered life starts to unravel. Digging into the mystery of the bones, can she handle the chaos of what she discovers? Based on personal experience, this is an uplifting and compelling story about OCD, dungarees and being weird but not a weirdo.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2019
Archaeologist Nuala unearths a skeleton and her ordered life starts to unravel. Digging into the mystery of the bones, can she handle the chaos of what she discovers? Based on personal experience, this is an uplifting and compelling story about OCD, dungarees and being weird but not a weirdo.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA, Zoo Southside
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 19, 2019
The stage is set, a single tree with a single apple hanging from it. A woman lies to the side. It is a Garden of Eden paradise but the apple is plucked, and as more people enter more destruction ensues.
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 19, 2019
The stage is set, a single tree with a single apple hanging from it. A woman lies to the side. It is a Garden of Eden paradise but the apple is plucked, and as more people enter more destruction ensues.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SINCE U BEEN GONE, Assembly Roxy
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 19, 2019
Teddy Lamb's Since U Been Gone is two stories inextricably weaved together. The first is a tale of friendship and grief. The second is Lamb's own queer coming of age, changing pronouns and learning to love and express the person they truly are.
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 19, 2019
Teddy Lamb's Since U Been Gone is two stories inextricably weaved together. The first is a tale of friendship and grief. The second is Lamb's own queer coming of age, changing pronouns and learning to love and express the person they truly are.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CHRIS PARKER: CAMP BINCH, Assembly George Square Studios
by Joanna Trainor - August 19, 2019
This show has everything - big Broadway tunes, wigs, exceptional childhood haircuts and enough energy from Parker to power the whole of Edinburgh.
by Joanna Trainor - August 19, 2019
This show has everything - big Broadway tunes, wigs, exceptional childhood haircuts and enough energy from Parker to power the whole of Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ALGORITHMS, Pleasance Courtyard
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 19, 2019
Algorithms is a feel-good show, comic and gently moving. It's written by Sadie Clark who developed the play through the Soho Theatre's Writer's Lab.
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 19, 2019
Algorithms is a feel-good show, comic and gently moving. It's written by Sadie Clark who developed the play through the Soho Theatre's Writer's Lab.
Full Casting Confirmed For WHAT'S IN A NAME at Theatre Royal Glasgow
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
Full casting has been confirmed for the witty, razor sharp What's In A Name which is to play at Theatre Royal, Glasgow next month.
by BWW News Desk - August 19, 2019
Full casting has been confirmed for the witty, razor sharp What's In A Name which is to play at Theatre Royal, Glasgow next month.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: HOTTER, Underbelly
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 19, 2019
Mary Higgins and Ell Potter interviewed women and trans people from the age of 11 to 97 about what gets them 'hot', and then made a wonderful verbatim piece of theatre.
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 19, 2019
Mary Higgins and Ell Potter interviewed women and trans people from the age of 11 to 97 about what gets them 'hot', and then made a wonderful verbatim piece of theatre.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE HAPPY, Roundabout @ Summerhall
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 18, 2019
Josh and Abbie decide to adopt. When Josh has to continue alone he meets his daughter's birth mother and lives are changed.
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 18, 2019
Josh and Abbie decide to adopt. When Josh has to continue alone he meets his daughter's birth mother and lives are changed.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SPLINTERED, Bedlam Theatre
by Adam Robinson - August 18, 2019
Not fully stand up, not fully a play. Nor a sketch show or pure physical comedy. Splintered is a little bit of everything. A collection of calypso cabaret, all mixed up, reminiscent of the Caribbean itself. It explores and shares the voices of LGBTQI+ women in Trinidad and Tobago.
by Adam Robinson - August 18, 2019
Not fully stand up, not fully a play. Nor a sketch show or pure physical comedy. Splintered is a little bit of everything. A collection of calypso cabaret, all mixed up, reminiscent of the Caribbean itself. It explores and shares the voices of LGBTQI+ women in Trinidad and Tobago.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ANDY ZALTZMAN: SATIRIST FOR HIRE, The Stand 3 & 4
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
Zaltzman, best known for current events comedy podcast The Bugle, takes topic suggestions, either by email or from early birds at the front of the queue, and satirises them, with the aim of making audiences feel better about the state of the world.
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
Zaltzman, best known for current events comedy podcast The Bugle, takes topic suggestions, either by email or from early birds at the front of the queue, and satirises them, with the aim of making audiences feel better about the state of the world.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ABORIGINAL COMEDY ALLSTARS, Assembly George Square Studios
by Joanna Trainor - August 18, 2019
Deadly: Excellent/amazing/really good to Aboriginal people. MC Kevin Kropinyeri explains this definition at the top of the show. It's important to know for the rest of the hour.
by Joanna Trainor - August 18, 2019
Deadly: Excellent/amazing/really good to Aboriginal people. MC Kevin Kropinyeri explains this definition at the top of the show. It's important to know for the rest of the hour.
BWW Review: RED DUST ROAD, Lyceum, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 18, 2019
Growing up in 70s' Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decided to find her birth parentsa??
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 18, 2019
Growing up in 70s' Scotland as the adopted mixed raced child of a Communist couple, young Jackie blossomed into an outspoken, talented poet. Then she decided to find her birth parentsa??
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE 90S MUSICAL, Assembly George Square Gardens
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 18, 2019
The bent to film adaptions and Jukebox productions in new musical theatre does not fill everyone's hearts with joy. Where are the original narratives? But Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical combines both of these elements with perfect pitch. It is pure nostalgia and escapism, the night of entertainment and fun that the world needs right now. Especially the 90s kids.
by Emma Ainley-Walker - August 18, 2019
The bent to film adaptions and Jukebox productions in new musical theatre does not fill everyone's hearts with joy. Where are the original narratives? But Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical combines both of these elements with perfect pitch. It is pure nostalgia and escapism, the night of entertainment and fun that the world needs right now. Especially the 90s kids.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DARIUS DAVIES: PERSIAN OF INTEREST, Just the Tonic at The Tron
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
In a selfless act of public service, Anglo-Iranian comedian Darius will show you how easy it is to beat the system and avoid media manipulation in our agenda-driven, technology-obsessed, modern society.
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
In a selfless act of public service, Anglo-Iranian comedian Darius will show you how easy it is to beat the system and avoid media manipulation in our agenda-driven, technology-obsessed, modern society.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review, BITCH, ANTIGONE, theSpace on the Mile
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
Australian company Out Cast Theatre return to the Fringe with another outrageous deconstruction of a theatre classic, in the same vein as their The Importance Of Being Earnest As Performed by 3 F**king Queens & A Duck.
by Amy Hanson - August 18, 2019
Australian company Out Cast Theatre return to the Fringe with another outrageous deconstruction of a theatre classic, in the same vein as their The Importance Of Being Earnest As Performed by 3 F**king Queens & A Duck.
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