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EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DREAMGUN: FILM READS, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Christiana Rose - August 07, 2019
Dreamgun's Film Reads rewrites films scripts for comic effect
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Pleasance Courtyard
by Amy Hanson - August 07, 2019
Inspired by the famous Orson Welles radio production of the classic novel depicting Martian tripods invading Earth, this production from physical theatre company Rhum and Clay takes a wider scope than simply retelling the seminal sci-fi story. 
THE LIVING ROOM Comes to Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Confined to The Living Room, these two Accountants of Death work tirelessly to record the death toll, while the occupational hazards wear on these two clowns as they learn the meaning of life and death.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LAURA LEXX: KNEE JERK, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 06, 2019
Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a 'bouncy, bubbly stand up star' (Telegraph) shining a hilarious light on how hard it is to be a good person these days. Can you change the world without offending anyone?
Spiegelworld's ATOMIC SALOON SHOW Wows Audiences in Edinburgh Ahead of Las Vegas Residency
by BWW News Desk - August 06, 2019
Atomic Saloon Show has just completed its first weekend of preview performances in Edinburgh to standing ovations from audiences and critics who cheered the show's drop-dead sexy acrobats and ridiculous comedy mayhem.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: URINETOWN, Central Hall
by Amy Hanson - August 06, 2019
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, and potential future water shortages provide rich material for Urinetown, a metatheatrical dark comedy musical.
EDINBURGH 2019 - BWW Review: APOLLO 11, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Amy Hanson - August 06, 2019
Celebrating 50 years from Armstrong and Aldrin's small steps on to our lunar neighbour, Apollo 11 is a new play focusing on the responses to the moon landing of ordinary people.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JUST CHECKING IN, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 06, 2019
A once-glamorous Scottish hotel is being sold to Donald Trump. Eccentric staff and celebrity guests conspire to prevent the sale. But first, if they are to succeed, a menacing mystery must be investigated
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: NICK HELM, PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES, Pleasance Dome
by Christiana Rose - August 06, 2019
Nick Helm's Phoenix from the Flames is an electric blend of comedy and musical performance. His show is verging on riotous, but surprisingly uplifting.
EDINBURGH 2019 BWW Review: MY DARLING CLEMMIE, Assembly, Drawing Room
by Christiana Rose - August 06, 2019
A one woman play telling the story of Clementine Hozier's life with Winston Churchill.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUPER SUNDAY, Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows, Lafayette
by Christiana Rose - August 06, 2019
Super Sunday is a circus show by Race Horse Company, known for their uncompromising contemporary vision.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CHOIR OF MAN, Main Hall @ Assembly Halls
by Fraser MacDonald - August 06, 2019
In a show that is clearly inspired by the success of the modern trendsetters, splashed with its own unique style, Choir of Man is an immersive vocal knees-up not to be missed. 
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CREAM TEA AND INCEST, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre
by Christiana Rose - August 05, 2019
Peracals Productions presents writer Benjamin Alborough's Cream Tea and Incest in a revival, featuring an all-female cast of four in a Jeevesian tale.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: Maria Shehata: HERO, Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market
by Joanna Trainor - August 05, 2019
Do you ever worry about how a comedian is doing? Maria Shehata's 2017 Edfringe show finished with an uncertain future for a relationship she had moved across the world for, so I wanted to check in and see how things were going for her.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ARMOUR: A HERSTORY OF THE SCOTTISH BARD, Gilded Balloon
by Fiona Scott - August 05, 2019
Fearless Players return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a polished version of their musical, Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard. They present an engaging hour that tells the story of the women left behind by Robert Burns after his death.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 05, 2019
Grab your Bag for Life, stick your pound-shaped keyrings into the trolley and step inside The Supermarket for a freshly baked musical treat. Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area is an original comedy-musical from Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (SiX, Hot Gay Time Machine) by Laurence T-Stannard and Cambridge Footlights Amaya Holman and Jamie Bisping.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: IMPROV ACTUALLY, Gilded Balloon
by Fiona Scott - August 05, 2019
The Cambridge Impronauts bring their rom-com inspired show, Improv Actually, to the Edinburgh Fringe. At the top of the show, they take suggestions of character dating profiles from the audience and a favourite is decided by vote. The group then attempt to improvise a full romantic comedy within an hour using that character as the protagonist.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TOM LENK IS TRASH, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 05, 2019
In 2016, SAG Award-winning, middle-aged scene-stealer Tom Lenk (Buffy, Tilda Swinton Answers..., Transparent, HBO's Room 104) accidentally achieved what millennials and wannabe social media 'influencers' desperately crave: Instagram superstardom. Using 'household junk and sly humor' (New York Times), his 'Lenk Lewk for Less' red carpet parody photos and videos have garnered 500k followers, hundreds of millions of views, and reposts from your fave celebs (Kylie Minogue?!). Now, Lenk combines comedy, trash-fash, hot glue guns and all things half-assed in this hilarious hour of craftertainment.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: WEST END PRODUCER - FREE WILLY, Studio 2 @ Assembly Studios
by Fraser MacDonald - August 04, 2019
On his first foray in front of the curtain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End Producer unveils his brand new project - Free Willy: The Musical - and invites his audience to audition for their own role in the production.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: STEPHEN BUCHANAN: BABY DOVE, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 04, 2019
Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. Expect sharp storytelling and offbeat observations, as the 27-year-old delves into the reality of living at home with his mum and a refugee
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUCH FILTHY F*CKS, Pleasance Dome
by Daniel Perks - August 04, 2019
Oli Forsyth expertly writes and directs Such Filthy F*cks, a show that questions why porn and porn addiction is still taboo.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY LAW: IDENTIFIES, Monkey Barrel
by Christiana Rose - August 04, 2019
Tony Law is wild, utterly absurd and magnetic in his new show 'Identifies'
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BLODEUWEDD UNTOLD, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 04, 2019
The story of Blodeuwedd Untold is about a woman created from the flowers, but her passion has a devastating effect
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW REVIEW: DEAD RINGERS LIVE, Pleasance EICC
by Christiana Rose - August 04, 2019
Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens and Duncan Wisbey thrill audiences with their quick wit and wonderful impersonations of politicians and public figures. Hilarious, clever, inventive.
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SPONTANEOUS POTTER, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre
by Christiana Rose - August 04, 2019
Spontaneous Potter is a playful, inventive piece, joyfully tapping into a generation of Potterhead's love of the franchise

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