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EDINBURGH 2019: Ogg 'n' Ugg 'n' Dogg
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 24, 2019
BWW catches up with the team behind Ogg 'n' Ugg 'n' Dogg to chat about bringing the show to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2019: PARADISE LODGE Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 24, 2019
BWW catches up with Doodlebugs Productions to chat about bringing Paradise Lodge to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Firebrand Presents BILL MCLAREN: THE VOICE OF RUGBY
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
Presented by award-winning Hawick-based theatre company Firebrand, Bill McLaren: The Voice of Rugby, a 'showcase' for a new play celebrating the life of the rugby commentating legend will open on Tuesday 10 September at Heart of Hawick in the Scottish Borders for six performances.
Eclipse Theatre's BLACK MEN WALKING Will Make Scottish Debut As Part Of New UK Tour
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
Eclipse Theatre has announced the return of 'Black Men Walking' the company's critically acclaimed production inspired by a real-life walking men's group in Sheffield.
New Shows Added At V119 at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2019
With four recent additions, 15 shows from the US, the UK and Australia are now appearing in v119 - a classy, fully accessible hub, new for Edinburgh Fringe 2019: four standup comedy shows (transfers from Free Fringe), high drama, spoken word, cabaret, and children's circus - plus five immersive dining experiences, including official Fringe favourite, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience.
Photo Flash: ARE YOU ALICE: A NEW WONDERLAND TALE At Edinburgh Fringe 2019
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
Permafrost Theatre Collective, in partnership with The Chameleon Fools Theatre Troupe and in association with C venues, present a new Wonderland tale at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2019: This Time Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 23, 2019
BWW catches up with Ockham's Razor to chat about bringing This Time to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Scottish Composer Bids Farewell To Great Poet Robert Burns
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
July 21st marks the death of renowned Scottish poet Robert Burns. After many centuries of celebrating the remarkable poets birthday on January 25th with 'Burns Night' Suppers and nights of dancing and sipping fine Scottish Whiskey, one composer bids him farewell. Tish Tindall, AKA The Fabulous TT created an original musical of the man himself, simply entitled 'Robert Burns the Musical'.
EDINBURGH 2019: I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 23, 2019
BWW catches up with Danyah Miller to chat about bringing Michael Morpurgo's I Believe in Unicorns to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
theSpaceUK Brings Cabaret, Magic and Mayhem to The Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
From a huge eyeball doing magic, to bubbles covering less than they need to, there's plenty of sensational publicity shots to go along with these sensational shows.
THE PIANO WOMEN Comes to The Pitt Street Market
by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2019
Fancy a bit of Mendelssohn? (Fanny Mendelssohn, that is.) How about Lady Gaga? Or jazzy Mary Lou Williams? Let's drop a few more names - Tori Amos, Alicia Keys, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Diana Krall, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. Who?
EDINBURGH 2019: How To Choose What to See at Edfringe
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 22, 2019
BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue blogs about how she chooses which shows to see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Photo Flash: First Look at HALLOWED GROUND at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 21, 2019
Edinburgh is the home of The Scottish Women's Hospitals, founded in WW1 by Doctor Elsie Inglis. Many Australian medical women found their place in these outfits-staffed entirely by women, and they paved the way for the future. One of those women was surgeon Lilian Violet Cooper. Her story, among others of courage and endurance, features in Hallowed Ground. In a way, we are bringing the stories home!
LIFE IS NO LAUGHING MATTER Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2019
Join performance maker, Demi Nandhra, her long- term hates-public-spaces partner, Aaron and their dog on a journey of mental illness, suicide and radical cure attempts at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Photo Flash: WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY? Comes To Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2019
Lights, camera...disaster! Half the cast of the latest Hollywood blockbuster haven't turned up on set and with only one hour left to wrap the movie, the Hypnotic Director makes a daring decision to throw away the script and start from scratch.
THE SOUTH AFREAKINS Returns To Edinburgh Festival
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2019
Impi Theatre Company presents THE SOUTH AFREAKINS, written and performed by Robyn Paterson
WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY? to Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2019
World-renowned hypnotist Simon Warner returns to Edinburgh Festival with the first ever improvised, hypnotised musical featuring a cast of all-star improvisers
THE GRAY CAT AND THE FLOUNDER Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2019
Total Theatre Award nominee PNME Theatre of Music returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the UK debut of its latest commission, The Gray Cat and the Flounder. Telling the love story of Bernadette Gabrielle Callery (the Gray Cat), a librarian at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and her husband Joseph Newcomer (the Flounder), this beautiful multimedia production is enhanced with the use of 360° binaural technology; each audience member will wear headphones that create an immersive audio experience unlike any other on the Fringe.
GUYS AND DOLLS JR Comes to Theatre Royal
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2019
Stage Experience returns to the Theatre Royal for the fifth consecutive year with a production of Guys and Dolls JR.
Miss Hope Springs Comes to Assembly Rooms Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2019
Recovering showgirl Miss Hope Springs was once the toast of Las Vegas. Now she's down on her luck and highly medicated. Join her, live at the piano, as she dusts off an array of all-original toe-tapping show tunes, finger-snapping pop and heartrending ballads from her fabulous vintage repertoire and presents her unique brand of 'sit down' comedy. You'll hear hilarious stories about her Ritz to the pits life in LA, Paris and...Dungeness. Still draped in the sequins and feathers she fled the Pink Pelican Casino wearing in 1972, this ageing ingenue is no has-been, she's the ultimate never-was.
EDINBURGH 2019: Sooz Kempner Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - July 17, 2019
BWW catches up with Sooz Kempner to chat about viral fame and bringing Mega Drive to the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Traverse Theatre Opens Recruitment For Two New Senior Artistic Leadership Positions
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2019
The Traverse Theatre will make two new senior hires this year as the Edinburgh institution evolves a fresh approach to its work as a leading voice for the arts in Scotland and beyond.
Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - July 17, 2019
The cast has been unveiled for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of Alexander S. Bermange's comedic musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, which will be running at Underbelly, Bristo Square (The Dairy Room, Venue 302) from 31 July to 26 August.
Food-Based Performance Festival FEASTFEST Comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - July 16, 2019
For the adventurous theatre goers looking for nourishment for the body as well as the mind, FeastFest is a new mini-festival of sumptuous delights to whet the appetite. The five shows have been created by international artists from Turkey, France, the UK, China, Taiwan and New Zealand to offer tasty morsels and cultural nutrition with immersive and site-specific performances, and has been curated by London-based international performing arts management agency Performance Infinity. Taking the universal experience as a starting point to celebrate our similarities and differences, the goal of the FeastFest is to celebrate diversity in theatres through food.

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