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Tramway's Unlimited Festival Returns
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
The festival supports the development of practice and presents exciting new work by internationally acclaimed and emerging disabled artists.
Dave Gorman Brings His New Tour To Edinburgh Playhouse This Week
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
Funny man Dave Gorman comes to Edinburgh Playhouse this week as part of his With Great Powerpoint Comes Great Responsibilitypoint tour.
RSC's ROMEO AND JULIET Comes to Theatre Royal
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2019 tour Romeo and Juliet will run at Theatre Royal, Glasgow next year as part of a UK tour. Tickets are on sale to ATG Theatre Card holders on Tuesday 4 September on go on general sale on Friday 7 September.
THE END OF EDDY Heads from Edinburgh International Festival Direct to Moniaive
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
Fresh from the Edinburgh International Festival the critically acclaimed play The End of Eddy is heading direct to Moniaive.
Auditions For NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL Held In GLASGOW
by BWW News Desk - September 03, 2018
Christina Bianco Announces UK Tour Dates
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 30, 2018
To celebrate the release of her debut album Life of the Party, the 'girl of a thousand voices' has announced five UK dates
Citizens Theatre Announce Casting For Scotland-Wide Tour Of THE MACBETHS
by BWW News Desk - August 30, 2018
The Citizens Theatre has revealed an all-female cast for its nationwide tour of The Macbeths - Dominic Hill's intimate and intense re-imagining of the Scottish play.
Pleasance Announces Edinburgh Transfer Festival: The Caledonian Express
by BWW News Desk - August 28, 2018
Bringing the hottest and most exciting work from Edinburgh to London, Pleasance's new Edinburgh transfer festival The Caledonian Express has arrived. The Caledonian Express crosses genre and form to stage the most innovative pieces fresh from the Fringe. From solo performances to ensemble physical theatre, from immersive installations to surreal two-handers, the Pleasance continues to programme bold work making it the place for incredible stories. Eleven shows go on sale today and more will be announced in the coming weeks.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: JERICHO, Underbelly Cowgate
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018
In Jericho, an Irish online journalist struggles to focus on her assigned article on professional wrestling.  As she disappears down a digital rabbithole of research and procrastination, the show branches off into an examination of social media, fake news, and debate in the digital age.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: THE TRAIL TO OREGON!, The Space On North Bridge
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018
The Oregon Trail is a famous, or perhaps notorious, computer game from the 1970s, originally intended as a piece of educational software to teach US school pupils about 19th century western migration.  The fiendish video game was reimagined as a comedy musical in 2014 by Team Starkid, and Gone Rogue Productions have brought the show to the Fringe this year as a European Premiere.
EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: HENCHMEN, Sweet Grassmarket
by Amy Hanson - August 28, 2018
It's Mike and Billy's first day on their new job - working as henchmen to supervillain Rapture.   Flying in the face of all henchmen tropes, Mike manages to accidentally kill caped do-gooder Captain Hero, and finds himself inducted into the ranks of the supervillains.  Meanwhile, his old boss Rapture seeks revenge by teaming up with a new superhero, being changed forever by the power of friendship along the way.
Edinburgh International Festival Celebrates Inclusion And Scotland's Year Of Young People
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
The 2018 Edinburgh International Festival ends this evening with the Virgin Money Fireworks Concert. Drawing hundreds of thousands of Festival-goers from more than 80 countries, the three-week International Festival staged some of the world's finest work across multiple artforms with a special emphasis on Scotland's Year of Young People.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Celebrates Record-Breaking Season
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
As the 71st anniversary edition of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe comes to a close with the announcement of record breaking ticket sales across the festival, edfest.com are delighted to report a bumper year for the four major venues with 1,658,437 tickets sold, an increase of 9% on Fringe 2017. 
THE END OF EDDY Heads from Edinburgh International Festival Direct to Moniaive
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
Fresh from the Edinburgh International Festival the critically acclaimed play The End of Eddy is heading direct to Moniaive.
Pleasance Has Landmark Year at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
This Fringe has seen the Pleasance present its biggest and boldest ever programme with 5,537 performances of 270 productions. With record ticket sales and a trophy cabinet of awards that include Fringe Firsts and both annual Edinburgh Comedy Awards, the eclectic programme celebrated brilliant newcomers alongside acclaimed international artists.
Underbelly Closes Successful Fringe 2018
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
Underbelly made its biggest year of investment in its programme with over £500,000 of assistance to shows in 2018 and is delighted with its best year of awards, critical reception and ticket sales to date.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: LIKE A STURGEON, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018
Tackling Theresa May, Melania Trump, and Nicola Sturgeon, plus more of the world's leading ladies, lip-sync sensation Ripley pushes the boundaries of drag, pop and politics.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: JONNY WOO'S ALL STAR BREXIT CABARET, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines. With a star-studded cast of top Fringe talent, including Jayde Adams as Boris Johnson, this glittering musical satire packs big laughs and emotional punch. In or out? There's a hell of a lot to sing about.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: REALLY WANT TO HURT ME, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 26, 2018
A funny, painfully honest new play about growing up gay in the 80s. School bullies. Heartache. Dancing to Eurythmics and The Smiths on your Walkman to stay alive.
Puppet State Theatre Company Presents THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2018
This multi-sensory theatrical adaptation of Jean Giono's environmental classic tells the inspiring story of a shepherd who plants a forest, acorn by acorn, transforming a barren wasteland. As much a touching tale as it is a hilarious puppet show, "The Man Who Planted Trees" shows us the difference one man (and his dog!) can make to the world.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: FAULTY TOWERS THE DINING EXPERIENCE, The Principal
by Fraser MacDonald - August 25, 2018
Set around a wonderful three course meal, the experience intertwines some of the best of John Cleese and Connie Booth's scripts with innumerable disasters that are carefully orchestrated to keep their audience laughing from start to finish.
TheSpaceUK Presents LAURA
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2018
theSpaceUK proudly presents LAURA, an immersive debut solo tragicomedy by Elina Alminas set at a wedding party, where the audience play the guests. It has been created as a response and rejection of the stereotypical roles women are most likely portrayed as. The show takes it's roots from the performer's Eastern European background, where to the present time young women are brought up to believe that there is nothing else to life except marriage.
BLOOMINAUSCHWITZ Finds ULYSSES' Leopold Bloom Escaping The Page For Edinburgh Fringe Show
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2018
In the extraordinary new play Leopold Bloom breaks free from Joyce's 'Ulysses' to travel through history and re-discover his Jewish roots in this new play by Richard Fredman that won the Best New Play Award at the Brighton Fringe. The play opens on 3rd August and runs to 25th (no shows on 5, 12, 16, 19 August) at The Just Festival @ St John's (Venue 127) situated on the Scottish capital's Pinces St
Luke Wright Launches Poet Laureate Bid At Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - August 25, 2018
Luke Wright returns too the Fringe with his first ALL NEW poetry show in three years - and a bid for poetry's top job.

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