Ben Pope Will Embark on Tour and Edinburgh Fringe Run
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Ben Pope will return to the Fringe after a 6-year hiatus before going out on tour with a blisteringly personal new stand-up show. Learn more about the upcoming show here!
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Ben Pope will return to the Fringe after a 6-year hiatus before going out on tour with a blisteringly personal new stand-up show. Learn more about the upcoming show here!
Zainab Johnson Makes Edinburgh Festival Fringe Debut With TOXICALLY OPTIMISTIC
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Following her hit stand-up special Hijabs Off (Prime Video), and her first UK run with her sell-out and critically-acclaimed show at London's Soho Theatre last year, comedian, actor and writer Zainab Johnson makes her at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Following her hit stand-up special Hijabs Off (Prime Video), and her first UK run with her sell-out and critically-acclaimed show at London's Soho Theatre last year, comedian, actor and writer Zainab Johnson makes her at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
WENCHES! Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Berlin based theatre company Hysterie Theater will present their Edinburgh Fringe Premiere comedy theatre show Wenches! at Greenside. Leanr more here!
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2025
Berlin based theatre company Hysterie Theater will present their Edinburgh Fringe Premiere comedy theatre show Wenches! at Greenside. Leanr more here!
Citizens Theatre Marks New Era of Community Engagement
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 21, 2025
As the Citizens Theatre prepares to re-open its doors later this summer, the company has revealed its new Participate programme
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 21, 2025
As the Citizens Theatre prepares to re-open its doors later this summer, the company has revealed its new Participate programme
SHUNGA ALERT Comes to Edinburgh Fringe in July
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2025
Gumbo and Book of Shadowz will present Shunga Alert at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 - the adults only comedy-documentary about sexual culture in Japan.
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2025
Gumbo and Book of Shadowz will present Shunga Alert at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 - the adults only comedy-documentary about sexual culture in Japan.
Sam Nicoresti Returns To The Fringe With BABY DOOMER
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Sam Nicoresti will return to Edinburgh Fringe with Baby Doomer (Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025), a show about losing your mind and finding the perfect skirt suit.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Sam Nicoresti will return to Edinburgh Fringe with Baby Doomer (Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025), a show about losing your mind and finding the perfect skirt suit.
Dance Base and Assembly Reveal 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Prepare to be moved by movement at Dance Base this summer, as Scotland's National Centre for Dance announces its 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. Learn more here!
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Prepare to be moved by movement at Dance Base this summer, as Scotland's National Centre for Dance announces its 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme. Learn more here!
Katie Norris Will Bring Brand New Show GO WEST, OLD MAID to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Following her big win of 'Best Show' at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival Awards, Katie Norris will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand new show, 'Go West, Old Maid'.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2025
Following her big win of 'Best Show' at this year's Leicester Comedy Festival Awards, Katie Norris will be returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand new show, 'Go West, Old Maid'.
Review: GOODBYE DREAMLAND BOWLARAMA, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 17, 2025
Charlie Braid loves her life working at the Inverness Dreamland Bowlarama. In her world, everything is just perfect until one day, after a tragic turn of events, Charlie is forced to leave her job at the Bowlarama and doesn’t quite know what to do with herself.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 17, 2025
Charlie Braid loves her life working at the Inverness Dreamland Bowlarama. In her world, everything is just perfect until one day, after a tragic turn of events, Charlie is forced to leave her job at the Bowlarama and doesn’t quite know what to do with herself.
Interview: Chiara Sparkes and Ross Baxter On Showcasing Scotland's Talent With DRIVE OFFICIAL
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 16, 2025
Chiara Sparkes and Ross Baxter chat to BroadwayWorld about their Glasgow-based production company Drive Official.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 16, 2025
Chiara Sparkes and Ross Baxter chat to BroadwayWorld about their Glasgow-based production company Drive Official.
WINDBLOWN Comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2025
Scottish theatre producing duo, Raw Material, Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O'Donnell, have announced their upcoming productions and commissions including the world premiere of theatre show Windblown.
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2025
Scottish theatre producing duo, Raw Material, Gillian Garrity and Margaret-Anne O'Donnell, have announced their upcoming productions and commissions including the world premiere of theatre show Windblown.
Full Cast Announced Joining Brian Cox in James Graham's MAKE IT HAPPEN
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
The full cast has been announced for MAKE IT HAPPEN – a new play by James Graham, directed by Andrew Panton telling the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2025
The full cast has been announced for MAKE IT HAPPEN – a new play by James Graham, directed by Andrew Panton telling the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.
Review: THE BOOK OF MORMON, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 15, 2025
The New York Times calls it ‘The best musical of this century.’ The Washington Post says, 'It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.’ And Entertainment Weekly raves, 'Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.' It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 15, 2025
The New York Times calls it ‘The best musical of this century.’ The Washington Post says, 'It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.’ And Entertainment Weekly raves, 'Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.' It’s The Book of Mormon, the nine-time Tony Award and four-time Olivier Award-winning Best Musical.
Review: ...EARNEST?, Kings Theatre
by Mary Baillie - May 15, 2025
Theatre company Say It Again, Sorry? brought their smash Fringe hit Earnest? to the King's last week, turning Oscar Wilde’s classic of mistaken identity on its head in a brilliantly chaotic, genre-bending take that joyfully challenges theatrical convention.
by Mary Baillie - May 15, 2025
Theatre company Say It Again, Sorry? brought their smash Fringe hit Earnest? to the King's last week, turning Oscar Wilde’s classic of mistaken identity on its head in a brilliantly chaotic, genre-bending take that joyfully challenges theatrical convention.
Shalaka Kurup Will Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut With GET A GRIP!
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Rising star and Pleasance Comedy Reserve 2023 alumni Shalaka Kurup makes her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut this summer, with her hotly-anticipated first hour ‘Get A Grip'.
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
Rising star and Pleasance Comedy Reserve 2023 alumni Shalaka Kurup makes her Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut this summer, with her hotly-anticipated first hour ‘Get A Grip'.
Cast Set For A Play, A Pie And A Pint's MEME GIRLS
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
A Play, A Pie and A Pint have revealed the cast of Meme Girls, a new musical about online viral culture performing at Glasgow's Òran Mór in June. Learn more here!
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
A Play, A Pie and A Pint have revealed the cast of Meme Girls, a new musical about online viral culture performing at Glasgow's Òran Mór in June. Learn more here!
New York Comic Amy Veltman Will Make Edinburgh Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
NYC comedian Amy Veltman is set to make a splash this summer as she brings her award-winning comedic solo show PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with performances at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall.
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2025
NYC comedian Amy Veltman is set to make a splash this summer as she brings her award-winning comedic solo show PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement to the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with performances at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall.
Sikisa Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe With SERVING JUSTICE
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
Sikisa (Live at The Apollo, Off Menu, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club) body-slams the expectations placed on women, especially those who are black, childless, or labelled 'successful' just for surviving.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
Sikisa (Live at The Apollo, Off Menu, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club) body-slams the expectations placed on women, especially those who are black, childless, or labelled 'successful' just for surviving.
Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland Announce 2025 Shortlists
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
The 2025 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland will be presented on the afternoon of Sunday June 8 at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2025
The 2025 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland will be presented on the afternoon of Sunday June 8 at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.
Review: SPRING AWAKENING, Tron Theatre
by Mary Baillie - May 13, 2025
Students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland upload Anya Reiss’s unique adaptation of Spring Awakening to the Tron this week. Reiss propels Frank Wedekind’s controversial 19th-century tale into the digital age. Set under an umbrella of smartphones, pornographic sites, social media, and online subcultures, the play explores how today’s teens are bombarded with information yet still starved of emotional guidance from adults and society.
by Mary Baillie - May 13, 2025
Students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland upload Anya Reiss’s unique adaptation of Spring Awakening to the Tron this week. Reiss propels Frank Wedekind’s controversial 19th-century tale into the digital age. Set under an umbrella of smartphones, pornographic sites, social media, and online subcultures, the play explores how today’s teens are bombarded with information yet still starved of emotional guidance from adults and society.
Cast Set For BERNIE DIETER’S CLUB KABARETT at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
The international cabaret icon and punk provocateur Bernie Dieter is set to make her return to the Edinburgh Fringe with her new show Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2025
The international cabaret icon and punk provocateur Bernie Dieter is set to make her return to the Edinburgh Fringe with her new show Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.
Janine Harouni Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe With New Show
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
2023 Best Show nominee Janine Harouni is returning to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand-new hour ‘Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For'. Learn more here!
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
2023 Best Show nominee Janine Harouni is returning to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand-new hour ‘Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For'. Learn more here!
Aussie Vocalist Amelie Peters Will Make EdFringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
One of Adelaide's most sought after vocal coaches, award-winning performer, songwriter and vocalist Amelie Peters will make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut Sink or SING.
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2025
One of Adelaide's most sought after vocal coaches, award-winning performer, songwriter and vocalist Amelie Peters will make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut Sink or SING.
Review: DOON THE WATTER, Paisley Centre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 11, 2025
Join two sisters as they set off and go on an exciting trip ‘doon the watter’ to their favourite island! With the salty sea breeze in their hair and the gentle waves carrying them along, they fill the journey with stories of magical mermaids, soaring seabirds, and mischievous seal pups who love to play tricks.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 11, 2025
Join two sisters as they set off and go on an exciting trip ‘doon the watter’ to their favourite island! With the salty sea breeze in their hair and the gentle waves carrying them along, they fill the journey with stories of magical mermaids, soaring seabirds, and mischievous seal pups who love to play tricks.
Review: MISTERO BUFFO, Òran Mór
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 11, 2025
An actor bursts into the theatre, pursued by the authorities. Whilst the threat of arrest remains close, he can’t help but hijack the performance and tell folk tales, speaking truth to power.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 11, 2025
An actor bursts into the theatre, pursued by the authorities. Whilst the threat of arrest remains close, he can’t help but hijack the performance and tell folk tales, speaking truth to power.
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