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Los Angeles Comedy Improvisors Holy Shit Improv Are Coming To Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
After performing more than 100 shows for 10,000+ audience members in Los Angeles and hundreds more worldwide, Holy Shit Improv is finally coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2024!
Comedian Dima Watermelon Will Bring His Ukrainian Dream Debut Stand-up Show To Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Like all stand-up comedians, Dima Watermelon has a dream… his dream runs deeper than bringing his debut stand-up hour to Edinburgh Fringe 2024. But he's doing that, too.
Scottish Comedian Chris Weir Will Bring Debut Hour To Edinburgh Fringe 2024
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Comedian Chris Weir (BBC Scotland) is bringing his debut hour Well Flung to Edinburgh Fringe 2024.
Comedian Alex Franklin Returns To Edinburgh Fringe 2024 With Third Stand-up Hour
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Alex Franklin will return to Underbelly Cowgate with her eagerly anticipated third stand-up hour.
Edinburgh International Festival Adds Declan McKenna, Nadine Shah, and More
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
New events have been added to the 2024 Edinburgh International Festival programme, culminating in a total of 167 performances across 24 days from the world’s leading performers in opera, dance, music and theatre. 
MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN Opens at Edinburgh Fringe in August
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Soho Theatre and Traverse Theatre will present the World Premiere of My English Persian Kitchen, Hannah Khalil’s life-affirming new play, directed by Chris White opening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 1 – 25 August before transferring to London for a three-week run from 16 September to 5 October. 
Scottish Young Musicians 2024 Reveals Judges and Finalists
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Scottish Young Musicians, Scotland’s festival of music competitions, will give young musicians from around the country the chance to compete to win career-enhancing prizes, perform live on a national stage in front of internationally renowned judges, and push their skills like never before. 
The 2024 Made in Scotland Showcase Supports Fourteen Shows During the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2024
Artists, performers, creatives, and their communities from across Scotland will have their work presented as part of this year’s Made in Scotland Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
FAULTY TOWERS The Dining Experience Will Embark on National Scottish Tour This Autumn
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2024
​​​​​​​Faulty Towers The Dining Experience debuted in 1997 and first came to the Fringe in 2008. In 2019 in Edinburgh the experience welcomed their one millionth diner. Now Scottish audiences will be able to enjoy Basil's antics again as they will embark on their first ever Scottish tour.
Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 22, 2024
Based on the classic Tim Burton movie and featuring the hauntingly beautiful music of Danny Elfman and Terry Davies, Bourne and his New Adventures Company return to this witty, bittersweet story of an incomplete boy left alone in a strange new world.
Rob Auton Brings THE EYES OPEN AND SHUT SHOW to The Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2024
Off the back of a critically acclaimed and sell-out run at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, award-winning comedian, writer and podcaster Rob Auton will bring his 11th hour to the Fringe with The Eyes Open and Shut Show.
 Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre Return With Three Productions at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2024
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre will make a return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with three productions set to hit the stage as part of the 2024 Made in Scotland Showcase. Both Dundee Rep Theatre and Scottish Dance Theatre have presented work in the showcase in previous years, but 2024 marks the first time both will be taking part in the same year.
Cast Set For A JAFFA CAKE MUSICAL in Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2024
Inspired by the 1991 tribunal which determined the true identity of a Jaffa Cake, multi-award winning Gigglemug Theatre (Scouts! The Musical, RuneSical, Timpson: The Musical) return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand-new musical comedy for the whole family!
Brooklyn's Piper Theatre Company Return To Edinburgh Fringe Festival With THE BLOODY BALLAD OF BETTE DAVIS A New Musical
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2024
Brooklyn's Piper Theatre Company returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 'The Bloody Battle of Bette Davis,' a new musical exploring the alleged witchcraft of Hollywood star Bette Davis.
Bella Hull Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2024
Returning to the Fringe after a triumphant debut, Bella Hull (BBC's Stand Up for Live Comedy, ITV's The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central Live) brings a show about appetites, our lack of control over them - and authenticity.
Comedian and Writer Nic Sampson Returns to the Fringe With YELLOW POWER RANGER
by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2024
Following critical acclaim with his first hour, 'Marathon, 1904', New Zealand comedian and writer Nic Sampson will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his second solo hour with brand new show, 'Yellow Power Ranger'.
ILLUMINATED LIES Announced As Part of Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2024
Medea seeks personal stories for Illuminated Lies, an audio-visual installation at Edinburgh Fringe, to explore the impact of misinformation. Share your experiences with disinformation and its effects on your life.
Tron Theatre Company Reveals Cast and Creatives For RADIANT VERMIN By Philip Ridley
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2024
Tron Theatre Company will present the Scottish Premiere of Radiant Vermin, by playwright Philip Ridley. Directed by Johnny McKnight, Radiant Vermin, is a wickedly comic satire about a young couple offered a 'too-good-to-be-true' way onto the property ladder and is a viciously sharp look at how far we will go to satisfy - and justify - materialistic greed.
Review: ROOST, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 18, 2024
When social worker Hana has to deliberate upon Bingo’s case for the custody of his daughter, his unusual hobby as a ‘doo-man’ catches her off guard. Through him, she is flung back into the world of pigeon keeping.
New Play MEN DON'T TALK By Clare Prenton To Tour Scotland This Autumn
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2024
A new play exploring masculinity, mental health, and Men's Sheds will debut during Mental Health Awareness Week, shedding light on these crucial topics through compelling storytelling.
STUART LAWS HAS TO BE JOKING? Comes To Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2024
Performer, writer-director and comedy polymath Stuart Laws (nominee Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show, Comedian Choice Best Show) brings his most personal show yet to the Edinburgh Fringe, Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking?, running at the Monkey Barrel between 1-25th August (not 14th).
Former Perth Theatre General Manager is New Chair of Perth Theatre and Concert Hall
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2024
Vanessa Rawlings-Jackson – former General Manager at Perth Theatre – has been appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees for Perth Theatre and Concert Hall. 
Khawla Ibraheem's A KNOCK ON THE ROOF To Play Edinburgh Festival This Summer At The Traverse Theatre
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2024
Khawla Ibraheem's A KNOCK ON THE ROOF will be featured at the Edinburgh Festival this summer at the Traverse Theatre, showcasing a compelling narrative that promises to captivate audiences.
Review: MACBETH (AN UNDOING), Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 15, 2024
When her husband returns victorious from the battlefield with a prophecy that he is to become King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make their darkest ambition a reality.
A Play, A Pie and A Pint Announces Artistic Director & CEO
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 15, 2024
Originally from Scotland, Logan is a writer and theatre-maker who has been the Artistic Director at Camden People’s Theatre in London since 2011

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