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EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TEMPORARILY YOURS, Underbelly Bristo Square

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TEMPORARILY YOURS, Underbelly Bristo Square

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Italian performer Greta Zamparini takes extracts from Concita De Gregorio and creates a complex solo show about the commodification of the female body.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TOMORROW'S CHILD, Assembly Checkpoint

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TOMORROW'S CHILD, Assembly Checkpoint

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Innumerable sounds of all kinds create a 360-degree retro journey to the future.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: EIGG THE MUSICAL, Greenside

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: EIGG THE MUSICAL, Greenside

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 11, 2023
Situated in Scotland's Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MONET X CHANGE: LIFE BE LIFEIN', Underbelly Bristo Square

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MONET X CHANGE: LIFE BE LIFEIN', Underbelly Bristo Square

by Mary Baillie — August 11, 2023
The glam queen showcases her knack for storytelling, comedy and operatic vocals (that RANGE though) in an anecdote-filled, fabulous performance extravaganza.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LOVE IS BLUE, C Arts

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LOVE IS BLUE, C Arts

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Though it comes off as the only reason for the play to exist, the campaign remains an important subject.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE MITFORDS, TheSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE MITFORDS, TheSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
What ties down the project is the one-woman aspect of it.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: HOLLYWOODN'T, Gilded Balloon Teviot

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: HOLLYWOODN'T, Gilded Balloon Teviot

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Directed by Elizabeth Kaye Sortun, while it offers a look at the complexities of toxic dynamics, coercion, consent, and control, it doesn’t truly achieve its goal.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MRS PRESIDENT, C Arts

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MRS PRESIDENT, C Arts

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Lily Wolff directs with gorgeous brushstrokes.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: VIOLET AND ME, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: VIOLET AND ME, Pleasance Courtyard

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
It’s a tale of resilience, resentment, and regret told with instinctive storytelling and a dash of friendly advice.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BREAKING THE CASTLE, Assembly Rooms

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BREAKING THE CASTLE, Assembly Rooms

by Cindy Marcolina — August 11, 2023
Captivating writing is matched by a tireless performance that transports you in time with a complex breakdown of drug abuse.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ANIA MAGLIANO: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE THIS, Pleasance Co

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ANIA MAGLIANO: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE THIS, Pleasance Courtyard

by Mark Carnochan — August 11, 2023
Ania Magliano solidifies herself as a star of the UK Comedy scene with her latest hour of stand up.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD: SCARY TIMES, Monkey Barrel

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD: SCARY TIMES, Monkey Barrel

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 11, 2023
A new hour of stand-up by the wee guy with the glasses from Glasgow.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: DNA, TheSpace On The Mile

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: DNA, TheSpace On The Mile

by Mary Baillie — August 11, 2023
The Parker & Schnell Youth Company showcase the immense talent of young people through their performance of ‘DNA’.
Fishamble: The New Play Company wins Fringe First Award For HEAVEN by Eugene O'Brien

Fishamble: The New Play Company wins Fringe First Award For HEAVEN by Eugene O'Brien

by BWW News Desk — August 11, 2023
It has just been announced that Fishamble: The New Play Company has been awarded a Scotsman's Fringe First Award for Heaven by Eugene O'Brien starring Andrew Bennett and Janet Moran and directed by Jim Culleton.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SIAPA YANG BAWA MELAYU AKU PERGI? (WHO TOOK MY MALAY AWAY?),

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SIAPA YANG BAWA MELAYU AKU PERGI? (WHO TOOK MY MALAY AWAY?), Summerhall

by Mary Baillie — August 11, 2023
Faizal Abdullah launches an engaging, thought-provoking, unique and deeply personal exploration of Malay identity in Singapore through his performative lecture Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?)
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A STUDY IN LIPSTICK, KETCHUP, AND BLOOD Comes to Pitlochry Festival

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A STUDY IN LIPSTICK, KETCHUP, AND BLOOD Comes to Pitlochry Festival Theatre

by BWW News Desk — August 11, 2023
Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 classic Sherlock Holmes adventure A Study in Scarlet is once again set to captivate audiences in late summer when it is brought to life in the theatrical adaptation Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood written by acclaimed writer Lesley Hart in Pitl
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TONES: A HIP-HOP OPERA, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TONES: A HIP-HOP OPERA, Pleasance Courtyard

by Mark Carnochan — August 11, 2023
Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera marks fifty years of Hip Hop wonderfully by sticking to the roots of the music all the while showing just how far it has come.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: AFTER THE ACT, Traverse Theatre

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: AFTER THE ACT, Traverse Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 11, 2023
'Queers in classrooms!' 'Perverts panicking parents!' – a new musical about pride, protest… and abseiling lesbians.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SUPER, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SUPER, Pleasance Courtyard

by Mark Carnochan — August 11, 2023
Super feels just as artificial and hollow as the characters it is portraying.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: OSCAR AT THE CROWN, Assembly George Square Gardens

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: OSCAR AT THE CROWN, Assembly George Square Gardens

by Mary Baillie — August 11, 2023
A queer immersive nightclub musical based on the life of Oscar Wilde? In theory, this sounds incredible.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ON YOUR BIKE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ON YOUR BIKE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

by Fiona Scott — August 11, 2023
The Edinburgh Fringe truly demonstrates that anything can be a musical.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: END OF THE WORLD, ZOO Playground

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: END OF THE WORLD, ZOO Playground

by Katie Kirkpatrick — August 10, 2023
Ella Lovelady’s debut play End of the World really does include everything but the kitchen sink.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: GARRETT MILLERICK: NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, Monkey Barrel

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: GARRETT MILLERICK: NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD, Monkey Barrel

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 10, 2023
I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is.
Caroline Rhea Heads To Gilded Balloon for Edfringe

Caroline Rhea Heads To Gilded Balloon for Edfringe

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 10, 2023
Aunt Hilda herself is headed to Edinburgh as Canadian actress and stand-up comedian Caroline Rhea announces a brand new Fringe show at Gilded Balloon - 'I Identify As A Witch'.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TALES OF A JANE AUSTEN SPINSTER, Greenside @ Nicolson Square

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TALES OF A JANE AUSTEN SPINSTER, Greenside @ Nicolson Square

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
With light and breezy writing, Jorgensen delivers an accurate analysis of what it feels like to try to find a partner in the 21st Century in 35 delightful minutes of Regency fun.

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You Are What You Eat in Scotland You Are What You Eat
theSpace on the mile (8/07-8/22) PHOTOS
Tale of the Firebird in Scotland Tale of the Firebird
Assembly Roxy (Central) (8/06-8/30)
The Borrowed Room in Scotland The Borrowed Room
Summerhall, Edinburgh (6/19-6/21)
It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident in Scotland It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident
theSpace @ Venue 45 (8/24-8/29)
Sammy J: Hero Complex in Scotland Sammy J: Hero Complex
Underbelly Bristo Square (8/05-8/16)
Collaborator in Scotland Collaborator
Pleasance at EICC (Pentland) (8/06-8/22)
Giraffe in Scotland Giraffe
Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31)
Reparations in Scotland Reparations
Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30)
Tell Me in Scotland Tell Me
Summerhall (Dissection Room) (8/07-8/31)
The Koln Concert (1975): Riccard Atanasio, piano in Scotland The Koln Concert (1975): Riccard Atanasio, piano
Glasgow Cathedral (6/10-6/10)