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EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MY FATHER'S NOSE, Assembly Rooms

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MY FATHER'S NOSE, Assembly Rooms

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
My Father’s Nose is a surprisingly heartwarming show about death and moving on.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: I LOVE YOU, NOW WHAT?, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: I LOVE YOU, NOW WHAT?, Pleasance Courtyard

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
All in all, it’s not a great play, but it’s also not a particularly bad one either.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHATHAM HOUSE RULES, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHATHAM HOUSE RULES, Pleasance Courtyard

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
What seems like a silly little comedy about millennial dread at first becomes a pointedly anti-Tory invective in Louis Rembges’s Chatham House Rules.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CASTING THE RUNES, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CASTING THE RUNES, Pleasance Courtyard

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
Box Tale Soup adapt MR James’s ghost story into a play that has the same dark feel of a Penny Dreadful episode.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CAN'T WAIT TO LEAVE, The Space @ Surgeons' Hall

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CAN'T WAIT TO LEAVE, The Space @ Surgeons' Hall

by Cindy Marcolina — August 10, 2023
Zach Hawkins is incredible with Ryan’s exuberant resignation.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SALOME, Bedlam Theatre

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SALOME, Bedlam Theatre

by Mary Baillie — August 10, 2023
There is something surreal about watching a play banned for blasphemous biblical portrayal in an old Church.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: FIONA ALLEN: ON THE RUN, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: FIONA ALLEN: ON THE RUN, Pleasance Courtyard

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 10, 2023
Double Emmy Award winner and star of Smack The Pony is doing her first ever show.
EDINBURGH 2023: AWAKE AND NARCOLEPTIC Q&A

EDINBURGH 2023: AWAKE AND NARCOLEPTIC Q&A

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 10, 2023
Wake up to the World Premiere of this raw, funny, and poignant solo show from narcoleptic comedian Sarah Albritton, host of the podcast Sleeping with Sarah.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WHISKY & WITCHES PRESENTS MYTHICAL BEASTS, The Mother Superio

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WHISKY & WITCHES PRESENTS MYTHICAL BEASTS, The Mother Superior - The Mother Superior Cave

by Stefanie Lyons — August 10, 2023
If you have a couple of hours to spare and you want to try smoky, deep, fruity, warming, delicious whiskies, while also listening to folk tales, tasting notes that will blow your mind, and live singing that will haunt your heart and soul - look no further and make sure you get a ticket to Whisky & W
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SHAKEITUP: THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE SHOW,  Gilded Balloon T

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SHAKEITUP: THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE SHOW, Gilded Balloon Teviot - Billiard Room

by Stefanie Lyons — August 10, 2023
​​​​​​​Going in, I wasn't sure what to expect from this show.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: A GAY DAD, TheSpace @ Symposium Hall - Annexe

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: A GAY DAD, TheSpace @ Symposium Hall - Annexe

by Stefanie Lyons — August 10, 2023
​​​​​​​Don't go into A Gay Dad with any expectations.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MOSES STORM: PERFECT CULT, Pleasance Courtyard Beneath

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MOSES STORM: PERFECT CULT, Pleasance Courtyard Beneath

by Kat Mokrynski — August 10, 2023
Have you ever watched a Netflix documentary about a cult, listened to the stories of how this group fell apart, and wondered what it was like to be in one of those cults? Well, wonder no more.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: UNSTUCK WITH YOU, Greenside @ Nicolson Square

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: UNSTUCK WITH YOU, Greenside @ Nicolson Square

by L Gourley — August 10, 2023
Unstuck With You is a poignant reflection on the significance of humanity in an empty and apathetic universe in which we take up an infinitesimal amount of space.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LUCAS O'NEIL: EMOTIONAL MAN, Just The Tonic At The Caves

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LUCAS O'NEIL: EMOTIONAL MAN, Just The Tonic At The Caves

by Kat Mokrynski — August 10, 2023
A girl with sunflowers in her eyes.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: 30 AND OUT, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: 30 AND OUT, Pleasance Courtyard

by Katie Kirkpatrick — August 9, 2023
Kit Sinclair’s 30 and Out takes a more adult approach to coming out narratives - a real life story of discovering yourself aged thirty, the show dives headfirst into queer sex, the club scene, homophobia, and relationships in a high energy hour of cabaret-style theatre.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LOUISE YOUNG: FERAL, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LOUISE YOUNG: FERAL, Pleasance Courtyard

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 9, 2023
Debut hour from Geordie rising star with a show all about class, chaos and coming out.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MY DAD WEARS A DRESS, Underbelly

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MY DAD WEARS A DRESS, Underbelly

by Natalie O'Donoghue — August 9, 2023
A one-woman show about growing up with a trans female parent, written and performed by Maria Telnikoff.
Oscar Winner Auctions Rare LORD OF THE RINGS Collectible to Support New Zealand Show

Oscar Winner Auctions Rare LORD OF THE RINGS Collectible to Support New Zealand Show at Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — August 9, 2023
Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings artist, Sir Richard Taylor, auctions off a rare and valuable Paint Master of Saruman the White collectible to support the hilarious parenting revue show Femme Natale at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ALISON SPITTLE: SOUP, Monkey Barrel Comedy - The Hive (Hive 1

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ALISON SPITTLE: SOUP, Monkey Barrel Comedy - The Hive (Hive 1)

by Stefanie Lyons — August 9, 2023
Mental health features a fair bit in this lovely show, a hot topic with a number of comedians these days.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: DEUTERONOMY, ZOO Southside

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: DEUTERONOMY, ZOO Southside

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
Funny and distinctively Beckettian, Deuteronomy is about everything and nothing.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: NOT OUR CRIME, STILL OUR SENTENCE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoos

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: NOT OUR CRIME, STILL OUR SENTENCE, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
Ambling between cheaply crafted stock characters and expanding only the lesser interesting ones, the project needs work desperately.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PLEASURE LITTLE TREASURE, Underbelly Cowgate

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PLEASURE LITTLE TREASURE, Underbelly Cowgate

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
At this stage, it might be a bit wobbly, but promises great potential.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ALONE, Assembly George Square Studios

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ALONE, Assembly George Square Studios

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
Written and directed by Luke Thornborough, this production hails from New Zealand with wit and charm, offering a bleak look into survival.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: KLANGHAUS: DARKROOM, Summerhall

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: KLANGHAUS: DARKROOM, Summerhall

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
It’s so rare to be surrounded by the complete absence of light, that part alone is a treat in itself.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ÎLE, Pleasance Courtyard

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ÎLE, Pleasance Courtyard

by Cindy Marcolina — August 9, 2023
A collection of funny characters accompanies Sophie as she discovers her where she comes from.

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