Stemming from a childhood wish to emulate Hulk Hogan, comedian Darius Davies takes us on a journey into pursuing his dream of becoming a professional wrestler, and how it all went wrong.... (more...)
A monologue on the themes of technology and identity, Pixel Dust features teenager Daniella, always online in some fashion, vlogging her hopes and dreams into cyberspace. An outcast at her new school, she escapes into the internet, taking on different identities even as she seeks to discover her ow... (more...)
Having moved 5,437 miles for love, award-winning Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata presents her debut hour of playfully sardonic stand-up. Charmingly conversational and brutally honest, Maria divulges the realities of giving up a glamorous LA lifestyle to discover that saying 'I moved here fo... (more...)
So, last year went pretty OK. People came to my show, reviews were good and it was nominated for a respected award. Why not come and watch me desperately try and back that up this year? C'mon. Why wouldn't you? Even if it's not good, hating on something is super fun. No refunds.... (more...)
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything is a rocking rollercoaster ride through the last thirty years in Britain, from the Thatcherite late 80s, through Cool Britannia, to Brexit Britain. Focusing on two working-class kids from Hull, Leah and Chris, it portrays their unfulfilled dreams and increasing neu... (more...)
Things really are rotten right now, aren't they? We've got resurgent racism, the Welfare State's continual erosion, a terrible economy and climate change. But will any of this get better in the next few years? Luckily, Ross McCaffrey has travelled to the future, and as part of this show he expl... (more...)
In the 1980s, the era of Thatcher, managed decline and "the enemy within", a crack formed between the northern and southern parts of England, splitting them apart physically as well as socially. This is the backdrop to The North! The North!, written and performed by Christopher Harrisson, a twisted... (more...)
Foreign Radical is a piece of interactive theatre focusing on surveillance and suspicion in an age of prominent terrorist threat. At its heart, it is about our complicity in a system that condemns people without evidence, presented in the style of a twisted gameshow. ... (more...)
Adapted by Pelle Koppel from the controversial young adult novel by Janne Teller, Nothing tells the story of a class of young people searching for the meaning of life. On the first day of school, classmate Pierre-Anthon announces that life has no meaning and nothing at all matters. To persuade him... (more...)
This bit's called the blurb whatever the f*ck that means. Anyway, I'm an idiot and I like being stupid so if that sounds like your kind of thing then get down to Stand 3 and laugh at me without feeling bad about it... or don't... it's up to you really...... (more...)
They're back! Why? Money. After a failed BBC pilot and numerous non-appearances on TV and radio, Phil's resurrected the Edinburgh award-winning (Panel Prize still counts) cult hit Funz and Gamez in a last ditched attempt to get on TV. Join Bonzo, Jim the Elf, and Uncle Mick in a brand-new format tha... (more...)
Rachel (Austentatious, The IT Crowd, Murder in Successville) has been invited to be a guest speaker at her old school, but what kind of a role model is she really? Through stand-up, character and musical comedy, she explores what messed up message she can possibly offer to impressionable young minds... (more...)
Two for one is more commonly applied to tickets at the Fringe rather than the plays themselves. Evidently keen to push against such boundaries, Doughnut Productions have taken a play by Andrew Bovell and separated it into two productions. Running in tandem with a linked piece Speaking in Tongues: T... (more...)
Creatives is a dark comic pop-opera written by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia with music by Laurence Mark Wythe. Set in a Chicago song writing class where students get together to create and critique each other's work, former student and now superstar Sean O'Neil returns to judge a song writing cont... (more...)
The Odyssey is one of the most iconic stories of all time, telling the tale of Odysseus' long and epic journey home from the Trojan War. This engaging take on it from Dutch company Patchwork Theatre offers the chance to see the Greek tale in several new ways.... (more...)
Few years in recent memory have included such a host of dramatic events, so it is perhaps no surprise that the turbulent time that was 2016 has been chosen as the subject of this new musical from Evolution Theatre.... (more...)
Based on the 1984 cult movie of the same name and following a successful run at London's Southwark Playhouse, the rock musical comes to the Edinburgh Fringe prior to returning to London for a limited run at the Arts Theatre in autumn 2017.... (more...)
Starring Richard Oliver, Robert Picardo and Sylvester McCoy, A Joke depicts three men meeting in a void and attempting to figure out who they are and what has brought them together. They swiftly realise that they are apparently the set up for an archetypal joke, and attempt to understand the nature... (more...)
American theatre company Squeaky Wheelz Productions have brought a new play to Edinburgh set after a nuclear apocalypse has wiped out the United States. The topic is certainly relevant considering current political rhetoric, though the play does not dwell on events leading up to the cataclysm, focu... (more...)
'It Shoulda Been You' opened on Broadway in 2015, with a cast including Tyne Daly, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard in a production directed by David Hyde Pierce. It receives one of its first UK presentations here from new Edinburgh company Room 29 Theatre, and it's an inspired choice for their Fringe... (more...)
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris.... (more...)
Well, well, well. If it isn't Rhys James, the guy who said comedy shows are for losers and blurbs are for idiots. Back here with another comedy show, as explained in this blurb. Unbelievable.... (more...)
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. When he falls under the suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog, ... (more...)
EDINBURGH 2017: A Day At The Fringe: Sam Goodburn
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: DARIUS DAVIES: ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA, Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: PIXEL DUST, Assembly Roxy
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: MARIA SHEHATA, Just The Tonic
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: RHYS NICHOLSON, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING, Roundabout @ Summerhall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: MORALE IS HIGH (SINCE WE GAVE UP HOPE), Northern Stage at Summerhall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE NORTH! THE NORTH!, Summerhall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: FOREIGN RADICAL, CanadaHub @ King's Hall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: NOTHING, Summerhall
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: SEYMOUR MACE, The Stand
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: FUNZ AND GAMEZ, Just The Tonic
EDINBURGH 2017: BWW Review: RACHEL PARRIS- KEYNOTE, Pleasance Dome
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: SPEAKING IN TONGUES: THE TRUTHS, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: CREATIVES, Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE PATCHWORK ODYSSEY, Assembly Roxy
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: 2016 THE MUSICAL, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: THE TOXIC AVENGER, Pleasance One
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: A JOKE, theSpace on Niddry Street
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: SOMEONE DIES AT THE END, theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, theSpace @ Venue45
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: HARRIET KEMSLEY: BAD AT DOING, Just The Tonic
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS, HEROES @ Monkey Barrel
EDINBURGH 2017 - BWW Review: RHYS JAMES: WISEBOY, Pleasance Courtyard
BWW Review: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, King's Theatre, Glasgow
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