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EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: LINKING RINGS, Le Monde, August 23 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 24, 2015

1926: Houdini's right-hand man deals with the death of his boss. A half century later, a Blackpool joke shop proprietor takes on a wide-eyed young protege. An...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: LOVE BIRDS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 23 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 24, 2015

It is the age of vaudeville. A quartet of penguins and a trio of parrots sing and dance, dazzling and delighting their audiences, night after night in this one...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: NINA SIMONE SOUL SESSIONS, Assembly Checkpoint, August 22 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 24, 2015

From Apphia Campbell, creator of 2014's one-woman Fringe hit Black Is the Color of My Voice, comes a musical journey of her idol Nina Simone. Soul Sessions...

EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT, Underbelly, August 22 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 24, 2015

Based on Rebecca's time in the Royal Air Force serving queen and country, protecting the UK Air Defence Region, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot charts her journey from...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: STORYTELLER STORYTELLER, New Waverley Arches, August 22 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 24, 2015

What happens when two children's storytellers arrive at the same place at the same time to tell their stories? And what happens if both of them think they are...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: UNDERMINED, Greenside at Royal Terrace, August 22 2015

Amy Hanson • August 24, 2015

2015 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the end of 1984/5 miners' strike, an event that has left a huge social legacy and provided a rich seam of material for...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: TITLE OF SHOW, Paradise in the Vault, August 22 2015

Amy Hanson • August 24, 2015

Probably the most meta-theatrical musical ever made, Title of Show, or [title of show] as it is often represented, tells the story of its own creation. Two...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: TONY'S LAST TAPE, Pleasance Courtyard, August 22 2015

Amy Hanson • August 24, 2015

Tony's Last Tape, by Andy Barrett, takes style and situation from Krapp's Last Tape, and reinvents it by replacing its protagonist with the late great...

EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: DIARY OF A SHANGHAI SHOWGIRL, Free Sisters, August 22 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 22, 2015

From the man behind New York's burlesque revival in the mid-90s and the iconic Slipper Room, and the couple who operated the legendary illegal speakeasy The...

Photo Coverage: Edinburgh Fringe - BWW's Story So Far!

BWW News Desk • August 20, 2015

Off to the Fringe? Check out some of our Twitter highlights of the Fringe so far courtesy of our own @BWWEdinburgh account and our correspondents Natalie and...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: STEVE BUGEJA DAY RELEASE, Mash House, August 19 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 20, 2015

Steve recently went to a friend's wedding and on the way had to pick up the bride's Dad who was leaving prison for the first time in 18 years. This is the...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: THE TOBOLOWSKY FILES, Pleasance Courtyard, August 19 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 20, 2015

Hollywood character actor Stephen Tobolowsky shares some of his hilarious, moving, and profound stories about life, love and the entertainment industry.

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Reviews: WENDY HOOSE, Assembly Rooms, August 19 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 20, 2015

Laura and Jake just want sex. Late Friday night drunken sex. Nothing more. No strings attached. But getting your leg over is sometimes more difficult than you...

EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: IMPOSSIBLE, Pleasance Dome, August 19 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 20, 2015

Seances, spirituality, immortality and magic. The true story of the deadly feud between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Phill Jupitus as...

BWW Reviews: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, King's Theatre, Glasgow, August 18 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 19, 2015

Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Review: JAMES ACASTER: REPRESENT, Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug 2015

Kevin Sherwin • August 18, 2015

As stand-up comedians go, James Acaster has got to rank among the more unusual. Skulking around the stage like a demented hyena (not that I can claim to have...

EDINBURGH 2015 - BWW Review: LOLLY, Pleasance Courtyard, August 16 2015

Kevin Sherwin • August 18, 2015

A peculiar but undeniably enjoyable fifty minutes awaits in the Pleasance Courtyard's 'That' space at this year's Fringe

EDINBURGH 2015- BWW Reviews: URINETOWN, Assembly Hall, August 16 2015

Natalie O'Donoghue • August 17, 2015

Urinetown is a rampant riot of a show that tells the tale of a town fit to burst. Peeing is a privilege and no relief is rent free, until hero Bobby Strong...