Sebastian Elder's new play NO PLACE CALLED HOME explores themes of climate change, the passage of time, and memory. The productions run 19th- 24th August at Edinburgh Fringe.
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is about to get a dose of hilarity as Meg Chizek brings her critically acclaimed solo show, How To Give Up on Your Dreams, to the Fern Studio, Greenside.
Experience a unique blend of opera and burlesque with SHOW:GIRLS, a captivating performance that merges classical music with bold, theatrical flair. Don't miss this innovative and entertaining show.
Seeking Representation takes audience members on a journey to Hollywood with Carlin, who, with a guide on how to make it in the city that she found in the back of a car, is ready to be a star. The guide Carlin finds has six simple steps - The Old Fashioned Way, Find A Place to Live, Find An Agent, Get A Job, Seek Enlightenment and Seek Connections.
Licari sets a joyful tone immediately upon entry, welcoming her audience as they enter indulging in some dancing to the music, to which she shouts in explanation “I’m Italian!” We learn of Licari’s love for running, rule-breaking, feminism and English men.
BWW caught up with Cobin Millage about bringing Fifteen Pints With a Wax Figure of Renowned Painter Pablo Picasso to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
As slick and suave as its performers’ suits, The Mosinee Project is a curious little piece of documentary theatre. It takes as its subject an experiment carried out in the American midwest in 1950: to demonstrate the threat of communism, agents staged a faux communist takeover of the small town of Mosinee. It’s a fascinating set-up, but unfortunately the show doesn’t quite live up to its intrigue.
Amos Gill is a naturally funny Aussie comedian with a razor-sharp wit. Gill is now based in the USA, with a background in television and radio presenting. He welcomes the audience, comparing American positivity, the uplifting enthusiasm of “It’s your year!” versus the Aussie scepticism of “The Fringe? You’ll lose thousands!”
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation thrives on murder, mystery and managing the unknown. The Chandeliers Theatre Company are a team of talented comedic actors with panache, bags of energy and total willingness to engage.
Katie Arnstein’s new show The Long Run manages to make a tricky topic into something heartfelt, warm, and even, at times, funny. Much of this is due to Arnstein’s welcoming, accessible style of storytelling – as an audience member, it feels like she’s speaking to you directly, with the perfect balance of confidence and vulnerability. Her distinct writing style features plenty of quips, puns, and self-aware nods, making it feel real as opposed to hidden behind theatrical artifice.
Award-winning Saltire Sky Theatre has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with fresh versions of two hard-hitting and critically acclaimed shows about working class life in Scotland today.
In the spirit of exploring something potentially out of my comfort zone at the Fringe, I threw caution to the wind and tried an immersive audio gaming adventure.
Medea, a pioneering live event and multimedia company dedicated to thought-provoking and purpose-driven work, will present its debut project, Illuminated Lies, at this year's prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In Defiance of Gravity is concerned with the historical figures of Prince Felix Yusupov, 1887 – 1967 a Russian aristocrat from the House of Yusupov, well known for partaking in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin in 1916, and marrying Princess Irina Alexandrovna, a niece of Emperor Nicholas II.
Brian Watkins, the creator of hit Amazon TV series Outer Range brings the World Premiere of his play Weather Girl to the Edinburgh Fringe in a collaboration with the award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder.
As the house lights diminish one by one, an atmosphere is set, where absolute silence feels weighty and profound. The tension builds as mysterious and unsettling whispers curiously fill the rounded circus stage, a lone *teeterboard illuminated, a character of its very own.