EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DREAMGUN: FILM READS, Underbelly, Bristo Square by Christiana Rose - August 7, 2019 Dreamgun's Film Reads rewrites films scripts for comic effect EDINBURGH 2019 - BWW Review: APOLLO 11, Greenside @ Infirmary Street by Amy Hanson - August 6, 2019 Celebrating 50 years from Armstrong and Aldrin's small steps on to our lunar neighbour, Apollo 11 is a new play focusing on the responses to the moon landing of ordinary people. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CHOIR OF MAN, Main Hall @ Assembly Halls by Fraser MacDonald - August 6, 2019 In a show that is clearly inspired by the success of the modern trendsetters, splashed with its own unique style, Choir of Man is an immersive vocal knees-up not to be missed. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: NICK HELM, PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES, Pleasance Dome by Christiana Rose - August 6, 2019 Nick Helm's Phoenix from the Flames is an electric blend of comedy and musical performance. His show is verging on riotous, but surprisingly uplifting. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUPER SUNDAY, Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows, Lafayette by Christiana Rose - August 6, 2019 Super Sunday is a circus show by Race Horse Company, known for their uncompromising contemporary vision. EDINBURGH 2019 BWW Review: MY DARLING CLEMMIE, Assembly, Drawing Room by Christiana Rose - August 6, 2019 A one woman play telling the story of Clementine Hozier's life with Winston Churchill. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CREAM TEA AND INCEST, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre by Christiana Rose - August 5, 2019 Peracals Productions presents writer Benjamin Alborough's Cream Tea and Incest in a revival, featuring an all-female cast of four in a Jeevesian tale. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: JUST CHECKING IN, Gilded Balloon by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 6, 2019 A once-glamorous Scottish hotel is being sold to Donald Trump. Eccentric staff and celebrity guests conspire to prevent the sale. But first, if they are to succeed, a menacing mystery must be investigated EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: Maria Shehata: HERO, Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market by Joanna Trainor - August 5, 2019 Do you ever worry about how a comedian is doing? Maria Shehata's 2017 Edfringe show finished with an uncertain future for a relationship she had moved across the world for, so I wanted to check in and see how things were going for her. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TOM LENK IS TRASH, Assembly by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 5, 2019 In 2016, SAG Award-winning, middle-aged scene-stealer Tom Lenk (Buffy, Tilda Swinton Answers..., Transparent, HBO's Room 104) accidentally achieved what millennials and wannabe social media 'influencers' desperately crave: Instagram superstardom. Using 'household junk and sly humor' (New York Times), his 'Lenk Lewk for Less' red carpet parody photos and videos have garnered 500k followers, hundreds of millions of views, and reposts from your fave celebs (Kylie Minogue?!). Now, Lenk combines comedy, trash-fash, hot glue guns and all things half-assed in this hilarious hour of craftertainment. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LAURA LEXX: KNEE JERK, Gilded Balloon by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 6, 2019 Star of Live at the Apollo, Laura Lexx is a 'bouncy, bubbly stand up star' (Telegraph) shining a hilarious light on how hard it is to be a good person these days. Can you change the world without offending anyone? EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: WEST END PRODUCER - FREE WILLY, Studio 2 @ Assembly Studios by Fraser MacDonald - August 4, 2019 On his first foray in front of the curtain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, West End Producer unveils his brand new project - Free Willy: The Musical - and invites his audience to audition for their own role in the production. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: UNEXPECTED ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA, Underbelly by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 5, 2019 Grab your Bag for Life, stick your pound-shaped keyrings into the trolley and step inside The Supermarket for a freshly baked musical treat. Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area is an original comedy-musical from Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society (SiX, Hot Gay Time Machine) by Laurence T-Stannard and Cambridge Footlights Amaya Holman and Jamie Bisping. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SPONTANEOUS POTTER, Gilded Balloon, Rose Theatre by Christiana Rose - August 4, 2019 Spontaneous Potter is a playful, inventive piece, joyfully tapping into a generation of Potterhead's love of the franchise EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY LAW: IDENTIFIES, Monkey Barrel by Christiana Rose - August 4, 2019 Tony Law is wild, utterly absurd and magnetic in his new show 'Identifies' EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUCH FILTHY F*CKS, Pleasance Dome by Daniel Perks - August 4, 2019 Oli Forsyth expertly writes and directs Such Filthy F*cks, a show that questions why porn and porn addiction is still taboo. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BLODEUWEDD UNTOLD, Pleasance Courtyard by Christiana Rose - August 4, 2019 The story of Blodeuwedd Untold is about a woman created from the flowers, but her passion has a devastating effect EDINBURGH 2019: BWW REVIEW: DEAD RINGERS LIVE, Pleasance EICC by Christiana Rose - August 4, 2019 Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Jan Ravens and Duncan Wisbey thrill audiences with their quick wit and wonderful impersonations of politicians and public figures. Hilarious, clever, inventive. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SOOZ KEMPNER: MEGA DRIVE, The Globe Bar by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 4, 2019 Following 2018's Super Sonic 90s Kid, award-winning comedian Sooz Kempner is back with a brand-new hour, Mega Drive: a show about the video games that defined our youth and the ambition they helped create. Sega, childhood, songs a?" this is for anyone who remembers the 90s and had big dreams as a kid. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: STEPHEN BUCHANAN: BABY DOVE, Pleasance Courtyard by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 4, 2019 Winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award 2018 and the reigning Scottish Comedian of the Year, Stephen brings his much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. Expect sharp storytelling and offbeat observations, as the 27-year-old delves into the reality of living at home with his mum and a refugee EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ENOUGH, Traverse Theatre by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 4, 2019 Jane and Toni are immaculate, iconic, accommodating flight attendants. They're here for your safety, your comfort and your pleasure. Or so you think. But 30,000 feet below them their seemingly perfect lives are rapidly unravelling. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: VIKKI STONE: SONG BIRD, Pleasance by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 4, 2019 Multi award-winning comedian and musician Vikki Stone returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new show of her trademark comedy songs and stand-up. Whilst in previews, Song Bird was nominated for Best Musical Show at the 2019 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: AARON SIMMONDS: DISABLED COCONUT, Underbelly by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 4, 2019 Join the BBC New Comedy Award finalist and wheelchair enthusiast as he tells you about how his first paid gig led to him performing on BBC2 a year later, and what happens when you are being trolled online for not being disabled enough. Aaron is far better at stand-up than standing up and his unique perspective on life a?" usually of people's belly buttons a?" gives him a distinctive edge in his performances as well as a sore neck. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ASHLEY STORRIE: HYSTERICAL, Laughing Horse @ The Counting House by Fraser MacDonald - August 4, 2019 In her one-hour set at Edinburgh's Counting House, she brings a fresh perspective to dating, crime and autism with a brand that is most definitely her own. EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: SUZI RUFFELL: DANCE LIKE EVERYONE'S WATCHING, Pleasance Courtyard by Christiana Rose - August 3, 2019 Suzi Ruffell is happy and she's not afraid to celebrate with you. She's passionate about things that bring joy and lists her quiff, therapy, meditation, yoga, cross-fit and a source of pure elation- her nutribullet. Love is the little things. Keep on with the joy, it is infectious #glaydy #lgbtqi+ #joy #happy #edfringe #comedy |
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