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EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: DIVA LAS VEGAS, The Space, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2016

Diva Las Vegas delivers The Sundaes back to Edinburgh with their boldest show to date. Sassy, sexy and sensational, The Sundaes pay homage to the biggest divas on the planet with their trademark stunning vocals, coupled with a generous scoop of comedy and the outrageous costumes that they are known for.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: NINA CONTI IN YOUR FACE, Pleasance Courtyard, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2016

Bursting with fresh and astonishing spontaneity, side-splitting characters and brand new masks, the voice-throwing queen is back.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: CAT LOUD'S WAYWARD GIRLS, The Space, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2016

Seemingly wholesome island lass Cat Loud is still on the prowl for her next big adventure. After a chance stumble down a rabbit hole into a secret speakeasy, Cat embraces this dark underworld and life takes a turn for the wicked.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: IN OUR HANDS, Underbelly, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2016

Alf is a trawler fisherman at the top of his game. But times are changing and so is the industry. Will Alf adapt in order to survive?

EDINBURGH 2016 - Guest Blog: Kasia Lech of BUBBLE REVOLUTION
by Guest Blogger: Kasia Lech - August 14, 2016

Kasia Lech of Bubble Revolution guest blogs for BroadwayWorld about her Edinburgh Fringe experience so far.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: THE BOOKBINDER, Pleasance Courtyard, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2016

'They say you can get lost in a good book. But it's worse to get lost in a bad one...' From award-winning NZ company Trick of the Light Theatre comes a story of mystery, magic and mayhem - weaving shadow play, paper art, puppetry, and music into an original dark fairytale.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: ADELE IS YOUNGER THAN US, C Venues, 12 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

We've all been there - the shattering realisation that you are not Adele. Come join your fellow mortals for self-deprecating, non-Grammy Award-winning songs and comedy. We're all someone like us.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: A LADY'S GUIDE TO THE ART OF BEING A WINGMAN, Gilded Balloon, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2016

The Desperettes are girls dressed as boys, using techniques for picking up women to pick up men. Got it? Good! Daisy (Belinda Hanne Reid), DeeDee (Natasha York) and Delilah (Lisa Woodbrook) present A Lady's Guide to the Art of being a Wingman, a hilarious and eye-opening night out which includes big hair, daggy dancing and of course, pulling guys.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: MICHELLE MCMANUS: POP GOES THE IDOL, Stand In The Square, 10 August
by Adam Robinson - August 12, 2016

Scottish siren Michelle McManus won the nation's biggest talent contest Pop Idol in 2003 to some controversy. She was every inch the popstar, but 80's icon and judge Pete Waterman took umbrage with her taking the crown.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: CHEF: COME DINE WITH US!, Assembly George Square Theatre, 10 August
by Adam Robinson - August 12, 2016

They say don't judge a book by its cover, and same can be said for Edinburgh Fringe show titles.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: A CUP OF TEA WITH LADY C, Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10 August
by Adam Robinson - August 12, 2016

The Australian outback did not know what it was in for when Lady Colin Campbell entered last year. And neither did the vast majority of I'm A Celebrity viewers. Almost instantly she became the favourite with killer one liners and strong opinions. It is this reignited fame which has brought A Cup of Tea With Lady C to this year's Edinburgh Fringe.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: THE KINSEY SICKS LADY COCKS OF BANG BOYS, Gilded Balloon, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

Seeking beautiful drag queens who make everyone feel fuzzy and safe? Then this isn't your show! Last year's Fringe sweethearts (and Vegas and Off-Broadway favorites) present a demented new Dragapella musical comedy: outlandish drag, impeccable a cappella, subversive satire.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: TWO KITTENS AND A KID, The Space, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

A gay, white, suburban man suddenly becomes 'Mr Mom' to an adolescent, black, urban girl. White-knuckled on a roller coaster of teenage angst, this new parent falls off the precipice into the mystery of black hair, menstruation, boyz, and ultimately mental health and addiction.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: ADVENTURES OF A REDHEADED COFFEESHOP GIRL, Gilded Balloon, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

She's back! Out of the coffeeshop and into the jungle, feisty redhead Joanie Little follows her anthropologist dreams with a new job at the Jane Goodall Institute, Tanzania!

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: THE SUITCASE KID, The Space, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

Jacqueline Wilson's bestseller is brought to life with puppetry and song by a large cast. Vicky Ireland's exciting adaptation tells the story of young Andy and her rabbit friend, Radish

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: SOOZ KEMPNER QUEEN, Underbelly, 11 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 12, 2016

Queen has been the soundtrack to Funny Women Variety Award winner Sooz Kempner's entire life. With music that epic and triumphant scoring her every move, how does she consistently end up as one of life's losers?

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: AFTER THE FLOOD, Sweet Grassmarket, 10 August
by Amy Hanson - August 11, 2016

After the Flood, a devised piece performed by a young cast from Sundial Theatre, is a futuristic drama set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia.  In the world of the play, civilisation has been all but wiped out by a great flood; the consequence of climate change it is hinted.  One tribe of teenagers survive the new world by diving into abandoned buildings for food, taking their lives in their hands for the odd tin of peaches or pot noodle.  Trapped by weather with diminishing food supplies on one such voyage into an abandoned hotel, conflicts begin to split the group, exacerbated by the appearance of a boy apparently left behind by Welsh raiders.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: THE NAKED MAGICIANS, Pleasance Courtyard, 10 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2016

Following sold out shows and rave reviews in Australia, Asia, USA, Canada and New Zealand, the world's funniest and naughtiest magic show The Naked Magicians is coming to Edinburgh!

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: BLUSH, Underbelly, 10 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2016

Three women and two men swim in shame. Everyone's exposed. Everyone wants revenge. No one's talking about it. Five candid stories about revenge porn and all its many victims.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: 2 BECOME 1, Underbelly, 10 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2016

Comedy pop musical following four 90s girls embarking on a wild night of speed dating, meeting Mr Wrongs and Mr Rights along the way. A hilarious non-stop journey through infectious pop anthems and ballads.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: AGENT OF INFLUENCE, Underbelly, 10 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2016

'Mid-calf, navy blue day dress with pearl buttons by Victor Stiebel. Dove grey tweed jacket and fox stole by House of Hartnell. Hat by Elsa Schiaparelli. Perfect for luncheons, jaunts around town and spying on fascists'. Lady Pamela, fashion columnist and socialite, is recruited by MI5 to keep notes on Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: PLEASE EXCUSE MY DEAR AUNT SALLY, Pleasance Courtyard, 10 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2016

Follow an illicit affair between a student and his teacher from the viewpoint of his mobile phone in a breakneck journey from pockets to purses.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: FOREVER PLAID, theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 10 August
by Amy Hanson - August 10, 2016

Four young singers in an American close harmony group - the eponymous Plaids - were killed in a car accident just as their careers were taking off, and as their style of music was about to give way to the British Invasion of the Beatles.  The quartet are given the chance to return to earth for one night only to give the concert they never got a chance to perform.  This is the idea behind Forever Plaid, a musical revue that premiered off-Broadway in the late eighties, and which now comes to Edinburgh.

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: KATIE BRENNAN'S QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS, Underbelly, 9 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 10, 2016

Are you crippled by student debt? Working an unpaid internship? Trying to find prince charming on Tinder? Welcome to the life of a modern day twenty-something!

EDINBURGH 2016 - BWW Review: MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF GAME SHOWS, Assembly, 9 August
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 10, 2016

Ding-dong the witch is back! Multi award-winning Fringe sensation Margaret Thatcher, Queen of Soho presents the most fabulous game show of all. Fresh from total sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs in 2014 and 2015, the Iron Lady has now set her sights on light entertainment.


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