David Cross Announces UK DatesSeptember 19, 2018Award-winning U.S. comedian David Cross brings his new show Oh Come On to Manchester, London and Glasgow after a 46 date tour of America.
THE LOST DISC Comes To Soho TheatreSeptember 19, 2018The Lost Disc is a riotous quest for the holy grail of recorded music. Part gig, part play, part comedy show it showcases an alternative history of popular music and is strumming its way to the Soho Theatre stage from 8th-27th October 2018.
BWW Review: CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Tramway, GlasgowSeptember 7, 2018The hugely romantic Cyrano de Bergerac is given a Caledonian heart in a new production of Edwin Morgan's Scots translation that's brimming with Glaswegian patter. This production receives the classic Dominic Hill treatment (The Rivals, The Libertine), with stunning costumes from Scots fashion designer Pam Hogg and design from Tom Piper that's sure to embody a truly Scottish celebration.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: JONNY WOO'S ALL STAR BREXIT CABARET, AssemblyAugust 26, 2018Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines. With a star-studded cast of top Fringe talent, including Jayde Adams as Boris Johnson, this glittering musical satire packs big laughs and emotional punch. In or out? There's a hell of a lot to sing about.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: BRIEFS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, AssemblyAugust 23, 2018Briefs are back with a brand-new show. They've come from the future to test the limits of masculinity and decency with their iconic brand of circus, drag, burlesque and comedy. Expect interstellar aerials, incredible artistry, sharp social commentary and warp-speed strippers from outer space. Prepare yourselves for a close encounter.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: DON'T TELL ME NOT TO FLY, UnderbellyAugust 22, 2018This summer, four of West End's leading ladies take residence in McEwan Hall - Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney. Each night a different star will take centre stage to perform songs from smash-hit West End and Broadway musicals and iconic movies. Share in the highs and lows of their lives on and off stage, hear how they took the spotlight and let their voices soar! Our leading lady will entertain and delight, with renditions of her favourite numbers and anecdotes from the wings.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: YANA ALANA- BETWEEN THE CRACKS, AssemblyAugust 21, 2018Australia's favourite feather-ruffling, rabble-rousing, cabaret anarchist and neo-punk diva, Yana Alana bares all in this bent night of blues, boobs and blame. Exposing mental health, sexual politics, feminism and identity. Queer as hell, demonically talented, rudely brilliant.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: KILLYMUCK, UnderbellyAugust 21, 2018Inspired by real events, Killymuck is a housing estate built on a paupers graveyard in 1970s Ireland. Niamh navigates life through the parameters of growing up, with the trials and tribulations of being a kid from the benefit class system. Lack of opportunity, educational barriers, impoverishment, addiction and depression are the norms as the struggle to escape the underclass stereotype becomes a priority. From school trips organised as cross-community excursions to unite a fractured post troubles town, to finding the humour within an estate crippled with misfortune.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: SKIN A CAT, AssemblyAugust 21, 2018Every teenager thinks they're the only one not having sex. For Alana, it might be true. Every time she gets close something gets in the way... Follow Alana on a wickedly funny sexual odyssey: from getting her first period, to watching bad porn, to painful examinations by cheery gynaecologists - all in the pursuit of losing her virginity and finally becoming a woman. Whatever that means...
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: THE TAPE FACE SHOW, PleasanceAugust 20, 2018Tape Face returns to Edinburgh with a brand-new show! New jokes, new props, same tape. After storming into America and being seen by 51 million people online, Tape Face returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with this UK premier of The Tape Face Show. Grab a ticket and prepare for another storm. Putting your shoes on will never be the same after seeing this show.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: LAUREN PATTISON: PEACHY, PleasanceAugust 19, 2018Following a whirlwind year of awards, nominations and sold-out shows on top of a run at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Lastminute.com Best Newcomer nominee 2017 Lauren Pattison is back in Edinburgh. Come see her deliver some new home truths with her wicked, warm and authentic brand of humour.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: OLD BOY, Scottish Storytelling CentreAugust 19, 2018OLD BOY is a show about the bond between grandfathers and grandsons.
It features the real relationships of men and boys from Glasgow in an attempt to explore the love that is shared between men in families and the legacy passed down through generations in Scotland.
EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: TREMOR, SummerhallAugust 17, 2018Sherman Theatre: Regional Theatre of the Year - The Stage Awards 2018. Once our lives are touched by tragedy, can we ever truly move on? Sophie and Tom's relationship fell apart in the aftermath of a catastrophe. Four years on and as they come face to face once again, the aftershocks of that fateful day can still be felt. Tremor is a play about now. It's about how we choose to see things and live our lives in a world riven with anxiety and division.