Review: EDINBURGH 2024: MICHAEL KUNZE: INFINITY MIRROR, Underbelly, Cowgate
by Kat Mokrynski - September 16, 2024
Walking into Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror, audiences are greeted by Kunze himself, who is standing on the stage making sandwiches. After taking a few orders from audience members, he then begins some audience participation, tossing slices of fake ham into the audience and encouraging them to throw...
Review: EDINBURGH 2024: BISHOPS: FAREWELL BRUCE PORCELAIN, Underbelly, Cowgate
by Kat Mokrynski - August 30, 2024
Walking into Bishops: Farewell Bruce Porcelain, you are greeted by the titular bishops, Chris Curran and Noah Matthews, welcoming you to the funeral of Bruce Porcelain and handing out booklets with the order of service as an organ version of Toto’s “Africa” plays. However, this might not be the kind...
The Besties' Winners Week Two Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - August 17, 2024
The Skinny and Fest, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland have announced the winners of the second round of the weekly new Festival Awards, The Besties....
Edinburgh 2024 Review: THE MOSINEE PROJECT, Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 15, 2024
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 M...
Edinburgh 2024 Review: UGLY SISTERS, Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 12, 2024
Ugly Sisters is one of those shows that leave you wondering what on earth you just watched – and then stays stuck in the back of your mind for days to follow. This follow-up to 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals features a leafblower, a ballgown, nudity, dirt, and controversial feminist Germaine G...