Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 48

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: DON'T TELL ME NOT TO FLY, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2018

This 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 t...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON AND THE DOG WHO KNOWS, The Stand's New Town Theatre
by Amy Hanson - August 20, 2018

After television appearances on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and America's Got Talent, plus a Las Vegas residency, Piff the Magic Dragon returns to the Fringe in style....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: YANA ALANA- BETWEEN THE CRACKS, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 21, 2018

Australia'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, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 21, 2018

Inspired 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, a...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: SKIN A CAT, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 21, 2018

Every 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 ...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: THE TAPE FACE SHOW, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2018

Tape 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 yo...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: LAUREN PATTISON: PEACHY, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2018

Following 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 humo...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: TIMPSON: THE MUSICAL, C
by Amy Hanson - August 19, 2018

Gigglemug Theatre have created a musical about the origins of the nationwide chain, with sponsorship from Timpson Ltd even adding a stamp of authenticity. In this new musical, two warring families of would-be inventors, the Montashoes and the Keypulets, compete for business and fame at the annual I...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: PLAYLIGHT ROBBERY, Just The Tonic at The Caves
by Amy Hanson - August 19, 2018

Thanks to Playlight Robbery, by Hivemind Productions, we have finally found a better use for all of those flyers than papier-mache craft projects or lining a budgie cage.  In an admirable bit of recycling, the cast of this improv show will take a flyer that you bring along, and with only the informa...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: GRAINNE MAGUIRE: I FORGIVE YOU; PLEASE LIKE ME, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2018

What do I need to do to make you like me? Just tell me so we can all just relax. I promise by August the show will be great, so let's all just have a lovely time and forget that the Great Barrier Reef is completely gone....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: MICHAEL GRIFFITHS: SONGS BY KYLIE, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2018

He's been Annie Lennox, Madonna and Cole Porter to great acclaim. Now Helpmann Award winner Michael Griffiths explores the songs, stories and locomotion of pop princess, Kylie Minogue. Put your hand on your heart and step back in time, Kylie wouldn't change a thing!...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: OLD BOY, Scottish Storytelling Centre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2018

OLD 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: USER NOT FOUND, Traverse at Jeelie Piece Cafe
by Amy Hanson - August 16, 2018

Terry's partner Luka left him six months ago.  As he sits in his usual cafe, sipping on a cup of tea, a series of unexpected condolence messages ping into his phone.  Luka has died, but has appointed Terry as his digital executor, the person with the power to decide what happens to his online presen...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: TREMOR, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2018

Sherman 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...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: DOLLYWOULD, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2018

Oh look, the multi award-winning duo Sh!t Theatre return with their 100% sell-out show from 2017. It's about Dolly Parton and we still f*cking love her. It's also about cloning, branding, immortality and death....

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review: LOOP, Underbelly Cowgate
by Amy Hanson - August 15, 2018

In Loop, three generations of the same family are all united by their love of the music of their own time, but often struggle to relate to one another. Music is the the way a generation defines itself, but the hits of one decade are so often dismissed as incomprehensible rubbish by those still obses...

EDINBURGH 2018 - BWW Review, RIK CARRANZA: STILL A FAN, Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
by Amy Hanson - August 15, 2018

Rik Carranza is a devoted Trekkie, but it wasn't always a badge he wore with pride. In Still A Fan, a work that's more storytelling with jokes than a conventional stand-up show, Carranza takes us through his life so far, from growing up mixed-raced in Scotland, through bullying, depression, a suicid...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: CLOSED DOORS, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2018

Critically acclaimed musicians Novasound collaborate with playwright and performer Belle Jones to present Closed Doors - a story told through music. Three diverse artists combine spoken word, rhythm and an exhilarating live score to create this dynamic piece of theatrical storytelling. Inspired by t...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: LARRY DEAN: BAMPOT, Assembly Checkpoint
by Matt Elliot - August 15, 2018

Larry Dean came to my attention earlier this year after catching him on BBC One's Live at the Apollo and the new Comedy Central show, Roast Battle. He is definitely a rising star and one of Scotland's fastest-growing comedians....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: AMERICAN IDIOT, C Venues
by Matt Elliot - August 15, 2018

American Idiot is an adaption of the hit Green Day album of the same name. The musical follows three boys, Johnny, Will and Tunny, in their struggle to find meaning in a broken world....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: 3 YEARS, 1 WEEK AND A LEMON DRIZZLE, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2018

The show pieces together Alexandra and Kate Donnachie's sometimes heartbreaking but often hilarious memories of growing up together and managing their close bond when older sister, Alexandra, developed a severe eating disorder. When Alexandra (finally) decided to ask Kate what that time was like for...

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: DANGEROUS GIANT ANIMALS, Underbelly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2018

A kick. A scream. A tantrum. With a disabled sister, what's allowed? What's forbidden? Dangerous Giant Animals is a darkly comedic show about finding your voice amid your sister's screams. Funny and daring, this new one-woman play explores how surreal, challenging, and remarkable disability in a fam...

BWW Review: TRUMP THE MUSICAL, C Venues
by Fraser MacDonald - August 13, 2018

Cue chaos, sweeping political generalisations and very-nearly-almost nudity - Trump the Musical is a mad-cap hour where the only certainty is the uncertainty of what is to come....

BWW Review: GODLEY'S CREAM: 20 YEARS AND COUNTING, Counting House Ballroom
by Fraser MacDonald - August 13, 2018

Her set feels as intimate as speaking to her on a bus; there are no airs and graces. Godley is funny to the bones and her stories are gold....

EDINBURGH 2018: BWW Review: CHRIS FORBES: PROPHECY, Gilded Balloon Teviot
by Fraser MacDonald - August 13, 2018

It's safe to say you will never listen to Wonderwall the same again but for a light-hearted exploration of religion, and a little bit of theology along the way, Prophecy is a safe bet for those seeking something more than just comedy this Fringe season....