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Review: EDINBURGH 2024: NINA ROSE CARLIN: SEEKING REPRESENTATION, TheSpace At Surgeons' Hall
by Kat Mokrynski - August 24, 2024

Seeking Representation takes audience members on a journey to Hollywood with Carlin, who, with a guide on how to make it in the city that she found in the back of a car, is ready to be a star. The guide Carlin finds has six simple steps - The Old Fashioned Way, Find A Place to Live, Find An Agent, G...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: STEFANIA LICARI: TRUST ME I'M A COMEDIAN, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Christiana Rose - August 16, 2024

Licari sets a joyful tone immediately upon entry, welcoming her audience as they enter indulging in some dancing to the music, to which she shouts in explanation “I’m Italian!” We learn of Licari’s love for running, rule-breaking, feminism and English men....

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...

REVIEW: EDINBURGH 2024: AMOS GILL: GOING DOWN SWINGING, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Christiana Rose - August 15, 2024

Amos Gill is a naturally funny Aussie comedian with a razor-sharp wit. Gill is now based in the USA, with a background in television and radio presenting. He welcomes the audience, comparing American positivity, the uplifting enthusiasm of “It’s your year!” versus the Aussie scepticism of “The Fring...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024 CSI: CRIME SCENE IMPROVISATION, Underbelly, Bristo Square.
by Christiana Rose - August 16, 2024

CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation thrives on murder, mystery and managing the unknown. The Chandeliers Theatre Company are a team of talented comedic actors with panache, bags of energy and total willingness to engage....

Edinburgh 2024 Review: THE LONG RUN, Pleasance Courtyard
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 14, 2024

Katie Arnstein’s new show The Long Run manages to make a tricky topic into something heartfelt, warm, and even, at times, funny. Much of this is due to Arnstein’s welcoming, accessible style of storytelling – as an audience member, it feels like she’s speaking to you directly, with the perfect balan...

Review: &JULIET, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2024

Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ARCADE, Summerhall
by Christiana Rose - August 15, 2024

In the spirit of exploring something potentially out of my comfort zone at the Fringe, I threw caution to the wind and tried an immersive audio gaming adventure....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: IN DEFIANCE OF GRAVITY, Summerhall
by Christiana Rose - August 15, 2024

In Defiance of Gravity is concerned with the historical figures of Prince Felix Yusupov, 1887 – 1967 a Russian aristocrat from the House of Yusupov, well known for partaking in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin in 1916, and marrying Princess Irina Alexandrovna, a niece of Emperor Nicholas II. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024 WEATHER GIRL, Summerhall
by Christiana Rose - August 15, 2024

Brian Watkins, the creator of hit Amazon TV series Outer Range brings the World Premiere of his play Weather Girl to the Edinburgh Fringe in a collaboration with the award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: GHOST LIGHT: BETWEEN FALL AND FLIGHT, Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows.
by Christiana Rose - August 15, 2024

As the house lights diminish one by one, an atmosphere is set, where absolute silence feels weighty and profound. The tension builds as mysterious and unsettling whispers curiously fill the rounded circus stage, a lone *teeterboard illuminated, a character of its very own....

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...

Edinburgh 2024 Review: DOKTOR KABOOM: MAN OF SCIENCE! Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 12, 2024

Clad in an orange lab coat, silver googles and a superhero Kaboom t-shirt, David Epley, plays Doktor Kaboom, a scientist-comedian. Kaboom returns to the EdFringe for a third run, with an honourable mission of making science accessible to all, by educating using child-friendly experiments....

Edinburgh 2024 Review: ROSIE AND HUGH'S GREAT BIG ADVENTURE, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 12, 2024

Rosie and her best friend Hugh the hedgehog find themselves in a bit of a prickly pickle, on the final day of their summer holiday, before the new school term begins....

Edinburgh 2024 Review: READING THROUGH SINGING TIME, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 12, 2024

Happy Singing Kids makes its debut at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024, at the baby-centric and much-loved child friendly area Kidzone at sub-venue The Green at The Pleasance Courtyard....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: PENTHESILEA, The Lyceum
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 11, 2024

Penthesilea is the queen of the Amazons, a race of warrior women who can only sleep with men they’ve defeated in battle. When she falls for the Greek warrior Achilles, an inevitable tragedy is set in motion. Arbo and the ITA Ensemble bring their version of the myth to the Edinburgh International Fes...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!, 32 Below
by Mary Baillie - August 12, 2024

In a world where theatre often conforms to traditional actors and spectators, Off with your Head is a breath of fresh air - a delightful fusion of art, comedy, choose-your-own-adventure and interactive gaming that redefines the boundaries of live performance. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: THE BLACK BLUES BROTHERS, Assembly Rooms Music Hall
by Mary Baillie - August 09, 2024

Fringe royalty 'The Black Blues Brothers' have a lengthy list of achievements. They've appeared at the Royal Variety Performance, Monte Carlo Festival, Moulin Rouge... now they return to the Edinburgh Fringe, performing for the fully-packed Music Hall at Assembly Rooms. All 670 seats were filled wit...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Assembly Rooms
by Mary Baillie - August 12, 2024

Stephen Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music' is one of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two performances at the Fringe this year. The 1973 musical unfolds in Sweden, where romantic entanglements and taboo desires spark shocking revelations....

Review: JUNE CARTER CASH : THE WOMAN, HER MUSIC AND ME, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 06, 2024

In this raw yet uplifting show, Charlene Boyd gets to grips with a life less ordinary. More than a simple biography of June’s life and music, this play with songs sees Charlene explore her own relationship with her musical heroine and their shared experience as performers and working mothers....

Review: SO YOUNG, Traverse Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 06, 2024

When Milo invites his two best friends Davie and Liane around for a takeaway to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting....

EDINBURGH 2024: Review: BIRDWATCHING, TheSpace @ Venue45
by Abbie Grundy - August 05, 2024

The kind of horror that leaves you looking over your shoulder as you leave the auditorium....

EDINBURGH 2024: Review: IS THE WIFI GOOD IN HELL, Underbelly Cowgate
by Abbie Grundy - August 05, 2024

Is The Wifi Good In Hell? is a coming-of-age story with heart....

EDINBURGH 2024: Review: I SELL WINDOWS, Assembly George Square Studios
by Abbie Grundy - August 05, 2024

I Sell Windows is a heartfelt and brutally honest production that dives into the messier side of grief and ambition....

EDINBURGH 2024: Review: TENDING, Underbelly Cowgate
by Abbie Grundy - August 05, 2024

Honest and raw, Tending is a performance that elevates the voices of life's helpers....