Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 66

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: HELLO AGAIN, WE'RE THE NUALAS, Assembly Studios, August 17 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2014

In a world where pop stars think nothing of singing in their underwear, The Nualas buck the trend by sporting shiny yet surprisingly affordable frocks. With self-penned songs, scintillating harmony and provocative chat about current stuff, they've wowed audiences everywhere....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: JOHN LLOYD'S MUSEUM OF CURIOSITY LIVE, Underbelly, August 17 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2014

Following his sell-out fringe debut, John and curator Dan Schreiber host a live version of the BBC Radio 4 hit in which guests donate their favourite items to an infinitely large and impossible museum. Different guests daily....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY VOICE, Gilded Balloon, August 17 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2014

Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, Apphia Campbell's hit one-woman show follows jazz musician and civil rights activist Mena Bordeaux as she undergoes a three-day period of spiritual cleansing following the untimely death of her father....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE ART OF FALLING APART, Pleasance Courtyard, August 17 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2014

'There's two kinds of people Callum. There's you. And there's everyone else'. Callum realises modern life is rubbish and walks out on his, but to who knows where?...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: PARADE, C too, August 16th 2014
by Amy Hanson - August 17, 2014

Based on a true story, Parade is the tale of Leo Frank, a New York Jewish industrialist in the American South where the legacy of the Civil War is never too far away. Frank is accused of the murder of a young girl in his factory and swiftly finds himself the victim of various agendas that see him be...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: ALBA - A NEW SCOTTISH MUSICAL, theSpace@Surgeons Hall, August 16th 2014
by Amy Hanson - August 17, 2014

A Stirling lad turned city trader returns home from London on the death of his father and embarks on a voyage of personal discovery in this new Scottish musical....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: ONE MAN BREAKING BAD, The Stand, August 16 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2014

Sixty Episodes in 60 Minutes. One Man Breaking Bad. See your iconic favourites come to life: Walt, Jesse, Saul, Skyler, Hank, Walt Junior, Mike and Gus Fring! LA actor Miles Allen has had over a million hits on YouTube, displaying both his acting and his incredible mimicking abilities....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: RACHEL PARRIS: LIVE IN VEGAS, Pleasance Courtyard, August 16 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2014

Chortle award nominated musical comedian, Rachel Parris (IT Crowd, Thronecast, BBC Radio 4 and Austentatious) presents a shrewd take on the glamorous Las Vegas show, featuring brand new characters and comedy anthems....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: TRAVESTI, Pleasance Dome, August 16 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2014

Slick, warm, laugh out loud funny: Travesti takes the everyday lives of 21st-century women and puts them into the mouths - and bodies - of six male actors. The guys gossip, dance and sing their way through women's real experiences of sexual violence, being groped on public transport and unruly body ...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: DON'T LET GO, Bedlam Theatre, August 16 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2014

Leonard's life is absorbed in nullity, that is until he meets the most unlikely of saviours; a red balloon. Don't Let Go tells the most enchanting and beautiful of stories, whilst exploring what it means to be an adult. Highlighting the importance of play in our lives, this show celebrates the joyfu...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: HARDEEP IS YOUR LOVE, Pleasance Dome, August 15 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 16, 2014

Following his hit nationwide tour, the comedian, broadcaster, writer and chef returns for his first full Fringe season in three years, reflecting on romance in middle age. Expect some hilarious, and at times rather naughty, tales from the Fringe's favourite funnyman....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE REVIEWERS, Greenside @ Nicolson, August 15 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2014

Spawn of the West End Reviews, headed by the conscienceless Keira Cochrane, make Edinburgh a miserable place to be during Fringe month. The city is rife with bribery, corruption and generically angsty student shows. So when the Critic with No Name rides into town with a new brand of objective critiq...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: ARABIAN NIGHTS, Gilded Balloon, August 15 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 15, 2014

Meet Sheherazade, the greatest storyteller of them all. She has a feast of adventures and fantasies to tell involving genies, villains, heroes and princesses....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE, Gilded Balloon, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2014

Earth's funniest footwear return with a brand new new hour of songs, sketches, socks and violence....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: EDDIE PEPITONE: RIP AMERICA, IT'S BEEN FUN, Pleasance Courtyard, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2014

American Eddie Pepitone's triumphant Fringe return examines his country's (as well as his own inner) crumbling. Pepitone's darkly hilarious rants and soaring neurotic imaginings paint a man at war with himself and an empire gone mad with cruelty and self-absorption. Fun for the whole family! (Not re...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: UCAS, Greenside @ Nicolson, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2014

Why go to university? Ms Miller has one hour to persuade her inner city school's most difficult students to compose a personal statement. For her, university was a life-changing experience. For them, it's a waste of time. A daring new musical examining the changing value of a university education....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: IAN SMITH- FLAPPABLE, Pleasance Courtyard, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 14, 2014

After a successful debut, award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC2's Popatron, BBC3's Sweat the Small Stuff) returns with his new show. It's about silliness and uncertainty … or is it? (It is.) It'll be a lot of fun....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: FUNNY GIRL, Greenside @ Nicolson, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2014

Funny Girl is based on incidents in the life of Fanny Brice before and after World War One. It focuses on Fanny's attempts to become a Broadway star and the consequences this brings. A hilarious and heart-warming musical. Accompanied by a live jazz band it proves to be a musical enjoyable for all....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: TONY LAW: ENTER THE TONEZONE, The Stand, August 13 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2014

Dive into the zone of Tone for life affirming, changing comedy of a sort. Art? It's life as we know it....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: I PROMISE YOU SEX AND VIOLENCE, King's Hall, August 10 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2014

David Ireland's brutal and hilarious satire of love and hate dives into the darkest heart of the modern love story. Boy meets girl meets boy meets crippling sexual neurosis. It's not easy out there when you have no idea who you are supposed to be, no idea how to behave and everyone else seems to be ...

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: DON'T WORRY GUYS, IT'S SARAH CAMPBELL, Cabaret Voltaire, August 10 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 11, 2014

Have you been mis-sold PPI? Me neither. Feel a bit left out tbh. My friend got seven grand! Anyway: mind-blowing stand-up about nagging anxieties from the Radio 4 and Russell Howard's Good News writer....

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: BILL CLINTON: HERCULES, Assembly George Sq, August 10 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 10, 2014

Come and meet the 42nd President as he cuts loose and shoots straight from the hip in his own fantasy TED talk! From the Trojan Wars to the future of democracy, his dreams, regrets, hopes and passions, Occupy, Hillary and Monica…...

EDINBURGH 2014- BWW Reviews: BEC HILL IN... ELLIPSIS, Gilded Balloon, August 9 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 10, 2014

In October 2013, Bec Hill announced that she was going to write an award-winning comedy show. This is a show for anyone who's ever made a promise they might not be able to keep......

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE CLEEK, Mash House, August 9 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 09, 2014

Sketch! Improv! In-jokes! You're either in or you're out. Or you're part of The Cleek. The most exciting collaboration to come out of Chicago's Second City Training Center since... well, the last one......

EDINBURGH 2014 - BWW Reviews: THE 3RD SECTOR, Pleasance Courtyard, August 9 2014
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 09, 2014

When employees Marlin and Josh discover their role in a corrupt corporate charity, can they reconcile their choices? This celebrity-backed charity wants you to 'give a piece of yourself' - literally. But how much is enough? A darkly comic satire examining the ethics of giving when we donate first an...