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Review: EDINBURGH 2024: STUART LAWS HAS TO BE JOKING?, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
by Kat Mokrynski - August 29, 2024

Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking? has quite a simple concept - Laws is putting all of his cards on the table, both figuratively and literally. There is a pile of cards on the table next to Laws and he is ready to share them with the audience, telling us about his life using comedy and storytelling.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ALISON LARK: GRIEF . . . A COMEDY, Assembly George Square Studios
by Kat Mokrynski - August 28, 2024

When Archbishop Desmond Tutu tells you to tell the world your story, you aren’t going to say no, are you? Alison Larkin: Grief . . . A Comedy is Larkin’s response to the archbishop’s suggestion, with her telling audiences about falling in love in her 50s and dealing with the grief of loss in her own way

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY ARSE FOR ENGLAND, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Kat Mokrynski - August 28, 2024

Written and performed by Alex Hill, Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse for England tells the story of Billy Kinley, the man who stuck a lit flare up his bum during the Euro 2020 final, labeled the “Bum Flare Man” by the press.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: DUCK, Pleasance Courtyard Beneath
by Abbie Grundy - August 25, 2024

A powerful production, that sheds light on an important story.

Third and Final Week's Winners of The Skinny-Fest Festival Awards, The Besties, Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - August 25, 2024

The Skinny and Fest, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland have announce the winners of the third and last round of the weekly new Festival Awards, The Besties.

Winners Announced For The List Festival Awards 2024
by Blair Ingenthron - August 25, 2024

The winners have been announced for The List's new Edinburgh Festival awards for 2024!

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: PLAYFIGHT, Roundabout @ Summerhall
by Abbie Grundy - August 25, 2024

Comedic and heartbreaking all at once.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: FAILURE PROJECT, Summerhall
by Abbie Grundy - August 25, 2024

An apt look the ways in which success and failure intermingle.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SINGIN' I'M NO A BILLY, HE'S A TIM at EICC
by Mary Baillie - August 29, 2024

Des Dillon's award-winning Glaswegian play centres around a Rangers fan and a Celtics fan locked in a prison cell together. If you're a football fan, you'll love it. If you're not a football fan (like me), you'll also love it.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: YOU & IT, Assembly Checkpoint
by Mary Baillie - August 27, 2024

Presented by the EG Musical Company of South Korea, You & It feels like a haunting Black Mirror episode disguised as a Disney fairytale. The piece starts with happy-go-lucky couple Mina and Gyujin, whose love story seems almost too perfect. But as the narrative unfolds, a dark twist changes the trajectory of their lives, revealing a much more complex and unsettling reality beneath the surface.

Assembly Festival's ART Award Winner Is Crowned Scottish Theatre Awards Bright Spark
by Blair Ingenthron - August 24, 2024

Zoë Bullock, writer and performer of Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again), has been recognised at this year’s Scottish Theatre Awards, taking home a Bright Spark Award.

Edinburgh 2024 Review: CONVERSATIONS WE NEVER HAD, AS PEOPLE WE'LL NEVER BE, Assembly Rooms
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 24, 2024

Combining a tender romance with a sci-fi twist, Conversations We Never Had, offers a new take on the girl-meets-girl rom-com, throwing its characters into an unthinkable scenario. After an awkward meeting in line for the loo at a house party, Gina and Frankie fall in love. Six years later, following a tumultuous breakup, Gina finds a way to erase their relationship entirely. With one little pill from the internet, she explains to her ex, it’ll be as though they never met.

EDINBURGH 2024: Review: BAD HABIT, The Space @ Surgeons Hall
by Abbie Grundy - August 24, 2024

A production full of laughter and promise.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: THE LAST FORECAST BY BRIDIE GANE, Assembly @ Dance Base 1
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Creator and Choreographer Gane, was influenced by the history of lighthouses in Scotland, the survival of the natural world and climate change.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: IIIII – ABOUT THE ART OF LETTING GO, Underbelly Circus Hub On The Meadows
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Sandra Hanschitz & Joel Beierer perform in IIIII - The Art of Letting Go at The Underbelly Circus Hub on The Meadows at The Beauty, a circus show showcasing the Cyr wheel.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: PILLOCK, Assembly Rooms
by Olivia Woods - August 21, 2024

Jordan Tweddle is a fool to fall in love with.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SAWDUST SYMPHONY, Zoo Southside
by Olivia Woods - August 21, 2024

These three are masters of manipulation, and they have us in the palm of their hand.

Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Simon and Aaron of Plastic Jeezus on LEAVE THEM WANTING LESS
by Kat Mokrynski - August 20, 2024

BWW caught up with Plastic Jeezus about bringing Leave Them Wanting Less to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: COLIN HOULT: COLIN, The Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Hoult is a superb character comedian, well known for ‘star of stage and screen’ Anna Mann. He is an accomplished comedy script writer, former winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Comedy and is known for his excellent acting TV work on well-regarded shows.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ABBY WAMBAUGH: THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF 17 SHOWS, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

For Wambaugh’s debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, the shows premise is the offering of a top 17 set of ideas for beginning a comedy show. This provides a light-hearted exploration of varied comedic styles, of which all work superbly.

Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Bev Gray on BEV'S COMEDY
by Kat Mokrynski - August 19, 2024

BWW caught up with Bev Gray about bringing Bev’s Comedy to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: LIL WENKER: BANGTAIL, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

Lil Wenker is a London-based, Gaulier trained clown from Minnesota and the co-founder of Chekhov’s Gum. Directed by Cecily Nash, Bangtail is the epic tale of a cowboy in search of his purpose and career.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL, Gilded Balloon at The Museum
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical by Alexander S. Bermange, directed and choreographed by Matthew Parker, features four sublimely talented performers; Luke Harley, Sev Keoshgerian, Jessi O’Donnell and Julie Yammanee.

Q&A: EDINBURGH 2024: Zena Wood and Cené Hale on JAZZ ON THE RUN
by Kat Mokrynski - August 19, 2024

BWW caught up with Zena Wood and Cené Hale about bringing Jazz on the Run to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: TOM BRACE: THE RIDE 4D, The Pleasance Dome
by Christiana Rose - August 19, 2024

Tom Brace: The Ride 4D opens with Brace bounding onto the stage, setting up the premise for the hour of magic and dreams. He introduces us to ‘Tomland’, a theme park he claims is entirely his own creation, with a wink and a nod to certain other famous theme parks.


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