TheSpace Triplex, EdinburghNine college students fall out and make up as they dance to punk-pop and alt-rock in this lively showThis is such a festival show: uncategorisable, buzzing, slightly chaotic and unlike anything else. As director Christie Lee …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghGovindan’s debut takes aim at patriarchal stereotypes with pranks, PowerPoint and easygoing storytellingIn south Asian culture, marriage continues to be paramount, with women still largely bearing the brunt of this societa…
Continue ReadingMonkey Barrel, EdinburghThe Saturday Night Live UK writer, who is one-third of the sketch troupe Sheeps, balances sincerity and shtick in a show with big laughsThere are reasons to take up standup, and then there’s Daran “Jonno” Johnson launching this …
Continue ReadingZoo Playground, EdinburghDante Passarelli’s play, part of the São Paulo Showcase, is an atmospheric hour borrowing themes from HamletThis year’s fringe variously puts Hamlet in the Big Brother house with Lady Macbeth, makes him “Prince of Sweden” in an…
Continue ReadingGilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh This is a fun and feverish journey, with well-crafted comedy and screaming guitar, through the star’s career so farIn an industry that claims to be inclusive, it’s so easy to feel tokenised. For musician and comedian Ch…
Continue ReadingCabVol @ Monkey Barrel, EdinburghA fringe fling is the backbone for a mischievous set with deft jokes and a fresh perspective but some of this material needs another draftAyo Adenekan’s ascent has been swift. Last year, the rookie comic cracked a joke …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Daniel McVey merrily recruits the audience for a fun hour of cosy crime that bleeds into cosmic horrorWith a title like that, perhaps it’s no surprise that this afternoon’s show is sold out. Who wouldn’t want to find out …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Daniel McVey merrily recruits the audience for a fun hour of cosy crime that bleeds into cosmic horrorWith a title like that, perhaps it’s no surprise that this afternoon’s show is sold out. Who wouldn’t want to find out …
Continue ReadingAssembly Hall, EdinburghCan you dance flamenco to Eye of the Tiger? Of course, says the company Yllana, in a flamboyant celebration of breaking down barriersYou don’t need to know anything about flamenco to enjoy Flamenc Oh!! That overuse of exclamatio…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAs a half-horse half-woman who dreams of being a unicorn and performing Swan Lake, Schaal sheds little light but has plenty of sparkleFor a happy handful of years in the noughties, around the time she made her TV name on F…
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