Summerhall, EdinburghRuxandra Cantir’s cast of gherkins, onions and carrots is conceptually funny but lacks biteWe can agree that a cabaret involving pickled vegetables is conceptually funny. The stars of a variety night do not normally count gherkins,…
Continue ReadingAs Jena Friedman, Michelle Wolf and Sam Jay perform at the fringe, they discuss the threats to freedom of speech in the era of Donald Trump In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange encounter in Vancouver airport. She had just performed a Ted talk…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIssy Knowles considers the phenomenon of sex as a competitive sport with a portrait of a fictional OnlyFans star and her balaclava-clad followers‘I would love you to rearrange my insides.” It’s a shocking line that would s…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIssy Knowles considers the phenomenon of sex as a competitive sport with a portrait of a fictional OnlyFans star and her balaclava-clad followers‘I would love you to rearrange my insides.” It’s a shocking line that would s…
Continue ReadingThe Hive, Monkey Barrel, EdinburghIn a precise performance, Hull delivers sharp punchlines, surreal diversions and a dose of the occultExactly how fine was the “fine” relationship at the heart of Bella Hull’s show? She greets us with a fixed, manic smi…
Continue ReadingThe Hive, Monkey Barrel, EdinburghIn a precise performance, Hull delivers sharp punchlines, surreal diversions and a dose of the occultExactly how fine was the “fine” relationship at the heart of Bella Hull’s show? She greets us with a fixed, manic smi…
Continue ReadingCowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square, EdinburghThe two titans of tech are parodied in a thoroughly fun send-up of the competition between Apple and MicrosoftThis musical comedy about billionaire tech gurus Steve Jobs (Kane Oliver Parry) and Bill Gates …
Continue ReadingCowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square, EdinburghThe two titans of tech are parodied in a thoroughly fun send-up of the competition between Apple and MicrosoftThis musical comedy about billionaire tech gurus Steve Jobs (Kane Oliver Parry) and Bill Gates …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghKey’s command of his style, seemingly up in arms about being called middle-aged, is an expert game of cat-and-mouseIt’s rich of Tim Key, his agent tells him, playing the underdog “when you’re lighting up cinemas with Carey…
Continue ReadingAt a festival so often dominated by bold young talent, it’s veteran performers stealing the spotlight this year. We meet them – from household names to octogenarian newcomersMiriam Margolyes is ensconced in the garden room of a fancy Edinburgh hotel, f…
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