Essentially Edinburgh: dance, drag and plenty of drama at the 2024 festival – in pictures
Photographer Murdo MacLeod covers Scotland’s annual arts spectacular, from a musical Mexican seance to colourful juggling Continue reading…
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Chemo Savvy review – cancer comedy inspired by actor Andy Gray is less about death than rebirth
Gilded Balloon at the Museum, EdinburghAlan McHugh’s play explores grief and the agony of treatment – but also hope and laughter in the face of adversityWhat a lovely thing to have done. When the great actor Andy Gray was being treated for leukaemia be…
Continue ReadingA Jaffa Cake Musical and The Gummy Bears’ Great War: Edinburgh fringe stages battles with bite
A zesty courtroom drama about cakes (or biscuits?) and a combat epic using dozens of jelly teddies offer sweet and sour clashes at the festivalThe sweet spot for Edinburgh fringe comedy is finding a subject the whole audience can tuck into. Gigglemug T…
Continue ReadingLynn Faces review – offbeat comedy pays punk tribute to Alan Partridge’s PA
Summerhall, Edinburgh Exploring coercive relationships, Laura Horton’s play features three middle-aged women in ‘snazzy cardigans’ performing a real-time maiden gig‘This next song is called Kiss My Tits.” In Laura Horton’s play, we meet a punk band for…
Continue ReadingOne Man Musical by Flo & Joan review – Andrew Lloyd Webber gets ‘a show about me!’
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghGeorge Fouracres portrays the impresario as a haughty squire, while the comedy duo play keyboard and drums‘Is this show a legal minefield? Yes it is. But on we go.” So begins musical comedy duo Flo & Joan’s One Man Musical,…
Continue ReadingEdinburgh unplugged: fire alarms and outages send fringe shows on to the streets
The art of improv is in the air as comedians have battled blackouts and other interruptions – with the result of rekindling the festival’s spiritWalking around Edinburgh this month, you might have noticed the unusual number of standup comedians perform…
Continue ReadingPlayfight review – enthralling tale of the ascent to adulthood
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghWith superb performances, Julia Grogan’s lyrical and often extremely funny play follows three young women’s friendshipThere are raucous teenage kicks in Summerhall’s fringe programme this year, which includes school di…
Continue ReadingRollercoaster review – fizzy tricks and funky escapades from a master of juggling
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghWes Peden shows off his skills with hoops, pins and balls, while his humble pleasure in performance sweetens the stuntsIf juggling follows breaking to become an Olympic sport, Team USA would surely want Wes Peden on their squad….
Continue ReadingI Am the Boss review – squabbling siblings’ hijinks at Edinburgh fringe
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghIn the Taiwan Season, a spirited trio deliver acrobatic antics – and their mischief spills into the audience‘Don’t try this at home,” children may be warned at some of the family circus shows on the fringe. But …
Continue ReadingScottish theatre cancels Reginald D Hunter show over heckling of Israelis
East Renfrewshire venue cancels upcoming show after Fringe audience booed people who objected to Israel jokeA theatre has cancelled an upcoming show by the comedian Reginald D Hunter following reports that Israeli audience members were heckled during h…
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