Underbelly, George Square, EdinburghA locked drawer that never opens, a rug that everyone walks all over … Emily Weitzman’s metaphors for boyfriends are ridiculous and revelatoryIt’s a sight for sore backs. Fringegoers accustomed to fold-out chairs lik…
Continue ReadingBanshee Labyrinth, EdinburghTheodora van der Beek’s inventive and quirky show about a slimy bloke targets the male gazeThe clue is in the fingers. Rubbery, bulbous things, they look as if they would leave a trail of slime if they touched you. And they …
Continue ReadingLove is in the air on the fringe as romantic partners put their private lives in the spotlight through daft sketches, acrobatics, folk songs – and a real weddingSome people blow their wedding budget in Las Vegas or on Venice’s Grand Canal. But the acto…
Continue ReadingUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis mix of acrobatics, feverish monologues, high-altitude accidents and apocalyptic physical comedy doesn’t need to have a rationale – does it?It is probably best not to ask too many questions. I mean, you could imagine Lo…
Continue ReadingUnderbelly, George Square, EdinburghMadeleine Rowe’s physical comedy, deft vocal work and twinkle-eyed charisma takes the relationship between man and steed to extremesAcademic texts have been written about the bond between knights and their steeds in …
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe sometime Mr Swallow sidekick’s hour of interiors improv is a skilful, unshowy treat‘Shall we give ourselves a night off from being funny?” There are unassuming performance styles, then there’s David Elms. At a festival…
Continue ReadingSoho theatre, LondonThe nonconformist TV writer, film-maker, children’s author and standup is hired to find a new colour in this charismatically surreal hourFans of the former Saturday Night Live writer Julio Torres know him to be the current torchbear…
Continue ReadingFrom a Polish prince of Denmark to pickled vegetables and tributes to Billy Connolly and Marilyn Monroe, our photographer explores the many worlds of the festival Continue reading…
Continue ReadingThe actor and writer has turned JM Barrie’s story into the hedonistic nightclub musical Nvrlnd – but his talents are also showcased in a one-man thriller and a queer classicThe room is hot, sticky and covered in trampled confetti. A mashup of noughties…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, 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,…
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