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 ReadingPleasance 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 ReadingThe 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 ReadingRoundabout @ 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 ReadingAssembly 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 ReadingAssembly 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 ReadingEast 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…
Continue ReadingZoo Southside, EdinburghAcrobatics, juggling and carpentry are fixed together in a humorous and lightly unsettling production in the Made in Germany showcase Power drill? Check. Hammers? Present and correct. Chainsaw? Fully charged. But it’s best not t…
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, EdinburghThis unfunny spoof of Glasgow’s dismal Wonka-themed attraction is as short of ideas as the event that inspired itHow we laughed at Willy’s Chocolate Experience, a family attraction so bad it left children in tears. What nerve t…
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, Edinburgh This comedy puts the audience inside the giant wooden ruse, alongside a cast who add fizz to a show with real interest in the classical ageHere is an alternative take on ancient Greece that is not straight from the Trojan hors…
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