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Katy Brand: I Was a Teenage Christian – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Matt Farnham In her return to the Fringe, Katy Brandmeanders through recent moments of reflection, via her surprising teenage years as a crusading Christian, frequent embarrassing life...
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The Snail and the Whale – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Director: Toby Mitchell Reviewer: David Doyle Famed for their adaptations of well-known children’s books, Tall Stories have tackled Julia Donaldson’s The Snail And the Whale in their latest venture....
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A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer and Director: JonathanHolloway Reviewer: Stephen Bates Plain wooden chairs fill the width of the stage in rows six deep. We await the arrival of an audience to face an audience, but the chairs...
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Yeti’s – Demon Dive Bar – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle Yeti runs a dive bar and the audience has come along for a night of entertainment, which proves to be delightfully surreal if not always a resounding comedic success. Yeti is the...
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We Live by the Sea– Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle Katy loves to tell stories, often about knights, princesses, and bravery, but this time, she’s telling her own story, and it’s an enchanting one. Katy is on the autism spectrum...
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Rhys James: Forgives – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Mark O’Neill Returning to the Fringe for the third consecutive year, Rhys James is back with his wittiest, quirkiest and most topical show to date. Now that he has reached his mid-twenties,...
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Daphne’s Second Show – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Phil Wang, Jason Forbes, George Fouracres Reviewer: Fergus Morgan Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres, alias Daphne, Britain’s most ethnically diverse sketch group, turned heads at...
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FIVE FAST FRINGE QUESTIONS with Adrian Berry
It’s that time of year when we launch our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s. Here, Adrian Berry talks about his show From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads. In one sentence tell us about your show....
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FIVE FAST FRINGE QUESTIONS with Guillaume Pigé
It’s that time of year when we launch our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s. Guillaume Pigé talks about his show The Nature of Forgetting. In one sentence tell us about your show. It is a...
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FIVE FAST FRINGE QUESTIONS with Joan Clevillé on Plan B for Utopia
Next up in our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s it’s the turn of Joan Clevillé on Plan B for Utopia. In one sentence tell us about your show. Plan B for Utopia is a series of attempts to...
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FIVE FAST FRINGE QUESTIONS with Doughnut Productions
Next up in our annual series of Fringe preview Q & A’s it’s the turn of Doughnut Productions on their duo of productions: Speaking in Tongues – The Lies and Speaking in Tongues – The Truths. In...
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Ballistic – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Director: Anna Marsland Writer: Alex Packer Reviewer: James Napleton Ballistic tells the story of Elliot Rodger and despite the tragic events surrounding the 22-year-old mass murderer it reveals a...
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Speaking in Tongues: The Lies and The Truths – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Andrew Bovell Director: Kathleen Douglas Reviewer: Stephen Bates Sometimes known as “glossolalia”, the term “speaking in tongues” relates to the use of words that have no meaning to the...
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Testosterone – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle Drawing on the autobiographical experiences of Kit Redstone’s first entrance into a male gym changing room at the age of 33, Rhum and Clay’s Testosterone is an insightful, deeply...
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The Dreamer – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle The Dreamer, a co-production between the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and Gecko is the European premiere of a piece of physical theatre inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer...
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The Nature of Forgetting – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle Tom, the protagonist, of Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting is celebrating his 55th birthday when we join him. He is also suffering from early onset dementia. Over the course...
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Replay – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Nicola Wren Director: George Chilcott Reviewer: Stephen Bates A policewoman’s lot is not a happy one. Performing her own hour-long monologue in the aptly-named Bunker One at the Pleasance...
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Alexander Fox: Ringo – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys It’s the moments of pure storytelling that resonate most in Alexander Fox’s debut solo hour of original comedy: Ringo. In 2006, a then teenaged Fox, met and began a pen-pal...
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The Curse of Cranholme Abbey – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Tim Norton with Jo Billington Director: Tim Norton and Jo Billington with Ed Sayer and Kathryn Norton-Smith Reviewer: Tom Ralphs The Curse of Cranholme Abbey is a very well-written ghost story...
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David Walliams’ The First Hippo On The Moon – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: David Doyle Two hippos race towards the moon in a bid to be the first hippo on it, in the stage adaptation of the best-selling children’s novel by David Walliams. For ages three and up, it’s...
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John Robins: The Darkness of John Robins – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: John Robins Reviewer: Faye Hadley Break ups are never easy. They are however fertile ground for creativity, which John Robins mines with aplomb. His latest show deals with the aftermath of his...
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Whalebone – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Devised by the company Reviewer: Chloe St George Though this might be your first mute-man-in-a-corset-with-a-compact-umbrella of the Fringe so far, his awkward fumblings, trying to please and...
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Alan, We Think You Should Get a Dog – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: The Company Director: Sam Hardie and Lucas Button Reviewer: Tom Ralphs Madness’ Our House plays in the background, while two people create a Happy 70th Birthday banner, and another two decorate...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Evelyn Mok – Bubble Butt
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Evelyn Mok on her show Bubble...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Catherine Bohart
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Catherine Bohart. This is my...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Micky Overman on Role Model
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Micky Overman on her show...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Rebecca Shorrocks & Paul F. Taylor on Young at Start
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Rebecca Shorrocks & Paul...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Norris & Parker on
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Norris & Parker on Burn...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: James Dangerfield on When You Fall Down: The Buster...
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of James Dangerfield on his show...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Jacqueline Novak
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Jacqueline Novak. My show...
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FIFTY-WORD FRINGE PITCH: Chris Turner on his show We’re Where We Were.
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of Chris Turner on his show...
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The Fetch Wilson – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Stewart Roche Director: Jed Murray Reviewer: Tom Ralphs This is a tale of two Liam Wilson’s, both from Dublin. There is one bad one and one neither good nor bad, just okay, which, as he says,...
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Lucy Porter : Pass It On, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Lucy Porter Reviewer: Tom Ralphs If you like your comedy safe, you’ll like Lucy Porter. If you like Lucy Porter, you’ll like Pass It On. It really is as simple as that. Porter has been a...
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Gyles Brandreth: Break a Leg – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer and Presenter: Gyles Brandreth Reviewer: Stephen Bates Until recently, when he and two other members of his family shared all the roles in a production of no less than Hamlet in London, few...
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Mark Watson: The Infinite Show – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Mark Watson Reviewer: Tom Ralphs Originally a work in progress show at the 2017 Fringe, Mark Watson’s main Fringe show this year is a delight from start to finish. The subject matter is empathy...
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The Song of Lunch – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Christopher Reid Director: Jason Morell Reviewer: Stephen Bates As a suited middle-aged businessman walks from his Bloomsbury office, he muses that things are not what they used to be. The...
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Brexit – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writers: Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky Director: Tom Salinsky Reviewer: Stephen Bates With the Westminster Parliament in recess, things have gone a little quiet regarding everybody’s favourite subject –...
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Paul Merton’s Impro Chums – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Tom Ralphs After missing the Fringe for the first time since he made his Edinburgh debut, Paul Merton is back this year with his improv show. He’s joined by comedians including Mike McShane...
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Flies – Pleasance Courtyard- Edinburgh
Writer: Oliver Lansley Reviewer: Clare Howdon Flies, a co-production between Les Enfants Terribles and Pins and Needles Productions centres on Dennis whose irrational fear of flies is affecting his...
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Luke Kempner: House of Faces – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer and performer: Luke Kempner Reviewer: Stephen Bates Luke Kempner lifted himself above the masses of comedy impressionists with his hit show The Only Way is Downton, which made it into London’s...
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It’s Not A Sprint – Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Clare Howdon Maddie, in typical just-turned-30 fashion, decides to run a marathon. Over the 26.2 gruelling miles, Maddie must come to terms with her many life decisions to date. Carrying a...
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Tobacco Road – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Director: Roberta Zuric Reviewer: Clare Howdon Set in 1920’s London, Incognito’s Tobacco Road has more than a fleeting resemblance to the murky world of the BBC’s Peaky Blinders, complete with its...
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The Tape Face Show – Pleasance Courtyard ,Edinburgh
Reviewer: Clare Howdon Following on from a successful storming of the USA, performer Sam Wills is returning to his Edinburgh Festival Fringe roots with a brand new and eagerly awaited show. Starting...
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Clingfilm – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Clare Howdon Plunge Theatre Company certainly have an exceptional marketing team. It was difficult to walk around Edinburgh for five minutes, without noticing at least one of Clingfilm’s...
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Unspoken – Pleasance Beyond, Edinburgh
Writer: Gary Kitching Director: Phil Hoffman Reviewer: Tom Ralphs The Bravo 22 Company works with wounded, injured and sick Service personnel, veterans and their families. The company supports their...
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EdFest Launch – Fringe Countdown begins
Stealing a march on the launch of the official Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, the EdFest.com programme was launched on May 22 with launch parties held in Edinburgh and London a day apart. The...
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FIFTY WORD FRINGE PITCH…Audacious Mr. Astley
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of…Audacious Mr. Astley Your...
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FIFTY WORD FRINGE PITCH…Anna & Helen: Stuck In A Rat
With time being precious during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we challenged this year’s acts to deliver a 50-word elevator pitch for their show. This time it’s the turn of…Anna & Helen: Stuck In A...
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Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery – Pleasance Courtyard,...
Reviewer: Deborah Klayman Melding improvised comedy with the murder mystery genre, this laugh a minute show will leave you with aching sides and a yearning to watch it all over again. With a beautiful...
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It’ll Be Alt-Right on the Night – Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Matthew Greenhough Director: Jonny Kelly Reviewer: Deborah Klayman An important play about the subtleties of far-right radicalisation, Matthew Greenhough’s timely new play examines the...
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