Stamptown – Assembly George Square

1 month ago

Ten years at the Edinburgh Fringe makes Stamptown something of an institution. The problem, perhaps, is that alternative comedy is supposed to…

The Legend of Queen – Surgeons’ Hall Grand Theatre

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There are some voices you simply cannot mistake. Peter Marchant gets remarkably close to one of them. Close your eyes…

Jess Fuchs: Feral – Pleasance Bunker Two

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There is a particular Gen Z manipulation of language that I am encountering increasingly at this Fringe. Words are compressed,…

Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying – Pleasance Cabaret Bar

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Rosie Jones has the sort of characteristics that, in considerably darker times, would have put her first in line for…

Endgame – Pleasance at EICC

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Probably Samuel Beckett's second most famous work after Waiting For Godot, Endgame is, perhaps not coincidentally, a much bleaker play…

Twonkey (Soft December Night In Tallahassee) – Edinburgh Dragonfly (Other Room)

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Other than the closing line of one of Twonketta’s musical interludes, there was no ‘Soft’, ‘December’, ‘Night’ or ‘Tallahassee’. Of…

Mozart’s Don Giovanni – Usher Hall

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The Scottish Chamber Opera dazzles again with its high-spirited rendition of Mozart’s Don Giovanni for the Edinburgh International Festival. Conducted…

Houdini Speaks To The Living – The Space On The Mile

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Hidden Room Theatre produce this show from writer-director Beth Burns and writer-magician Patrick Terry, who also stars as Houdini, along…

Swan Song – theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

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Swan Song, produced by Irish theatre company Jilted Bride Productions, is a camp melodrama providing commentary on the hypocrisy, corruption…

Steak Out – Gilded Balloon

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Steak Out is the latest offering from Edinburgh born writer and actor Ruaraidh Murray, providing a dark comedy with a…