Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera ★★★★
Colour. It plays a big part in our lives. But what if your skin colour means you don’t seem to fit in anywhere at...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Vanya is Alive
Vanya is Alive:
Five Stars
A POWERFUL new play from today’s Russia brought to the Fringe by artists in exile due to their anti-war position.
A...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – The Only Punk Rocker in the...
If you remember the 1970s you will love this show. And if you don’t, you’ll probably love it anyway because it’s hilarious.
In a hugely...
The Culture Vulture shares her tips on enjoying the Fringe on...
So, to me, August means one thing – Festival month.
I used to be Head of Press at both Assembly and the Gilded Balloon,...
Underbelly’s Big Brain Tumour Benefit – funds raised towards £1.5 million...
Comedy stars Frank Skinner, Ivo Graham, Adam Kay, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Larry Dean, Chloe Petts, Emmanuel Sonubi, Lara Ricote and MC Hal Cruttenden came together...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Mhairi Black In Conversation
Mhairi Black has been MP for Paisley & Renfrewshire South since being elected in 2015, when she was just 20 years old.
She took...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Josh Elton Mountain Jew ★★
If you like your stand-up comedy delivered on steroids then Josh Elton is the man for you.
"Hello, Wembley! Have we got a lot of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Loud Poets: Grand Slam Final
Poetry is an important part of Scottish heritage and the Grand Slam Final promises to be a festival highlight.
It will combine fist-thumping music with...
Pleasance Theatre Trust – Opening Gala 2023
At the Grand at Pleasance on Saturday there was a fabulous array of talent on display in the Opening Gala, and every show which...
Edinburgh’s favourite free to enter food festival returns
The weather might not have been playing ball at the launch of the Assembly Food Festival in Assembly George Square Gardens on Friday night,...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – The Collie’s Shed ★★★★★
The Iron Lady speaks to us from the past.
Eight men charge onto the stage, roaring, shouting, chanting; ‘Coal not dole’, ‘The miners united will...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Antonio! ★★★★
‘Liberate yourself from the gender binary and celebrate queer joy!’ screams the flyer. And a celebration is exactly what Antonio! provides.
This show is...
Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Awards 2023
In his 30th year on the Fringe, Mervyn Stutter has announced his Spirit of the Fringe Awards - the MERVs - chosen from all...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – One Night With Marilyn ★★★★
One Night With Marilyn, The Voodoo Rooms, Fringe
There’s a lot of audience participation in a cabaret and variety style show that brings Monroe’s bubbly...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Let the Bodies Pile ★★★
The town of Hyde just outside Manchester has an unfortunate reputation for being home to not one but three prolific killers.
Moors murderers Ian...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Prick ★★★★
In 1563 the Witchcraft Act became law in Scotland. From the 16th to the 18th centuries between 4,000 and 6,000 people were tried on...
Thai red curry is now a Fringe benefit
Ever wanted to know how to cook Bangkok Thai street food or pad Thai and Thai dumplings? Or, what about red curry or panang...
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 – Them ★★★★★
At the Pleasure Dome, in the heart of Bristo Square sit four suited women.
And they’re all very sorry.
Taking a collection of real-life...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale ★★★★
The Fringe is often criticised for the dominance of stand-up comedy and a sense that much of it is trivial. In contrast, Marlon Solomon's...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Breakup Addict
A self-love story that will break your heart and put it back together again...and again...and again.
Breakup Addict is an inspirational solo show that follows...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Birthmarked
This is an intensely personal story written, performed and composed by Brook Tate who was disfellowshipped from the Jehovah's Witnesses after coming out as...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – A Bee Story ★★★★
This was a story written before the pandemic, and performed on the Fringe last year, but the importance of the story remains sadly topical....
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Patrick Spicer: Yes…haha. what? ★★★
After initial microphone issues, Spicer quickly built a nice rapport with the audience and made it clear to them that they were in safe...
Shimmer left this reviewer cold
Shimmer
** stars
THIS IS story told by one performer of life in the heartland of America, Tama County Juvenile Home, Iowa.1956.
The story is told...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Top Fun: 80s Hypnosis Spectacular
Grab your Day-Glo shell suit, shoulder pads and Rubik's Cube and strap in for a high-octane, laughter-packed show with comedy hypnotist Matt Hale’s TOP...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – After Shakespeare ★★★★
In After Shakespeare, Lexi Wolfe imagines the lives of four of the Bard's characters after their plays have ended.
What happened to them? And...
What the Culture Vulture will be up to in August
As I write my copy for August, I’m coming out the other side having contracted Covid-19 for the third time, which has rather put...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – Brotipo are on a farewell tour
A clown show that has delighted adults and children from Mexico to China begins its international farewell tour at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Brotipo, by...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 – 1953 Race for the Summit
A one-man show about Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first mountaineers to successfully conquer Everest on his...
Brickie hitting right notes at Fringe
Bricklayer Stuart Alexander has been playing a part in this year’s Edinburgh Fringe after swapping his spirit level for a guitar.
The West Lothian brickie...
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