Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Archives

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 draws to a close today

Phyllis Stephen - August 27, 2018 5:16 pm 0

The 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe draws to a close today marking the end of another fantastic edition of the greatest performing arts festival in...

Pleasance raises more than £500,000 with Waverley Care

Phyllis Stephen - August 25, 2018 1:23 pm 0

Volunteers and staff at Waverley Care and the Pleasance celebrated this week as the Fringe’s longest-running fundraising partnership broke the £500,000 mark. The total was...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 R- REVIEW – Notes from Shetland to Shanghai*****

John Kennedy - August 24, 2018 1:42 pm 0

Sophie rocks in a divine harped-shaped world. And see what she did there with that alliterative teaser? 'Notes'. When Shetland Sophie plucks her string-driven...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – John Lewis: Never Knowingly Undertweeted****

John Kennedy - August 24, 2018 9:50 am 0

‘What are the odds? All those billions of Twitter account holders having anything worth saying?’ Simon Jay, ‘Performance Satirist’ presents the ultimate in sub-prime,...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Just William’s Luck ***

John Kennedy - August 22, 2018 9:23 pm 0

'Shedload Theatre present a love letter to Richmal Crompton's classic characters in a fresh and dynamic adaptation. Fusing imaginative physical storytelling, screaming and screaming,...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Enough*****

Rosemary Kaye - August 22, 2018 9:13 pm 0

‘Cut. Reset. Here begins the story of my body. Uncut version.’ Have you had enough? Enough lunch? Enough sleep? Enough love? Are you good enough? Or have...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – REVIEW – Bonqrz***

John Kennedy - August 22, 2018 10:56 am 0

'A BonQrz style seminar about how Narin Oz’s disastrous life choices made her decide to be a budgerigar - she takes the audience on...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW- On the Exhale ****

Olivia Jackson - August 21, 2018 11:20 pm 0

Brutally heart wrenching, On the Exhale, by Martin Zimmerman explores the impact of gun violence through one woman’s emotional reflection. This is a monologue...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Review: The Drowned Bride***

Rosemary Kaye - August 21, 2018 11:11 pm 0

When Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was first published in 1938, no less a critic than VS Pritchett said it would be ‘here today, gone tomorrow.’ Which...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – REVIEW – The Approach****

Keni O'Neill - August 21, 2018 11:08 pm 0

Three women. Three conversations. Listen carefully. A psychological puzzle and a quietly devastating tragedy, The Approach explores the inner lives of Anna, Cora and...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW- Nick Hall: Spencer ***

Olivia Jackson - August 21, 2018 11:03 pm 0

Nick Hall’s Spencer is a one man stand up exploring the life of the much forgotten but unfairly so, so Hall believes, former British...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – REVIEW- Six *****

Olivia Jackson - August 21, 2018 10:56 pm 0

Henry VIII’s six wives are finally given a voice in this soon to be West End touring musical. Highly energising and brilliantly choreographed, this...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – REVIEW – Elsie Thatchwick ****

Keni O'Neill - August 21, 2018 10:48 pm 0

'Dearest Elsie, if you're reading this, I'm dead. I hope you're sitting comfortably. Below is the address of your father. He's alive... I know...

Edinburgh International Festival 2018 REVIEW- La Maladie de mort ***

Olivia Jackson - August 21, 2018 10:36 pm 0

La Maladie de la mort, directed by Katie Mitchell, is a sinister and deeply intense new production of Marguerite Duras’s original novella. A man...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW : How to Keep Time: A Drum Solo for...

Rosemary Kaye - August 21, 2018 6:07 am 0

‘When we drum together it’s like we’re having a conversation through time….it doesn’t make much sense if there’s only one drummer.’ Antosh Wojcik’s grandfather has...

The Lord Provost hosts the cast of UNSPOKEN which opens tomorrow

Phyllis Stephen - August 20, 2018 9:19 pm 0

Earlier this evening we met the cast of injured and sick former service men and women who will be on stage at Pleasance Beyond...

Bravo 22 veterans visit Poppyscotland ahead of Fringe run

Phyllis Stephen - August 20, 2018 12:25 pm 0

Sick and injured veterans from Bravo 22 Company, one of the most remarkable theatre groups at the Fringe, today visited Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory...

Is Adelaide Fringe just like Edinburgh? Here we speak to the director

Phyllis Stephen - August 20, 2018 8:51 am 0

We met Heather Croall at 10 in the morning, and it must be said she was already firing on all cylinders. She is totally...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – From Today Everything Changes ****

Keni O'Neill - August 19, 2018 10:50 am 0

Before Chris' wife died, after over 30 years of marriage, she made him promise to be himself. Accepting he’s gay is only the beginning. ...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW- The Reluctant Fundamentalist *****

Olivia Jackson - August 18, 2018 2:39 pm 0

Compelling and raw, the National Youth Theatre’s production of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, asks of its audience more than to simply observe. Set just before the...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 – showing off The Underbelly Babies

Phyllis Stephen - August 18, 2018 2:13 pm 0

At Underbelly there are several performers who juggle appearing in the Fringe and being a parent. This morning the Underbelly Babies were brought to Underbelly's...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 Review: Side By Side Theatre – As We Like It****

Rosemary Kaye - August 18, 2018 9:52 am 0

‘Having a learning disability is no barrier to creating theatre that is thought provoking, enjoyable and accessible to everyone’ (Susan Wallin MBE, Artistic Director,...

Review – The Establishment: Fool Britannia ****

Keni O'Neill - August 17, 2018 4:43 pm 0

Dan Lees and Neil Frost take you back to school for a very abridged and extremely silly history lesson. The Establishment return to Edinburgh with...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Calling My Tribe ***

Keni O'Neill - August 17, 2018 4:01 pm 0

We are the ones who fall between Gen-X and Gen-Y. Too young to be old and too old to be young. One minute it...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 REVIEW – Robin Clyfan: The Sea is Big Enough To...

Catherine Renton - August 17, 2018 3:56 pm 0

Comedian and presenter Robin Clyfan performs his first solo Edinburgh show about grief, growing up and dressing as a massive baby for cash. In a show that...