Articles by Emily Edwards

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project is a heart-wrenching play depicting the reaction to the 1998 brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd, a gay University of Wyoming student in Laramie, Wyoming.

Stand Up Sat Down

Review
★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2013

St Andrews student Matt Gibson talks about life with Asian parents, being unable to seduce girls and those annoying things in life.

Now I'm 64!

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2013

Mike Levy bounds on stage with all the gusto a 64 year old man can have.

My Name Is Christian Grey

Review
★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

‘Ouch is a four letter word’ cries Bobby Finn, aka sexual deviant and lothario Christian Grey.

Barbara Rae - Original Prints

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

Barbara Rae RA, internationally acclaimed painter and printmaker, studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1961-1965.

Love

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2013

Love- that enigmatic phenomenon that we’re all searching for.

Handmade Tales

Handmade Tales, performed by the Tap Tap theatre, is a collection of children’s stories that transport you to a magical world.

Jennifer Thomson Exhibition

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

The Jennifer Thomson exhibition, located in the Bonkers Original Gifts shop on Hanover Street, is a delightful array of colourful Edinburgh scenes.

Shake the Dust

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
3rd Aug, 2013

This play explores the ways in which mental illness affects not only the sufferer, but the family and friends who surround them.

Jenny Eclair: Eclairious

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Jenny Eclair (or as she calls herself, the ‘walking bag of cellulite’) is a barrel of laughs! Despite the insistence on the fact that she’s getting too old to do stand-up, he…

Signs of Our Occupy

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
4th Aug, 2013

The premise of this play was promising – it is based on the Occupy movement in Oakland, taking inspiration from actual signs displayed in the protest.

Employees of the Month: Glenn Moore and Friends

Employees of the month, hosted by the extremely likable Glenn Moore, presents Edinburgh’s hottest comedians.

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Originally written by Paula Vogel, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief is a retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and gives a voice to the female characters who were over…

Improvabunga - Some Sort of Improv Show

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Improvabunga, performed by the Watch This improv group, is a fast-paced show where anything can happen.

UCL Graters: Crab Salad

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

Crab Salad is an extremely witty, clever and well executed production, performed by the UCL Graters.

The Real MacGuffins Come Again

The Real MacGuffins are a hilariously funny sketch group that had the audience roaring with laughter.

Working Men's Club

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2013

Luke Benson and David Hardcastle are bringing back the Working Men’s Club; pints and pork scratchings at the ready.

Joke Thieves

Who can get the most laughs? Who can take someone’s material and make it funnier? Joke Thieves separates the men from the boys and really puts the comedians through their paces! …

Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

Sex, heroine and general debauchery - Alistair Green and his alter-ego Jack Spencer want to change the world, three steps at a time.

Mr Susie's To Earth With Love

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

Ricky Tin lives in a bin in the year 1920.

Jarlath Regan - Djarlo Unchained

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

Jarlath Regan is certainly not lacking in charm.

Alex Williamson

Review
★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
2nd Aug, 2013

Alex Williamson is definitely not to everyone’s taste.

Carl Hutchinson: All the Rage

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Carl Hutchinson has a problem: his on-stage persona has been let loose and is taking over his everyday life.

Tom Craine: Crying On A Waltzer

Tom Craine is a naturally funny and immediately likeable comedian whose show is made up of delightful anecdotes about love, life as a performer and the absurdities of Papa John’s…

Michael Legge - Free Wi-Fi

Review
★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

‘I invented anger’ bellows Michael Legge, as soon as he comes on stage.

Rob Deering's Beat This

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

Rob Deering and his funky electric guitar are joined onstage by James Acaster, Mark Smith, Ben Norris and Carly Smallman.

Peter Doig: No Foreign Lands

The title of Peter Doig’s exhibition No Foreign Lands is taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s observation that ‘There are no foreign lands.

Man Ray Portraits

Review
★★★★
Emily Edwards
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

The National Portrait Gallery hosts the first major exhibition of Man Ray’s highly-influential photographic portraits.

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