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The Rat Pack - Live
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 3rd Aug, 2014
The seemingly unwavering appeal of swing music has made the Rat Pack Live an irresistible draw to Fringe audiences year after year and this packed house proves that this year is no…
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues - C
- 3rd Aug, 2014
The now infamous case of the 1924 ‘thrill killers’ Leopold and Loeb is a well-mined source of theatrical material, from Patrick Hamilton’s 1929 play Rope, in turn transform…
Innocence
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 15th Aug, 2013
Taking the poetry of William Blake as its inspiration, Scottish Dance Theatre’s Innocence takes us on a journey of exploration and wonder, delving into the magical world of imagina…
Hansel and Gretel
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Due to the distinct lack of opportunities for young opera singers, Opera Holloway have taken their careers into their own hands and created their own company.
Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
Courage Performers’ production Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing takes William Shakespeare’s much loved comedy Much Ado About Nothing and the ‘merry war’ between Beatrice and Benedi…
Much Ado About Nothing
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 14th Aug, 2013
The original rom-com, Much Ado About Nothing is one of William Shakespeare’s best loved works and perfect fodder for constant makeovers, in recent years it has been reset to just a…
Cinderella and the Flower Fairies
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Returning to The Fringe for their 17th season, this enchanting show from Burklyn Youth Ballet is the perfect introduction to dance for the whole family, with music from Strauss and…
Circus Cavalcade
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
A magnificent celebration of circus arts from the UK Youth Circus Network, an organisation that has brought together 150 young people and their tutors from the four corners of the …
Footloose
- Review
- ★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Dean Pitchford’s Footloose comes to Edinburgh on a wave of energy from Viva Youth Theatre.
Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision (Sarajevo)
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Here we are in sunny Sarajevo for the greatest, gaudiest and most glorious celebration of dodgy Europop that we call Eurovision - well almost.
Keep Smiling Through
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
With a nation wallowing in a wave of nostalgia, this affectionate look back to the war years is a chance to experience the greatest hits of the 30’s and 40’s in an intimate musical…
Hairy Maclary and Friends Show Featuring Slinky Malinki
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 10th Aug, 2013
There’s no denying the pulling power of Lynley Dodd’s best-selling children’s series Hairy Maclary: with vibrant characters, charming stories and colourful settings they are popula…
Peter Pan
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- York Barbican Centre
- 8th Aug, 2013
Another day and it’s another giant of children’s literature here at The Fringe.
King Kong the Musical!
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 7th Aug, 2013
It’s the 1930’s and a few years have passed since Carl Dunham, the fabled showman brought King Kong from the jungle to New York.
The Liz and Dick Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
The complex and often turbulent relationship between one of the 20th Century’s most famous couples, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, has provided much fodder over the years for tablo…
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
Where can you get an hour of stand-up that includes routines about farts, worms and Charles Darwin? The Comedy Club 4 Kids, that’s where.
The Adventures of Caroline and Mr Clown
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
A madcap and zany multi-media journey through the alphabet, minding your manners and some stand up comedy coaching for little ones, all eccentrically orchestrated by Sabrina the Te…
Book of Blakewell
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
Like a Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence for the modern era, Harry Blake and Alice Keedwell breathe new life into the musical comedy genre.
Avenue Q
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 2nd Aug, 2013
An English Lit graduate searching for purpose in his life; a closet homosexual banker with repressed feelings for his straight roommate; a porn obsessed monster; an idealistic kind…
The Magical Playroom with CBeebies' Cerrie Burnell
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Cerrie Burnell’s show The Magical Playroom is the story of Liberty Rose, a girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina like her mother.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
The unlikely relationship between Molina, a timid, homosexual window dresser and Valentin, an idealistic, Marxist revolutionary, is the heart of this musical by Chicago and Cabaret…
Eric and Little Ern
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
It’s a brave pair indeed who decide to recreate arguably the nation’s favourite double act, Morecambe and Wise, in a new show, but that’s what Ian Ashpitel (Wise) and Jonty Stephen…
The Three Lions
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 13th Aug, 2013
Zurich, the night before England’s failed attempt to bring the World Cup back home.
Alice in Wonderland
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 19th Aug, 2013
Another day, another re-interpretation of a classic of children’s literature.
Hindsight
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 9th Aug, 2013
Kier McAllister’s new play Hindsight examines the butterfly effect of our life choices, not only on ourselves but on those we love.
Bright Lights
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2013
Léonie Kate Higgins brings her own - often heart-wrenching - take on the all too familiar theme of pursuing stardom in our celebrity obsessed world in her one-woman show Bright Li…
Preen Back Yer Lugs!
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 11th Aug, 2013
The year is 2108, World War Seven has just ended and in this post-apocalyptic world only Scotland survives, governed by a supreme leader: a man obsessed with wind turbines, a man w…
Contractions
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 12th Aug, 2013
In the five years since its first production, Mike Bartlett’s play Contractions has gained even more resonance in these recession hit times.
Julie Madly Deeply
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Julie Andrews’ saccharin sweet, goody two shoes persona would provide little substance for a cabaret show but Sarah-Louise Young and musical dir…
Little Howard's Big Show for Kids
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
Little Howard is a computer generated six year old interactive stand up comedian.
Song Circle / My Yellow Ukelele
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 8th Aug, 2013
The song circle is familiar territory for parents and carers of the under fives: here local performer Gill Bowman added her take on the popular format.
Ben Champion: Human
- Review
- ★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 5th Aug, 2013
Two guitars, one keyboard and a life-sized cardboard cutout of a man dressed as a caveman are what greet you when you enter the intimate surroundings of The Gilded Balloon Wee Room…
Wind in the Willows
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 4th Aug, 2013
What do you want a children’s show to be? Enchanting? Exciting? Engaging? Have a great story? Maybe with a little bit of (non-threatening) audience participation? Oh, and what abou…
How to Make a Killing in Bollywood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lauren Humphreys
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 6th Aug, 2013
NPL Theatre are well known for tackling subjects that often don’t get an outing in mainstream theatre; previous work has included the thorny issue of Scottish sectarianism.
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