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Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Dome
14th - 25th Aug 2024

Following a sold-out off-Broadway debut, Caitlin Cook’s hit bathroom graffiti musical – literally set in a dive bar bathroom – transforms stall scribbles into the lyrics of her…

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Riddles Court
2nd - 24th Aug 2024

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a…

The Alzheimer's Diaries: Meet The Author

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London Fringe
The Bridge House Theatre
26th Jan 2023

What do you do when Ms Alzheimer’s – a hideous and befanged monster – comes to live with you? Local author and journalist, Susan Elkin, talks about her new book, …

Caitlin

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London Fringe
London Welsh Centre
3rd - 4th Oct 2022

Before Dylan Thomas died at the tender age of 39, he and his bohemian wife, Caitlin, binged and brawled their way round the bars of Britain in the 1930s and 40s.

Death of an Author

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd - 27th Aug 2022

What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…

Caitlin

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Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Infirmary Street
15th - 27th Aug 2022

Before Dylan Thomas died at the tender age of 39, he and his bohemian wife, Caitlin, binged and brawled their way round the bars of Britain in the 1930s and 40s.

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall

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Edinburgh Fringe
Underbelly, Bristo Square
3rd - 29th Aug 2022

‘A gem of a show’ ****½ (One4Review.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Ivor B Gurney and Marion M Scott had a very special friendship.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Brighton Fringe
The Rotunda Theatre: Squeak
21st - 22nd May 2022

A celebration of the friendship between the First World War poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, and violinist, musicologist and champion of women musicians, Marion Scott.

Caitlin

So you think you know Dylan Thomas? Maybe for his work and his volatile mindset through drinking, but have you ever wondered what his wife Caitlin really thought of him? We find ou…

Caitlin

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Brighton Fringe
Rialto Theatre
13th - 15th May 2022

Before Dylan Thomas drank himself to death at the tender age of 39, he and his wife Caitlin boozed, binged and brawled their way through the bars of Britain in the 1930s and ’40s…

Talk discussing the novel Permafrost with author Eva Baltasar

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UK Regional & Tours
Online Event
1st Oct 2021

Romancero Books with the support of the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Spanish Embassy in London presents the Festival of Queer Spanish Literature in London…

Caitlin Cook: Death Wish

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre
1st - 25th Aug 2019

Since she was seventeen, Caitlin Cook has lived by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it.

Caitlin Cook: Death Wish

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Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at the Grassmarket Centre (Just the Meeting Room)
1st - 25th Aug 2019

“Seriously, this is talent.

Caitlin Cook: Death Wish

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Brighton Fringe
Laughing Horse @ The Temple Bar
5th - 29th May 2019

Since she was seventeen, Caitlin Cook has lived her life by a code: if something scares her, she has to do it.

Devising Theatre for Social Change with Caitlin Skinner

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Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Central
6th Aug 2018

Part of the Fringe Central Events Programme for Fringe participants.

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
1st - 27th Aug 2018

Celebrating the friendship between composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and musician and first woman music critic, Marion Scott; written and performed by Jan Carey.

Caitlin

Caitlin is a theatrical portrait of Dylan Thomas’ wild wife, Caitlin Macnamara, and features Caitlin herself telling the story of their volatile and passionate relationship.

Caitlin

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Edinburgh Fringe
ZOO Lauriston Halls
23rd - 26th Aug 2017

Caitlin was the wife of poet Dylan Thomas.

Your Point of View

The internet has altered many aspects of the world we live in.

Seven Devils

Executed by student acting troupe The Hurtwood Corner from performing arts college Hurtwood House, Seven Devils is a play exploring the trials of down-on-their-luck Manhattan resid…

The Way It Is

The 11:87 Theatre Company’s debut at the Fringe is a new musical following the lives of Sophie and George as they are guided by both angels and demons.

The Play

Unafraid to show the peaks and troughs of getting over an upsetting event, TheForgottenMoose Theatre Company put on an endearing performance of their original piece: The Play.

The Edelweiss Pirates

A touching piece of theatre, the young performers of Parker & Snell Youth Company have created an effective retelling of The Edelweiss Pirates and their struggle during the Second …

The Amazing Clinic of Armour and Smith

The Amazing Clinic of Armour and Smith is an amusing farce about a doctor’s waiting room filled with patients in desperate need of solutions to their relationship problems.

The Shaken and the Stirred

Nestled away in the Scottish Arts Club is a collection of Canadian poets performing a variety of their work with different styles and a few excerpts from their novels, both publish…

The Interview

An intense thriller challenging the villains of the business world, the bullies who take pleasure in their success over others, no matter what it takes.

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Ghost Light Players have brought an animalistic Hamlet to theSpace on the Mile with fervour and intensity.

Sixth Night: Shakespeare For Those With Short Attention Spans

Where there is Fringe, there is Shakespeare, and Rolling In The Aisle Productions have returned to Edinburgh with a fresh faced, family friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelf…

Beauty

‘What is an artist without his muse?’ Beauty constantly asks this question as it delves into what it really means to create a legacy as an artist, and investigates how mo…

Elsie Diamond: The Sensible Undresser

The art and world of burlesque is much loved but one burlesque performer is telling the story they all live – a story of liberation, sensuality and ambition.

Just Like the Movies

Just Like the Movies is a cheery musical exploring the world of show business as the characters battle to make a statement in a world where success is often decided by major realit…

Think Less, Feel More

Taking its title from critic Waldemar Januszczak’s rundown of the 2016 Abstract Expressionism exhibition at the Royal Academy – ‘there is not enough emotion in our art any mo…

Queer Pop Exhibition

Gallery 23’s Queer Pop Exhibition showcases fourteen contemporary Edinburgh-based artists, with an aim to ‘explore some of the many diverse issues surrounding the LGBT+ communi…

Marking Time

Stuck in a lift, Ruth waits to escape in order to visit her husband who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.

The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Who Runs the World Tour

Glamour, glitter and girls - The Lady Boys of Bangkok is a fabulous collection of performers who lip sync and dance to feel good songs opening with Gloria Gaynor’s First Be A Wom…

The Rape of Artemisia Gentileschi

A true story, this dramatic two-hander is a fascinating exploration of 17th century life in the city of Rome filled with drama, conflict and art.

Know Brexit

Geoffrey Brown guides us through the sticky path that is Britain’s exit from the EU armed with a gaudy slide show, an intro song, It’s the End of the World as We Know it and I …

Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall

Whip out some dancing shoes and get ready to whirl around a dance floor at the fantastic event that is Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall brought to the Fringe by Edinburgh Ceilidhs.

American Idiot

Shove on some Dr.

Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud

Light your cigarette, put on your evening clothes and grab a cocktail to enjoy Cat Loud, a sexy cabaret performance that will thrill.

Woman on Fire

Sisters (and the rest of the world) unite and enjoy this one-woman show as you are taken through the tumultuous life of the Preston-born suffragette Edith Rigby.

Lipstick and Scones

Venture Wolf’s production of Lipstick and Scones is a combination of familial drama and comedy that raises questions about love, identity and relationships.

Cross Fit

Picture Jesus in jelly shoes, sweat bands and a glittery loin cloth performing a fitness class and you have Cross Fit, the bonkers ‘service’ hosted by Jesus L’Oreal Christ an…

The OS Map Fan Club

Helen Wood delivers a bizarre, amiable love letter to the ordnance survey in The OS Map Fan Club.

Denim: World Tour

Denim, a drag Haus come girl band, are on tour and they’ve finally reached Wembley Arena (actually, the Belly Laugh at Underbelly).

Seven Crazy Bitches

Shakespeare may have had his seven ages of man but Holly Morgan presents the seven ages of (wo)man in Seven Crazy Bitches, a ‘standing up cabaret’ or ‘standaret’ performanc…

Tom Mayhew: Fragile Fragments

Tom Mayhew’s charmingly awkward persona hides a fantastic alternative comic mind.

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock are a sketch comedy foursome who incorporate live music, dance and mime to create a narrative-driven show with hysterical characters and a quick, witty script.

Paris de Nuit

The exceptional extravaganza that is Paris de Nuit is taking the Fringe by storm this summer and rightly so.

Cabareilidh

Fusing a variety performance with a ceilidh is a premise one would not immediately put together but Cabareilidh is an unforgettable night that is perfect for anyone looking for a n…

Matt Forde: A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events – Again!

Matt Forde is a consummate professional, with sharp observations and confident crowd work, it’s just a shame this show lacks the biting satire expected from political comedy at t…

David Correos and Matt Stellingwerf: Chaos and Order

This show is a mixed bag.

Josh Pugh: A Boy Named Pugh

Having recently won English Comedian of the Year, Josh Pugh has the air of a rising star.

Thrones! The Musical

Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes.

Sara Schaefer: Little White Box

Before even starting the show, Sara Schaefer has the advantage of a unique perspective.

Kafka and Son

At the age of 36, Franz Kafka sat down to write a letter to his father that would never be sent.

Brendon Burns and Craig Quartermaine in Race Off

Burns and Quartermaine are the yin and yang of righteous anger.

Ed Night: Anthem for Doomed Youth

Anthem for Doomed Youth is the hilarious new debut hour from Ed Night.

Deadpan Theatre: Third Wheel

Following the untimely death of their friend Dylan, Polly and Eve are fulfilling his final wishes by travelling around the UK with his ashes in a Wizard Of Oz lunchbox.

The Slightly Fat Show

The Slightly Fat Show harkens back to the Golden Age of variety performance, updated for a twenty-first century audience.

Hurricane Katie

Funny Women’s ‘One to Watch, 2016’ bustles, belts and lunges her way through Hurricane Katie with showmanship and boundless energy.

Laughter Is The Best Placebo

Having been on the circuit for 6 years and with an impressive CV of competition finals, I went into Simon Caine’s second solo hour show with high expectations.

Storyland Author Readings

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Brighton Fringe
Jubilee Library
26th May 2017

Brighton’s Storyland Press is a place where the story comes first, regardless of genre or where it sits on the commercial/literary spectrum.

Karen Hobbs: Tumour Has It

There’s a specific challenge involved when reviewing autobiographical shows surrounding horrendous personal suffering, in this case performer Karen Hobbs’ diagnosis and treatme…

Karen Hobbs: Tumour Has It

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London Fringe
Canal Cafe Theatre
13th Jul 2016

Join Karen for the honest and hilarious story of her cervical cancer extravaganza.

Boys

Fledgling theatre company Open Letter were immediately onto a winner when they chose Ella Hickson’s recent hit Boys to bring to the Fringe.

#Realiti

Using projection, live cameras and audience voting, #Realiti is a lot like Big Brother, but not as you know it.

Caitlin

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Edinburgh Fringe
Dance Base
21st - 30th Aug 2015

In 1953, poet Dylan Thomas died.

Detached

Lucy (Sarah-Beth Brown) is lonely, so to work out where she’s going wrong, she shows us some climactic moments from her previous relationships.

The Cupboard

Turn the Key’s Gothic delight, The Cupboard is outstandingly professional.

The Diary of Thomas Pooler

Lewis Dunn tells us at the end of his performance that he set out to create this show after reading a harsh review of a stand-up comedian at last year’s Fringe, so he’s probabl…

Cracked Tiles

Half Scottish, half Italian, and all heart, Lorenzo Novani’s solo show is well worth getting out of bed early for.

Five-a-Side Theatre

“Join our storytelling team as they use innovative improve [sic] techniques to craft a narrative from audience members’ true stories,” boasts the Five-a-Side flyer.

Pirates and Mermaids

Poor Boy Theatre’s latest offering, Pirates and Mermaids, is everything one hopes to find at the Fringe.

Breaking Voices

With a large cast aged between 12 and 13, Breaking Voices is an original piece that explores bullying and peer pressure at that age, especially in a school environment.

Americans in Breshkistan

Ten high school seniors find themselves in a strange room, in the middle of nowhere, lit only by a dim overhead lamp.

Desperately Seeking Sugar

Review
★★
Caitlin Hobbs
Edinburgh Fringe
Spotlites
16th Aug, 2015

If you love The Apprentice, you’ll be disappointed to discover that despite brandishing Lord Alan Sugar across their posters, Practical Magic’s Desperately Seeking Sugar has li…

Future Honey

American company The Pack bring their space-age feminist performance piece to the Fringe, but it seemed like getting their heads around it was a little out of the audience’s gras…

Avicide

Roger (Greg Birks) isn’t like other people, and when all the birds start to disappear from outside his flat in Waterloo, he starts to panic.

Chipped/Drift

Chipped/Drift is a double bill of short pieces with a high school cast all the way from the USA.

The Bastard Queen!

NSDF darlings of 2014 Naughty Corner are back with their winning original play The Bastard Queen! Set at the end of the world, the play sees five young people fight for survival an…

Glitter and Tears

Appetite Theatre, lead by young playwright Serafina Cusack, are distressingly cool.

One Above

A slick absurdist piece, PALP’s One Above is an intelligent offering from the young company.

Flight Lessons

A new play from South African playwright Amy Jephta, Flight Lessons sees actress Saria Steel play two friends on opposite sides of the world.

Heartlands

A new play by Dave Fargholi, Heartlands is a taut tangle of ethics and emotion for the modern age.

Leper + Chip

Leper + Chip will hold you by the throat and squeeze the tears from your eyes.

The Ghost of Sadie Kimber

There’s nothing complicated about The Ghost of Sadie Kimber - and there doesn’t need to be.

Fault Lines

Hidden up at Basic Mountain, this piece from acclaimed playwright Stephen Belber is real all-American treat.

Oddity

StudioSpace Bristol didn’t set out to make great art - they just want to make you laugh.

Derby Day

There’s a whole lot going on in Derby Day.

Clairvoyant

Singular actor and writer of Clairvoyant, Bettine Mackenzie is funny.

Jarred Christmas and Jack Hobbs: The Christmas and The Hobbit -A Beat Box and Stand-Up Collaboration

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Edinburgh Fringe
Gilded Balloon
18th - 20th Aug 2014

Hobbit is an acclaimed beat boxer.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Review
★★
Joseph Cunningham
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

In a new adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s disturbing masterpiece, Cambridge ADC chop, change and miss the point entirely.

Author

An author, two actors and an audience member discuss Tim Crouchs last play, an unnamed and violence-filled two-person production whose effects on the actors and writer are slowly…

Christine Kempell thinks Caitlin Thomas needs her story to be told. We found out why.

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Elanor Parker
Brighton Fringe
9th May, 2018

Caitlin is a one-woman play by Mike Kenny about Dylan Thomas and his wife's tempestuous life together, written entirely from her point of view.

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