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Emma Doran: Dilemma!

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West End
Leicester Square Theatre
19th Oct 2024

It’s the post-apocalyptic world.

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…

Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray

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Edinburgh Fringe
Pleasance Courtyard
31st Jul - 26th Aug 2024

Character comedian Emma Sidi is back at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Slippery When Wet by Leanne Devlin, Directed by Emma Copland

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London Fringe
Barons Court Theatre
22nd Aug - 2nd Sep 2023

“I didn’t expect Love to show up at my dreary new job.

Emma and Harry

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Edinburgh Fringe
Paradise in Augustines
21st - 27th Aug 2023

If you like it you really shouldn’t put a ring on it because it turns out I actually hate you and want to get a divorce.

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, …

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…

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.

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…

Emma Shaw: Help

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Edinburgh Fringe
PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
4th - 9th Aug 2019

Emma Shaw needs help.

Body Shop

Review
★★★★
Emma Brenner
Edinburgh Fringe
Greenside @ Infirmary Street / Greenside @ Nicolson Square
22nd Aug, 2018

Body Shop is a multiplayer, multi-layered human body action game, a future-forward competition where women are assembled according to the stories of their bodies.

Plucked

Plucked is a barnyard fable declaring the high ground on animal cruelty, a sermon on cycles of violence from bird to child to wife.

Haggis, Neeps and Burns

Haggis, Neeps and Burns is about as Scottish as tartan and the trinity.

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.

Emma Sidi: Faces of Grace

Emma Sidi’s one-woman show Faces of Grace is absolutely bonkers.

Emma Morton and the Graces

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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Spiegeltent
29th May 2018

Scottish singer-songwriter Emma Morton’s ascendancy through the European music scene has seen her work gain high-profile recognition.

Emma Hack Art Prize

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Adelaide Fringe
Burnside Village Fashion Mall
9th - 18th Mar 2018

The Emma Hack Art Prize is a $5000 acquisitive art prize with a People’s Choice Prize of $2000.

Emma Dean: Broken Romantics

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Adelaide Fringe
La Bohème
28th Feb 2018

A show for the warriors of love, the ragtag-hearted heroes, the beautiful, the brave, the healed and the crushed.

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.

Emma Sidi: Telenovela

Emma Sidi manages to squeeze in all of our favourite soap opera tropes, from relationship problems to paternity tests, drug addiction to hot-headed murder (don’t worry no spoiler…

Emma Kirkby

This pure-voiced soprano, much admired for her contributions to the early music scene, joins the lutenist Jakob Lindberg for a program of English songs.

Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

This is a superb student production from St Edward’s School, under the direction of Jamie Johnstone and co-director Rebecca Clark.

Self-Marketing for Actors: Spotlight's Emma Dyson

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Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Central
12th Aug 2015

Spotlight’s Emma Dyson will be giving essential advice on how best to market yourself in the industry, covering everything from CVs, photos and showreels, to how to approach agents…

Marching for Necie

We open with a group of young Southern belles, beautifully attired in vintage-style dresses, learning how to apply make-up to please their husbands, so setting up the conservative …

18 Foot Story

Sometimes a production doesn’t come together and it’s not for a lack of trying.

Women of the Mourning Fields

This is a play for fans of Greek tragedy and theatre nerds.

Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing is quite simply brilliant.

Open

Review
★★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Zoo
11th Aug, 2015

Taking place in the greatest of British institutions — a chip shop — on election night, Open is a devised work by the student-run Nottingham New Theatre.

Da-Da-Darling

Review
★★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Zoo
15th Aug, 2015

This evocative dance performance is as notable for the process by which it was made as it is for the quality of the final product.

Light Boxes

A space at Summerhall has been transformed into a forest.

The Hampstead Murder Mystery!

When High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks is found dead, Detective Inspector Chippenfield and Detective Sergeant Rolfe are on the case to find the killer.

The Beanfield

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a violent police intervention in which more than 500 travellers were arrested in a field on their way to a new-age…

Eclipse

It’s August 1999 and a group of Bristol teenagers have returned from a trip to Cornwall where they went to see an eclipse.

Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions

Fans of Charles Dickens will love this charming one-man show performed by Ian Pearce, which he adapted from a short story.

slut (r)evolution (no one gets there overnight)

In this fun one-woman show, a self-described bi-dyke shares with us stories of her sexual evolution, from Mormon adolescent scanning second-hand books for smut, to monogamous domes…

Scarlet Shambles: It Used to Be Me

Review
★★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Just the Tonic at the Caves (Salvation Rooms)
14th Aug, 2015

Best described as cabaret with some clowning thrown in, Scarlet Shambles: It Used To Be Me is a delightful surprise.

Invisible Woman

A superb one-woman show from Kate Cook, Invisible Women tells of the thrilling adventures of a repressed housewife and sometime poet turned WWII operative.

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings.

The Outsider

Conceived and performed by stage magician Janne Raudaskoski, The Outsider is a spectacular piece of theatre illusion.

The Turn of the Screw

An adaptation of the classic gothic horror by Henry James, this show promises chills and thrills but didn’t send too many shivers up my spine.

My Name is Saoirse

Set in an attic sewing room, Saoirse’s life is presented to us as a form of patchwork quilt.

Emma Sidi: Character Breakdown

When you see a comedian get a laugh from taking a sip of water you know they’ve got good timing.

I Am Not Myself These Days

This adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s autobiography by writer/performer Tom Stuart is in turns sympathetic and shocking.

Fable

A charming storytelling piece that fuses spoken word and music, Fable from the Flanagan Collective charts the story of ‘J’.

Mistaken: A Quartet of Plays for One Actor

Mistaken presents four short monologues, written and directed by Nick Myles and performed by William McGeough.

The Cherry Orchard: Beyond the Truth

I wasn’t supposed to be reviewing this show, but on a friend’s recommendation (“three Korean ladies doing Chekhov.

Cartography

This is a story of Sarah, a lover of maps and trigonometry.

The Rove

Stories have always been at the heart of cultural inheritance – the myths we pass on about self, family and nation – and today is no different.

Game

The rising trend in ‘poverty porn’ suggests that there’s money in laughing at, scorning at and ultimately punishing the socially and economically deprived.

Piano Music of Erik Satie

In the surrounds of St Cecilia’s Hall, my view of pianist Peter Bream is through a glass case displaying a set of tartan-clad bagpipes.

The Genius of George Gershwin

Review
★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
26th Aug, 2014

Gershwin fans will enjoy this programme of carefully selected tunes as well as biographical readings, including letters between Gershwin and his brother and collaborator Ira.

Send More Paper

Billed as an uplifting tale about murder, Send More Paper is entertaining and thought provoking in equal measures.

RM Hubbert with Emma Pollock

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Edinburgh Fringe
The Queen’s Hall
20th Aug 2014

Scottish Album of the Year award winner RM Hubbert is joined by former Delgado and Chemikal Underground labelmate Emma Pollock for this unmissable solo/duo double-bill.

Architects and Anarchists

This is a play about a writer, the girl he loves and the characters in his head.

News Junkie

This piece from Japan seeks to present a slice of life.

Peter Pan

This fun new adaptation of JM Barrie’s classic story begins in Priceland.

Flat Pack

Flat Pack is a coming-of-age story.

The Electra Project

This play, about a group of high school students attempting to adapt the Greek classic with disastrous consequences, thankfully doesn’t end in a case of life imitating art, altho…

Mark Thompson: The Secrets of the Universe... Exposed

The welcome recording over the PA tells us that this event is part of the Assembly Rooms’ ‘Enchanting ideas’ series for a ‘more discerning audience’, getting a chuckle …

Connected

In this solo show about an ambitious crooner, we see Frank Corelli in an interrogation room, prompted to reveal the story that got him there.

Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder

Who doesn’t love a good murder? Most of Britain does apparently and this preoccupation is not a recent event.

Jerry Sadowitz: Card Tricks and Close-up Magic

Prepare to be offended and amazed.

Such a Nice Girl

Eilidh has a problem.

Song Noir - The Director's Cut

It should be a speakeasy with small round tables and lowballs of stiff drinks on the rocks – but it ain’t.

Bob Downe: Bob, Sweat and Tears

He claims he’s now been knighted as Sir Robert Downe (you can call him Count Downe, geddit?) but that isn’t the only outlandish claim made at this fabulous frolic of a cabar…

Into the Woods JR

In this abridged version of Into the Woods I wasn’t sure if the ‘junior’ part would refer to the length or the audience appropriateness of the play.

Neverland

This lovely piece of devised work opens with the young cast, paint-splattered and white-faced, arranged on a row of chairs, from which they begin a choreographed series of movement…

The Usherettes

This romp through the bygone days of grand movie theatres and classic films is brought to us by Jean (Karen Levick) and Pearl (Helen Wood).

The Selkie and the River God

This play explores the enduring Celtic mythology of Selkies – mythical seal-like creatures who, once ashore, can shed their skin, appear as beautiful women and have their hearts …

London Life

If this show had simply featured the songs of the Three Belles – an Andrews Sisters-inspired act with delightful voices and glorious harmonies – and some references to the 1…

Totally Devoted

The worst thing about this show is that there’s a life-size cardboard cut-out of Robert Pattinson onstage the entire time.

Austen

Writing fiction in Jane Austen’s time was deemed a frivolous thing and, with this considered, the frivolity of a musical is certainly an appropriate way to present her life.

Tap Into Health: Movin' With Melvin

Movin’ Melvin Brown is in town doing two different high-energy shows on alternating nights.

How to Be a Professional Actor: Spotlight’s Emma Dyson and Annelie Powell

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Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe Central
7th Aug 2014

Spotlight’s Emma Dyson and casting director Annelie Powell will be giving essential career advice on everything from CV’s, photos and showreels, to how to approach agents and c…

X and Y

The title for this play comes from the chromosomes that arbitrarily define gender.

Like a Virgin

Like a Virgin has an intriguing concept, promising bubble-gum pop and teen rites of passage.

Riding With Night

Riding with Night opens with an ensemble of black-cloaked figures, their faces masked, and a voiceover providing an epilogue to the play we are about to see.

The Waterbabies

I had high expectations for this adaptation of one of my childhood favourites.

Nevada: It Ain’t Just About Vegas, Baby!

This original work sets out to present the history of the US state of Nevada, contending that there’s more to it than Vegas.

Whimsical Grimm

This adaptation by Stephen Williams follows the stories of Clever Gretel (no relation to Hansel) and Silly Kate Elizabeth.

Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies

Tracing the life of Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee, this solo show is surprising and delightful.

The Secret Collector

Jack lives on an island where the community calls itself idyllic.

Bristol Improv Steals the Show - Free

Review
★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Whynot?
17th Aug, 2014

The premise for this clever improvised show is to poach from the best of the Fringe.

Drowning Scott

“Would you rather die by drowning or die of cancer?”Scott would rather drown.

Paper Play

Paper Play is the story of a boy who climbed to a great height to see what he could see.

Plaza Suite

Neil Simon’s comedy is made up of three self-contained acts in three different explorations of relationships, all of which take place in the same room at the Plaza Hotel in Manha…

Working Title: The Orpheus Project

A slick piece of cyberpunk with noir flourishes, The Orpheus Project is an atmospheric re-imagining of Kafka’s The Trial combined with the myth of Orpheus and his quest to bring …

Other Voice Spoken Word Cabaret

Hosted by the effulgent (according to her title card) Fay Roberts, this event did as promised, presenting diverse voices from a number of different spoken word artists.

Play Dough

In this energetic play presented as a game-show the audience is divided into two teams and sat facing one another across the playing space.

Prelude to a Number

Prelude to a Number is a show about maths: more specifically, it’s about the ‘golden number’ phi, which is related to the Fibonacci sequence and is all around us, although we…

Human

Jo is unwell.

Mary, the Last Farewell

Performed in the stately Edinburgh Elim church, Mary the Last Farewell is a historical drama about the life of the Queen of Scots.

Victorian Vices – Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls

From the corridors of a modern hotel we enter Victorian London in this immersive musical theatre piece.

The Decline and Fall of Marcus Distilius

Forget Justin Bieber and his legions of ‘beliebers’.

The Shakespeare Revue

Those familiar with Shakespeare and fans of musicals will enjoy Emanuel Theatre Company’s fun romp that mashes the two genres together.

Loud Poets

It’s not often you’re treated to performance poetry in a setting with as much production value as this.

Trojan Women

In this retelling of Euripides’ tragedy, the Trojan War has ended but the women of Troy are still to discover their fates and more tragedies.

I Before You

“It’s the game show of all game shows!” our host tells us as we begin.

The Ukulele Evangelists Bang One Out

Much as if I’d been with real-life evangelists, I imagine, I left this show wondering what on earth had just happened.

Tabularasa

Combining contemporary and African dance, four dancers put on an impressive physical display in Kaneish Dance Theatre’s Tabula Rasa.

Obscura

Christian Cagigal’s Obscura is an utterly charming magic show, but it’s more than that: it’s a theatrical experience incorporating card tricks, music boxes and storytelling.

Sinatra: Final Curtain

This original musical by Kingdom Theatre is a tribute to the songs of Frank Sinatra.

Imaginary Girlfriend

In the back room of the White Horse pub, Danny Mullins is taking us through what his promo material describes as interactive music magic.

Darkle

First produced in 1989, Bill Gallagher’s script, which won the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, still feels relevant to the issues in contemporary culture.

Gambit Theatre Presents: Contrast

Gambit Theatre’s offering at the Fringe is a theatrical exploration of two real-life conmen and more specifically, identity imposters.

English Cabaret Hour

Set at the fictional Celebrity Café, this cabaret features sketches, song, and the baking of mini-cupcakes.

Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire

In Scandimania: Gods of Ice and Fire, the stage is crammed with seven young actors, all dressed in white, who leap into action and unfold a fast-paced enactment of Norse mythology.

Movin' Melvin Brown: The Tap-Dancing Preacher

Melvin Brown has got the moves, and this suave dude who appears in a suit and gold satin shirt also has a killer voice.

Sweep Up the Stars

Sweep Up The Stars charts the bittersweet journey of Bill/William, who is determined to become a writer when, at the age of eight, his older self appears to him through the power…

Loose Soul

“We live in a time of magic.

Tick Tock

Mhari and Thomas can’t conceive.

No Belles

Of 566 scientists to win the Nobel Prize, only 15 have been women.

The Amazing Bubble Man

Children will love this fun spectacle of bubble-blowing and even grown-ups will be impressed by the Amazing Bubble Man’s feats; not ten minutes into the show, I heard a Dad in fr…

Love. Guts. High School.

We can all remember the name of our first crush, can’t we? That’s the question Love.

Fleeting Clouds, the Splendid Library

Fleeting Clouds, the Splendid Library is an original Chinese opera inspired by the Guoyunlou books, an encyclopaedic set covering 1000 years of knowledge.

The Greenville Ghost

The Greenville Ghost, a new script by Tom Bonnington, is a laugh-a-minute farce about two struggling hoteliers who decide to invent a fictional ghost to draw in clientele.

Dave Callan: A Little Less Conversation

If you fit into the overlappy bit of a Venn diagram of people who like dance, people who like comedy and people who like men who look a bit like Vikings, this show is for you.

Cal Wilson: It Could Have Been Me

Kiwi comedian Cal Wilson invites us to imagine what her life would have been like if she’d made different choices (or if she’d been born a man).

The Snow Queen

Produced by C theatre, The Snow Queen is a charming adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale by Karina Wilson.

The Jungle Referendum

The Jungle Referendum, by Three Mugs of Tea Theatre, invokes the classic tale of the Jungle Book to explain what’s going on with the Scottish referendum.

Sushi Tap Show

This exuberant, toe-tapping spectacular is a sure-fire crowd pleaser.

The Potter Trail

Review
★★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Meeting Point at Greyfriars Bobby Statue
8th Aug, 2014

It’s fair to say I’m acquainted with the Harry Potter series.

Vaults and Wynds Tour

Review
★★★★
Emma Gibson
Edinburgh Fringe
Meet outside Tron Kirk at Auld Reekie Tours Boards
24th Aug, 2014

I’ve heard horror stories of people who went on ghostly tours in Edinburgh and were scared by actors hiding in dark places, or who felt nauseous or panicky in the fetid air, so i…

A Taste of Honey

It was 1958 that saw Sharagh Delaney’s first play hit the stage, and it isn’t hard to imagine how totally stupefied the contemporary audience must have been.

What I Heard About the World

This Third Angel and mala voadora production at the Northern Stage at St.

Faustus and the Snakes

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2013

This revision of Marlowe’s classic Doctor Faustus draws on the timeless story of the man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power.

A Midwife Crisis

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2013

The NHS: you just don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Seussical

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2013

Get ready to dream in bright colours and go to strange places like Solla Sollew! Propelled into the bizarre world of Dr.

Cariad & Paul: A Two-Player Adventure

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

‘Wow’ doesn’t even begin to describe the talents of these two comedians.

Booking Dance Festival Showcase

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2013

Booking Dance Festival’s annual Fringe show always promises a high-octane hybrid of dance styles, with seven companies participating in one enticing show.

The Emma Packer Show - What's the Point in Living If You Can't Cha-Cha-Cha?

Review
★
James Fennemore
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

The Emma Packer Show is audaciously bad.

The Ryukyu - Contemporary

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

A small village on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan fights to recover after a disastrous typhoon hits, destroying everything in its path.

Doctor Brown: Bexperiments

Review
★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

The critically acclaimed Doctor Brown took to the stage to perform eight back-to-back shows with each performance building upon the highlights of the previous, with the final show …

As You Like It

Review
★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

As one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, As You Like It is a typical example of a pastoral story, concerning three parties of exile who individually flee to the sanctuary o…

Power Games

Review
★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2013

Power Games pays homage to the classic notion of the Fatal Flaw in its depiction of a banker’s fall from grace.

Les Misérables Schools Edition

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2013

One of Broadway and the West End’s longest running shows, Les Miserables has been hard to avoid, with productions performed in over 40 countries worldwide.

Emma's Imagination

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Edinburgh Fringe
12th - 19th Aug 2013

With two top 10 singles and a top 15 album under her belt after winning Sky TV’s Must Be The Music, Emma is now back with a new set of songs to be released on her own label.

Repertory Theatre

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

WARNING: The front two rows will get wet! Thrust into the peculiar and fast-paced world of theatre, the scene is set immediately for us: a young ambitious playwright (Iftach Jeffre…

Rent

Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking reworking of Puccini’s opera La Boheme, Rent portrays a group of impoverished artists and addicts precariouslymaintain their existence in Lower…

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Paul Merton and his impro chums return to Edinburgh for their tenth festival run, delivering many more hours of top quality improv.

Baby Wants Candy Workshops

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

This morning I woke up feeling slightly queasy and it wasn’t because of the daily fringe festival hangover.

Invisible People Journeys

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

3rdThought, the renowned over-65’s theatre company, have bestowed upon the public an utterly charming new idea that revolves around personalised one-to-one performances.

Danceforms' 63rd International Choreographers' Showcase

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

Despite promising an hour’s worth of entertainment, displaying different styles of dance, and highlighting work from various international choreographers, this showcase lacked va…

Theo Gibson

Review
★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

What happened to rock n’ roll? What happened to ruddy passion? Theo Gibson is a perfect example of a new age of Sheeran-sheeps who sing – and rap, we can’t miss that out – …

A Little Bit of Dickens

This a fantastic and innovative way to introduce children into the exciting world of Charles Dickens and Victorian England.

David Copperfield

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Undertaking the staging of David Copperfield is a tricky, if not impossible, task for any theatre company.

Lifting the Mask

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

The collision of unrelated, unconnected happenings frequently occurs in everyday life, for no other reason than chance.

Bobby Gould in Hell

What would you do to avoid eternity in hell? David Mamet’s wonderful one-act comedy explores one man’s struggle to do just that.

The Twits by Roald Dahl

With very naughty characters and even more mischievous plotlines, there is a reason Roald Dahl is one of the best-loved children’s writers.

Fourplay

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2013

Delving into the fractures of modern day life, Jane Bodie deliberately imbues her work with a banal plotline enlivened by a quick, satirical wit.

Tap Into Health - Movin' With Melvin

Worried you’ve over indulged a little during the Edinburgh Fringe? Or simply want to learn a new skill? Then this is the show for you.

Paul F Taylor Presents The Greatest Show In The World Ever

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
9th Aug, 2013

Paul F Taylor is like a puppy: he has very fluffy hair, oodles of energy and even when he slips up, we still like him.

Am I

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

Geared towards raising awareness of human rights violations, Am I is most effective in its ability to turn its question back on the audience: who are we, and what part do we have t…

Dan & Dan Live: The First Sign of Madness

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2013

Comedy duo Dan & Dan, famous such YouTube hits as Requiem for a Wardrobe and the brilliant Daily Mail Song, have graduated to the real world of live comedy.

Austen's Women

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Jane Austen’s stories speak to every generation, everyone can identify with at least one of her enthralling characters.

Sandi Toksvig My Valentine

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

As Toksvig scurries excitedly on stage, she triumphantly proclaims that she is returning to Edinburgh after over thirty years since her first Fringe Festival.

Twins

Review
★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2013

Annie McGrath and Jack Barry are twins.

Radio Forth on the Fringe

Radio Forth on the Fringe opened its sixth annual showcase with a bang last night at Edinburgh’s Playhouse.

The Showstoppers' Family Hour

Showstoppers’ spontaneous musical sensation has been a fringe success for many years and the family hour show is no different.

West End at the Fringe

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2013

With a cast featuring London-based professionals, this show-stopping production is brilliant for lovers of classic and contemporary musicals.

Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

This refreshing re-interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello sees the handkerchief drama played out from a female perspective, a comedic take on the tragedy that we’re used to.

How to be a Modern Marvel®

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Tupperware: it’s robust, it’s light, it seals, it’s stylish and it’s modern.

Verb Garden: The Decent Chat Show

Review
★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

The premise behind the Decent Chat Show is a good one, but unfortunately what I experienced didn’t even come close.

American Gun Show

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2013

Chris Harcum is loud, brash, theatrical and oh so American.

Baby Loves Disco

Held in one of Edinburgh’s most vibrant and dynamic nightclubs, Electric Circus, Baby Loves Disco is no ordinary disco and describing it as such would be a huge disservice.

Here She Be

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

Here she be: Nat Luurtsema, one third of the critically acclaimed sketch trio ‘Jigsaw’, back in Edinburgh with her first solo stand-up show in three years.

New (Dis)Order

Review
★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Held at Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, Dance Base, I was expecting a thoroughly engaging performance that would push the boundaries of conventional dance styles.

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel, Les Miserables transports the audience to the bloody French revolution between rebellious Parisian students and the state.

Stupid Hair and Skinny Jeans - Ryan McDonnell

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Ryan McDonnell has never quite fitted in.

Blackwell's Writers at the Fringe

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2013

Once a week during the Fringe, Blackwell’s is hosting evenings dedicated to celebrating Scotland’s rich literary scene.

Laughter On the Outskirts - Free

Review
★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Every twenty years or so, comedy re-vamps itself.

Stella Graham - A Pint of Stella

Review
★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

Well-travelled tomboy Stella Graham returns to the free fringe with an hours worth of stand-up about her fear mongering mother and jet setter lifestyle.

Alfie Brown: The Revolting Youth

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

Alfie Brown is one of the most thought provoking and captivating stand-up comedians of our generation.

Shakespeare's Cymbeline

Review
★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Cymbeline is not one of Shakespeare’s most eminent plays and is seldom performed.

Marcus Brigstocke: 'Je m'accuse - I am Marcus'

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2013

If you want to know how it came to be that Marcus Brigstocke became a part-time podium dancer while also working on an oil rig in Scotland, this show is definitely for you.

Mixed Doubles

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
19th Aug, 2013

Facebook culture is without a doubt the comedic subject du jour and, admittedly, I have begun to grow tired of seeing mimes of the ‘like’ function three times a day during this…

Upstairs Downton

Review
★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

When people say that period dramas aren’t their thing, I just don’t believe them.

Keith Farnan: Fear Itself

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2013

Keith Farnan’s appeal is that he is both a loveable Irish rogue and an acerbic politico.

Tom Rosenthal -?????????

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2013

Tom Rosenthal’s talent as a stand-up comedian is undeniable.

Kai Humphries - Shameless

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Debatably ginger Geordie comedian Kai Humphries is shameless.

This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
14th Aug, 2013

Year after year, a plethora of improv acts arrive in Edinburgh for the fringe.

Joe Lycett - If Joe Lycett Then You Should've Put a Ring On It

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2013

2012 Foster’s Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Joe Lycett is back in Edinburgh with his latest stand-up show If You Lycett Then You Should’ve Put A Ring On It.

The Oxford Imps

Review
★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2013

With quite a weighty reputation you would expect great things from the Oxford Imps, so naturally I was excited as they leaped on stage to deliver a decent and energetic introductio…

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.

Birthday Girls: 2053

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
10th Aug, 2013

Meet the birthday girls Rose Johnson, Camille Ucan and Beattie Edmondson.

It's Me Dayne

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
5th Aug, 2013

It’s Me Dayne is thoroughly awkward, cringe-worthy and even gob-smacking, but boy, is it funny.

Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man

Review
★★★
Emma Banks
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

In his new Fringe show, Stephen Carlin sheds light on a unique problem that comes out of gambling addiction; while most addicts can feasibly avoid their choice drug for evermore, g…

The Tim Vine Chat Show

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2013

Tim Vine returns to the Fringe this year with an hour’s worth of puns, silly songs and audience participation.

Romesh Ranganathan - Rom Com

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2013

It was surprising to see that Romesh Ranganathan’s debut fringe show, Rom Com, was not listed as one of Time Out’s top ten newcomers.

Aisling Bea: C'est La Bea

Review
★★★★
Emma Obank
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2013

There is a buzz amongst comedy lovers at the Fringe this year and it is all because of newcomer Aisling Bea.

Dressing Down

If you ever forget why it is that everyone has heard of the Cambridge Footlights, Dressing Down will remind you.

The Events

Review
★★★★
Emma Steedman
Edinburgh Fringe
13th Aug, 2013

Can the rational mind comprehend the motive behind a mass shooting? What if there is no adequate explanation for such an atrocity? David Greig asks these questions in his play The …

BOBBY WINNER

The Play That Goes Wrong

The Play That Goes Wrong is an impeccably glorious spoof of such amateur disasters, that centres upon Cornley Polytechnic’s production of ‘Murder at Haversham Manor’ as it de…

Medicine Show

Review
★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
6th Aug, 2012

When you’re promised with a show that “aims to cure your everyday ailments and add a little colour to a bleak looking world”, it’s easy to be optimistic.

James and the Giant Peach

Review
★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2011

Roald Dahl’s classic children’s tale about a boy finding friendship and adventure with a bunch of idiosyncratic insects astride a giant peach is translated faithfully to the stage …

Boys' Life

Review
★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
4th Jun, 2013

Three hapless 20 something men hang out in a bedroom, no longer at college but not yet ready for the world of grown-up relationships in ‘Boys’ Life’, Howard Korder’s Pulitz…

Piatto Finale

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

Superbolt’s marvelous little offering, despite being loosely plotted and having a somewhat frivolous narrative, makes up for its faults with buckets of heart.

Hairy Maclary and Friends

Review
★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
11th Aug, 2011

Lynley Dodd’s tales of Hairy Maclary, the scampish terrier who gets up to all manner of mischief with his animal pals, never really did much for me as a little’un.

Vitamin

It’s pretty hard to describe this one-man show without either sounding obtuse, ignorant or both.

What the Heart Remembers: The Women and Children of Darfur

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
7th Aug, 2012

This theatre/dance offering from the University of South Florida lacks subtlety and feels overly affronting in its clumsy and somewhat confused form.

Coalition

Review
★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
25th Feb, 2013

A political satire on the Clegg-Cameron pact, this well-performed and entertaining play follows the power struggles of fictional Lib-Dem leader Matt Cooper (Thom Tuck), whose party…

Peter Panic

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2012

James Balwin’s “Peter Panic” is billed as a response piece to last year’s London riots, placing the known and loved Peter and Wendy of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” into a …

Roma

Anthony Lo-Guidice’s semi-autobiographical “Roma” maps the making of an individual through experience and revelation, stylishly leaping through the hoops of birth, adolescent…

Fool's Gold

Review
★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
23rd Aug, 2011

Fool’s Gold is a production that smacks heavily of the dreaded GCSE devised drama piece.

Who Is Moloch?

Review
★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
5th Feb, 2013

It is never a good sign when, after two readings of the plot summary, I’m still not sure what the whole thing is about.

BOBBY WINNER

Mephisto Waltz

Derevo, multi-award winning company from St.

Request Programme

Cecilia Nilsson (‘Wallander’) stars in this phenomenal insight into the simplicity and painstaking cleanliness of solitary life, leading us gently through what should be an ord…

Emma Thompson presents: Fair Trade

Review
★★★★
Matt Jones
Edinburgh Fringe
15th Aug, 2010

To have a tagline from Emma Thompson, undoubtedly a belle of British cinema, is to wield a hefty endorsement.

Death Boogie

DDMcG Productions have hit on a winner with this piece: a combination of performance poetry, live-looping and music from two very talented strings players.

Swamp Juice

The award-winning Swamp Juice - from Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre - dazzles and entertains audiences of all ages.

Alun Cochrane: Moments of Alun

Review
★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2011

Alun Cochrane is about halfway through his set when he spots my notepad poking out from under the pedestal table in front of me.

Croft and Pearce - Funnier Than It Sounds

Review
★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
18th Aug, 2011

Croft and Pearce exhibit matching outfits, and to a degree, matching faces, accents and physicality.

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…

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I'll Never Write)

The Traverse Theatre Company is spending the next fortnight showing breakfast-time script-in-hand readings of pieces of specially commissioned new writing.

Thread

Three actors take to the unconventional stage space at the Assembly St.

How a Man Crumbled

Clout Theatre have hit on something good with this dusty, grotesque and wonderfully pointless piece of physical theatre.

The Most Dangerous Toy

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
8th Aug, 2012

Now, my knowledge of philosophy is not great.

Briefs

Review
★★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
10th Jul, 2012

They had me at ‘Hello’.

Everything Else Happened

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
16th Aug, 2012

This adaptation of the short stories of Jonathan Safran Foer, whilst having moments of brilliance, ultimately comes short.

The Blind

Inspired by the novel by Portuguese Nobel Prize Winner Jose Saramago, “The Blind” is a story in pictures, exploring both what it is to be blinded but also diving into the darke…

Laugh or the Polar Bear Gets It

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
28th Nov, 2012

A comedy night in aid of Friends of the Earth, this fast-moving show was jam-packed with talent.

The Revenger's Tragedy

Review
★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
15th Oct, 2012

If you’re scared of clowns look away now.

Victor / Victoria

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
2nd Nov, 2012

In this musical about a female impersonator (based on the Julie Andrews film), it’s one small step for a woman to dress up in drag, and one slightly bigger step for man and woman…

Luke Wright's Cynical Ballads

Luke Wright’s unique brand of performance poetry is like nothing I have ever seen before.

The Pride

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2012

A surreal hour of comic drama, The Pride is a bizarre attempt to place the more developed aspects of animalistic behaviour – guarding your territory, hospitality laws, and posses…

Mudlarks

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
24th Sep, 2012

Holed up on a muddy ‘beach’, three boys look out across the Thames, on the run from the police, a vengeful gang and each other.

Apocalypse Later?

Review
★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
12th Aug, 2011

This ensemble sketch show promises in its promotional material to be as funny as the ‘first Neolithic wedgie’: a good indication of the level of comic maturity this young troupe ha…

The Freak and The Showgirl

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
19th Sep, 2012

‘NOT for the Easily Offended!!’ yelled the fliers.

Duality

Review
★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
22nd Aug, 2012

Pair Dance’s piece aims to combine movement with other technology, and to create a work that embodies “multimedia” by showing that dance and projection (specifically in 3D) c…

Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For a Living

Review
★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
12th Jun, 2012

It could have been me, but in a hot Spiegeltent on the Southbank with chairs rammed closely together with a mixture of expectant adults and children, I wasn’t feeling it as the l…

The Light Princess

Review
★★★★
Emma Banks
London Fringe
11th Feb, 2014

Is that a bird? A plane? No, it’s Rosalie Craig, and what a soaring, magical flight hers is.

Cantina

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
4th Jun, 2012

An impossibly beautiful young man balances on a tightrope, his feet perfect, his arms waving madly as if trying to keep his balance.

The Dick and the Rose

Review
★★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
21st Aug, 2011

I had an inkling that The Dick and The Rose was going to be something special when I was handed a silver poker chip in lieu of a ticket at the box office.

Blurred Lines

Review
★★★★★
Emma Banks
London Fringe
20th Jan, 2014

Blurred Lines is a cutting reference to Robin Thicke’s chart-topping hit that had us all grimly singing along to ‘you know you want it’.

I Am A Camera

Review
★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
7th Sep, 2012

I blame Liza.

Heaven Bound - Free

Review
★★★★
Emma Roberts
Edinburgh Fringe
17th Aug, 2011

Mike ‘Dr Blue’ McKeon is a real Blues caricature.

Rambling in an Empty Room

Review
★★★
Emma-Jane Denly
Edinburgh Fringe
20th Aug, 2012

This dance project from Taiwan is entirely improvised by its two performers in a style similar to Western contemporary dance.

Troilus and Cressida

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
3rd Sep, 2012

It’s not just the Trojans and Greeks who go head to head in this high concept Shakespeare production.

The Static

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
22nd Oct, 2012

This imaginative play opens on quirky teen, Sparky (Brian Vernel).

Mack And Mabel

Review
★★★★
Emma Lindley
London Fringe
13th Jul, 2012

This dark and daring musical comes bursting out of a tunnel at Southwark Playhouse auditioning for its West-End transfer.

Emma Hack - New Works

Listing
Adelaide Fringe

EMMA HACK is an Australian artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography.

Emma Pask

Listing
Adelaide Fringe

Award winning vocalist Emma Pask has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s favourite voices in jazz.

Emma Taylor: Making a Revue from the News

Feature
Richard Beck
Edinburgh Fringe
31st Jul, 2023

We asked Emma Taylor, producer of Newsrevue, the world’s longest-running live comedy show, now in its 43rd year, about its background and success

Romola Garai And Emma Cunniffe To Star In The West End Transfer Of Queen Anne

Feature
Levi Bailey
West End
2nd Feb, 2017

Romola Garai will star as Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough alongside Emma Cunniffe as the eponymous monarch in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Queen Anne.

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