Written by David Finnigan Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Dome ★★★★ Well, this is one way to get your five a day… With a name that captures the imagination, 44 Sex Acts in One Week at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe deconstructs the boundaries and playfulness of conventional theatre—given life by Fringe First winner David Finnigan, this … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – 44 Sex Acts In One Week
Written by Charlotte Anne-Tilley, Review by Dominic Corr Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★ Any audience with a passing familiarity with Charlotte Anne-Tilley’s writing will have expectations of some cleverly balanced humour and a whole heaping dollop of clowning antics. Serious Theatre from Serious People, despite the name, delivers whole-heartedly on the satirical comedy, with an appropriately … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Serious Theatre from Serious People
https://youtu.be/QlVJcaCk4Is Written and Directed by Seb Elder Review by Gabriel Rogers Greenside @ Riddles Court ★★★★ Third Culture Productions' debut fringe show boldly explores how grief and the climate crisis affect a young family and their friend. No Place Called Home, written and directed by Seb Elder, doesn’t stage the climate crisis at ground zero but instead in … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – No Place Called Home
https://youtu.be/WHxFMFv1iOw Created by Tom Bailey Review by Gabriel Rogers Zoo Southside ★★★★★ Tom Bailey’s Vigil is a delicate love letter to the lesser-known and more interestingly named fauna which lives or, rather upsettingly, has ceased to live on planet Earth. The show begins comically as Bailey attempts, with great success, to mimic and clown 26,000 … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Vigil
Review by Greta Abbey Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★★ Ania Magliano’s hour of flawless stand-up is a masterclass in balancing intelligent storytelling and laugh-so-hard-you-pee-your-pants-comedy. Magliano gives equal weight to moments of comedic hilarity and the more touching, emotive aspects of her stand-up hour. A particularly hilarious bit about an industrial vibrator stands out, ending with the audience … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father
Directed by Annabel Mutale Reed Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Review by Annie Aslett Greenside @ George Street ★★★★ Directed by Annabel Mutale Reed, the cast of this production of Into the Woods is the first cohort to come through the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art's (LAMDA) Masters … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Into the Woods: LAMDA
Review by Annie Aslett Gilded Balloon at the Museum: Tickets ★★★★★ While Chris Hall boasts impressive numbers on TikTok, he is never more entertaining than live on stage, returning to the Fringe this year with his fabulous new show Girl For All Seasons. Hall has a few years of stand-up under his (cow print) belt … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons
https://youtu.be/T0MPmNt3-gY Produced by Baby Wants Candy Review by Annie Aslett Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★★ Though improv shows, by their nature, bear repeat viewings, it is not every improv troupe that would merit a rewatch. Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical from improv group Baby Wants Candy sits firmly in the if-I-was-rich-I'd-see-this-every-night camp. On stage tonight … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical
Review by Dominic Corr Underbelly - Bristo Square: Tickets ★★★★ These are elements audiences have heard before. Somewhat. Well, maybe not all of it. Definitely not that. And that’s the brilliance of Ali Woods: At The Moment, their new routine that covers a wealth of subject matters and sets across an accomplished hour of stand-up. … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Ali Woods: At The Moment
Written by Kira Mason Directed by Matt Attwood Review by Annie Aslett theSpace on the Mile: Tickets ★★★ Bad luck, you're dead. Worse luck, you're in Hell! Luckily, Lucy (Grace Baker) and Bubs (Eleanor Tate) are here to help. The devilish duo greet you at the door, resplendent in black wings, to check you off … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Ring That Bell!
