Written by Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrell Comedy: Tickets ★★★★★ Lessons on Revolution is a play that demands to be heard, a powerful plea about the state of the world today. In their closing remarks, Gabriele Uboldi and Sam Rees describe the show as ‘the very possibility of change.’ … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Lessons on Revolution
Review by Gabriel Rogers Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - The Other Yin: Tickets ★★★★★ In Beverly Live! Jamie Denbo’s alter ego, Beverly Ginsberg, is the outrageously funny Jewish grandmother you always wished you had! The show begins as Beverly strolls onto the Gilded Balloon stage sporting fluorescent pink trousers and a purple t-shirt which spells … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Jamie Denbo: Beverly Live!
https://youtu.be/FKd4iXJcUpY Hosted by Alba Flamenca Review by Marina Funcasta Alba Flamenca: Tickets ★★★★★ Referring to their show as a “flamenco fiesta”, Alba flamenco could not be closer to the truth. A party in every sense of the word, the collective filled the intimate room with effervescence. On the edge of our seats, looking around, it … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Flamenco Fiesta
Created by Todd Almond Directed by David Cromer Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Main Hall: Tickets ★★★ Promising from the outset, I’m Almost There was truly unlike anything I had ever seen before. A story set to music, with no visual cues except for Almond’s occasional turns to the audience, this play is not … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – I’m Almost There
Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrel Comedy: Tickets ★★★★★ Joe Kent-Walters’ show takes place in the cosier Monkey Barrel Two, a more intimate venue that feels perfectly suited to this performance—even if by chance. The venue’s higgledy-piggledy little underground bar, with its rugs, homely adornments and complete lack of phone service, creates an atmosphere that … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
Review by Marina Funcasta Underbelly, George Square: Tickets ★★★ Bringing a dance-comedy show to Fringe, Stephanie Laing could definitely be called the spearhead of her genre. Bridging the topics of her stand-up through the physical sequences, Laing embraces a disjointed fluidity for the sake of creativity. Refreshing, it is nothing like any comedy show I’ve … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Stephanie Laing: Rudder
Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrell Comedy: Tickets ★★★★ The show opens with Finlay Christie introducing himself via a photobooth app on his laptop, projected onto the screen. It’s a clever, makeshift, and humorous start that immediately sets the tone, blending the vibe of a Gen Z guy with a boomer-esque DIY approach. This duality … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Finlay Christie: I Deserve This
Created by Pleasance & Soho Theatre, in association with Tim Whitehead Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - Beyond: Tickets ★★★★ Upon entrance, a booming voiceover warns the audience that the following performance might be dangerously sexy. Suddenly, clad in a fringed pink sparkling bodycon suit and silver cowboy boots, the gorgeous Ginger Johnson scooters … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
Created by Pony Cam Theatre Collective Review by Florence Carr-Jones Summerhall - Main Hall: Tickets ★★★★ This show is pure, unadulterated, chaotic fun. As you walk in, you see the cast warming up on four treadmills, each labelled with a cardboard sign reading “SURVIVAL,” “ADMIN,” “PERFORMANCE,” and “LEISURE.” They start by explaining that they are … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Burnout Paradise
Written and Performed by Laurel Brae Review by Marina Funcasta Greenside @ Riddles Court : Tickets ★★ With a flower crown, green linen dress, and rocks in her pocket, Laura Thurlow’s River Time! is a pagan’s dream. Evoking the wild woman from ‘Women Who Run with the Wolves’, Thurlow’s histrionic tale about rejection and suicide … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – River Time
