Book and Lyrics by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn Directed by Pacian Clyaton and James Dawound Musical Direction from Eric Rogers Review by Florence Carr-Jones TheSpace@Niddry St ★★★★ This production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was a vibrant, slick, and well-executed rendition of the beloved musical. The cast's energy was nothing short … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Written and Performed by Katie Greenall Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Techcube 0 ★★★★ Blubber is an evocative and immersive piece by Katie Greenall that artfully combines storytelling with participatory elements, making it a standout show this year. The performance invites the audience into a shared space, where the themes of communal care and connection are … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Blubber
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
Written by Nick Cassenbaum' Directed by Emma Jude Harris, Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★★ As we enter the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, an event is already occurring. Onstage sit Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett-Bader, intensely awaiting the opportunity to launch into the roaring farce of REVENGE: After the Levoyah. Describing this play … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – REVENGE: After the Levoyah
Produced by TheatreGoose Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★ Looming over the Anatomy Lecture Theatre hangs a canvas sheet, encasing the audience in a night of magical storytelling reminiscent of the March sisters’ plays in Little Women. While there are nods to Louisa May Alcott’s novel, the heart of Theatre Goose’s Sisters … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Sisters Three
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
