Directed by Bryony Shanahan Written by Robbie Gordon & Jack Nurse Review by Florence Carr-Jones Traverse Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ Heart-warming and hilarious Same Team is a triumph. On arrival, Alisa Kalyanova’s set looks straightforward: a third of a football pitch, a strip of green room, five microphones, and some floodlights. However, as the cast arrives … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Same Team
Review by Florence Carr-Jones ★★★★ Happy Singing Kids, an Australian company from Brisbane, makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with Uh Oh Spaghetti Oh!, an engaging, interactive musical and movement show tailored for children aged 0-5. Lasting a lively half-hour, this production is a delightful blend of song, dance, and joy that keeps little … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Uh Oh Spaghetti-Oh!
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 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 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 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
Hosted by Kevin Mclean Music from Jack Hinks Featuring: Malaika Kegode, Stephen James Smith, Roshni Gallagher and Sofia Siren Nobility, gentry, and even the rabble: we all share few things, but the spoken word is one of them. Poetry is a language across boundaries - despite its occasional high-brow misconceptions. But now, so ingrained and … Continue reading Loud Poets: April – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Produced by Loud Productions Hosted by Kevin Mclean Performed by Rick Dove, Imogen Stirling, Sarah Grant & Jack MacMillan ★★★★★ From hidden hovels and bars & pubs to lakeside recitations to the finest courts – spoken word and poetry is not only an illustrative form of entertainment and expression but both a sword and shield … Continue reading Loud Poets – Storytelling Centre
Sounds ridiculous, right? Scottish people, rapping. No, seriously. And not only is it accurate, but Scottish hip-hop is an exceptionally underestimated blending of nuanced storytelling, cultural portals and progression of lyric, rhythm and rhyme – and now, with the arts embracing the digital medium, Scottish People Can't Rap?! takes things to a new, virtual level. To change … Continue reading Scottish People Can’t Rap?! – Preview
