Edinburgh-based theatre makers Tortoise in a Nutshell premiere their brand-new show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Concerned Others - an intimate tabletop performance sharing the stories of critically-underheard voices. Scotland has the highest rate of substance-related deaths in Europe. One of the highest rates per head of population in the world. In communities across the … Continue reading Have a Gander – Concerned Others
Cowboys and Lesbians is a fun, silly, queer coming-of-age romantic comedy from fresh voices for a young audience. The show subverts Hollywood’s romcoms, examining the harmful tropes and tales that movies tell us and flipping them on their heads. Nina and Noa, repressed British teenagers and best friends, set out to write a parody of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Cowboys and Lesbians
From internationally acclaimed poets Carrie Rudzinski and Olivia Hall of How We Survive Productions comes Hysterical - a revolutionary feminist poetry theatre show that aims to reclaim emotion and push back against the negative stereotypes and limitations systemically forced upon women. Their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut, Hysterical is a fierce and delightfully funny performance that … Continue reading Have a Gander – Hysterical
Hellraising poets and Fringe veterans Leyla Josephine (Hopeless, Daddy Drag) and Colin Bramwell (Umbrella Man) present GUBSMACKED, a brand-spanking new live event showcasing the best of writing in all its magical forms. Debuting exclusively at the Summerhall Fringe 2023, audiences will be treated to performances from both up-and-coming talent and luminaries from the worlds of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Gubsmacked
https://youtu.be/CF12_NMo4Mo Showcasing the top spoken word talent the festival has to offer – from the laugh-out-loud funny, through the wonderfully surreal, to the thoughtful and emotional – Loud Poets continue to prove that spoken word has something for everyone. Each show features a unique line-up and Loud Poets’ classic fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching style of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Loud Poets: Best of Fringe
Award-winning comedian David Ian makes his Edinburgh Festival debut at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival with his show ‘(Just a) Perfect Gay’ at the Just The Tonic Caves for the month of August.‘(Just a) Perfect Gay is a show about searching for belonging when you don't fit in. Growing up gay in a small town … Continue reading Have a Gander – David Ian: (Just a) Perfect Gay
Former data scientist now New York-based stand-up comedian, writer and humourist Ginny Hogan makes her Edinburgh debut with her show ‘Regression’ at the Gilded Balloon Teviot for the month of August. 'Regression’ takes you on a decade-long drunken road trip as Ginny attempts to get her life together by the time she's 30. She's got … Continue reading Have a Gander – Ginny Hogan: Regression
Thunderstruck concerns the legacy and mythology surrounding folk musician, composer and innovator, Gordon Duncan, who tragically died in 2005, celebrating fully a working-class Scottish man who transcended his art. Written and Performed by Fifer, actor and bagpiper David Colvin who was a member of the original cast of the National Theatre of Scotland Play, Black … Continue reading Have a Gander – Thunderstruck
Josh Weller came to London to 'make it big' in music. And then... he didn’t. The show is a love letter to music, a break-up letter to the industry and an hour of high-octane stand-up from a man ready to stare his younger self in the face. Age Against the Machine charts a decade of … Continue reading Have a Gander – Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine
A hilarious and life-affirming story about how one free session with a life coach and a death threat changed Matt Price's perspective on everything. The death threat wasn't from the life coach as that would be bad for business. But it was caught on CCTV. In this journey, Matt tells you why he's happy to … Continue reading Have a Gander – Matt Pirce: As Seen on CCTV
