Consider yourself at home with this lot; from famous-revenge tales to cute-potted plants (hiding terrible secrets) to a punk-rock icon and Gods of old, there’s a veritable maelstrom of music in the city this August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. What better way to mark the year than with a song in your heart and … Continue reading Have A Gander – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023: Musicals
Encore, encore. Come one and all for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s greatest and most successful as we Have a Gander at some of the many returning shows for 2023. Some have been staples of the Fringe for years; others became tremendous successes only last year. But there’s one thing they all share – they’re back, … Continue reading Have A Gander – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023: Returning Shows
Ah yes, the other side of the coin. The misery to the laughter. The performance to the wit. The theatrical underbelly of the Festival Fringe to that of its Comedic alter-ego and larger sibling. All the world's a stage, and we are merely the audience. Something like that, yeah? There’s no question that the comedy … Continue reading Have A Gander – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023: Theatre
Hold onto your feathers folks, it’s time to begin our crash landing into the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, as Have a Gander returns to offer our top picks across the categories for this year's festivities. With over three thousand shows, the Fringe continues to be a juggernaut of international talent, curiosities, and comedic delights. But we must … Continue reading Have A Gander – Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023: Grassroots
Written by Ross Willis Directed by Joanna Bowman ★★★★ Romulus and Remus, Mowgli, San, and now 'A'. Their upbringings were, in some ways, a touch hairy. And whilst their environments are strikingly different to the conventional manner of childhood, they nevertheless find a sense of nurture – even if only for a time with their … Continue reading Wolfie – Tron Theatre
https://youtu.be/RGjazB8TYXU Based on the Novel by Neil Gaiman Adapted by Joel Horwood Directed by Katy Rudd ★★★★★ Stitched and cobbled by the dreams, worlds and endless oceans of countless eyes and experiences, best-selling author of Good Omens, The Sandman, Anansi Boys and American Gods, Neil Gaiman’s 2013 novel Ocean at the End of the Lane recounts the journey of a man on the … Continue reading Ocean At The End Of The Lane – Festival Theatre
Written by Morna Young Directed by Beth Morton ★★★★ Depending upon the poison you pick, the legendary Baba Yaga is famed for either devouring or protecting and raising those without mothers. Is either a fearsome, powerful, malicious witch or an emphatic woman of the world. Context is everything, and that’s something threaded beautifully into Morna … Continue reading Babs – A Play, A Pie, and A Pint
Book and Lyrics by Lynda Radley Music and Lyrics by Michael John McCarthy Directed by Jemima Levick ★★★★ Expectantly and admirably, many of Scotland’s festive treats this year plant a seed of hope for the future of the natural world. And amidst the Christmas cheering of pop culture pantos and endless Dickens adaptations: a wholly … Continue reading Cinderella – Dundee Rep
Written and Directed by Gordon Barr Musical Direction by Andy Manning ★★★★ There’s a touching duality to this year's Byre Theatre production of Snow White, featuring a tag-line theme of re-writing our stories. Traditionally, pantos of old suffer the lop-sided representations of their fairy-tale foundations, swinging the opposite way to recover this ended in a … Continue reading Snow White – Byre Theatre
Written by Derek Bond Directed by Derek Bond and Laura Cubitt ★★★★ Hear ye, hear ye, all brave knights and heroes assemble for the finest adventure of their lives! Come face to face with some of folklore's most magnificently majestic monsters and spectacular beasts to grace the earth with their presence. Join Dave (Ben Galpin) … Continue reading Dragons and Mythical Beasts – Underbelly
