Written by Sierra Sevilla (she/they) Directed by Izzy Rabey Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard - Beside: Tickets ★★★ When you think about the forced meat product Spam, the initial thoughts can tell you a lot about someone’s experiences: fritters, an unwieldy ingredient, email-hunk; or a foul and outright rank tinned item hidden in the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – For the Love of Spam
International comedian tells of a dark steamy affair between her father and the family's nanny. From London to Hong Kong, this twist-turning and ironic show takes us through the highs and lows of adolescence and adult love life, unveiling family secrets, power plays and salacious surprises while also displaying her personal growth, self-actualization and redemption. … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Isabella Charlton: So My Dad F****d the Nanny
At four, Otter was so moved by Princess Diana's death that he wept outside the palace while his father took pictures and laughed. Trapped in a vortex of man-children, Otter still feels broken. Through a sassy mix of stand-up, storytelling and musical comedy, Otter learns to make peace with racism in the gay community and … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Otter Lee: Princess Syndrome
Four-time Fringe First and Olivier award-winning Fishamble returns to Traverse. Explored through a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal, inventive, funny and life-affirming. From writer Joanne Ryan (Lustrum Award winner) and director Sarah Jane Scaife (Beckett sa Chreig: Laethanta Sona) comes a tale of an adult child and parent sharing a home. Pom … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – In Two Minds
The lovable Kentish comedian returns with a coming of age story told via absurdist, chaotic, theatrical stand-up. 'A crazy show of chaos and laughs... Jaz Mattu has created something truly unique with this show.' **** (Entertainment-Now.com). 'Jaz Mattu is a fearless performer' (Ben Target). Jaz Mattu returns to Edinburgh. And before they do, they've stopped … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Jaz Mattu Returns
Ali's in love for the first time and he hates it. Join this viral comedy sensation for a hilarious stand-up hour about trying to be yourself. As seen on Comedy Central Live, ITV2's Stand Up Sketch Show and heard on BBC Radio 4. Tour support for Russell Kane, Adam Kay and Axel Blake. Sell-out Edinburgh … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Ali Woods: At The Moment
They cloned Mozart, it went horribly wrong and now we're stuck with the consequences. Making his UK debut in a cheap wig, Shitty Mozart (Aaron Nemo, a writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) performs a dazzlingly chaotic, vulgar one-man multimedia concerto. Terrified that the audience will realize he lacks the musical genius of … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Shitty Mozart
FAMEHUNGRY is a helter-skelter nose-dive into the TikTok universe, the attention economy, and what it means to be an artist now. Fusing performance art and very real and very live TikTok Experiences, join award-winning performance artist Louise Orwin as she cosplays as a TikToker in a real-life experiment hunting for fame and fortune. Made in … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – FAMEHUNGRY
At Bet On It Youth Theatre, aspiring actors will do anything to climb the ladder of success. Teachers and students alike believe in taking the work seriously. They also believe in taking themselves seriously. Prepare to get serious. Returning after sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows in 2023, join writer-performers Charlotte Anne-Tilley (Almost Adult) and Mabel Thomas … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – Serious Theatre from Serious People
Starring Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle and West End leading man Norman Bowman. The Scot and The Showgirl is a true(ish) wee musical thingamajig about a perfectly imperfect relationship that began 28 years ago at Edinburgh Waverly train station. She, a Broadway icon and Edinburgh Fringe survivor. He, a shy Scottish musical theatre lover. Together, with … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 – The Scot and the Showgirl
