A razzle-dazzle road trip: Priscilla Queen of the Desert comes to Scotland Priscilla Queen of the Desert is packing sequins, sass and a suitcase full of disco classics for a UK and Ireland tour that stops at the Edinburgh Playhouse next April, and the casting announcement has injected the whole enterprise with starry, showbiz bravado. … Continue reading Have a Gander at Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical: Casting for UK Tour
Bare Productions Announces Auditions for Next to Normal – Scottish Premiere Set for Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Bare Productions, one of Edinburgh’s most consistently impressive community theatre companies, has announced auditions for its landmark 2026 production of Brian Yokey's Next to Normal, running in 2026, with auditions set for January 16th – 18th of 2026. The … Continue reading Have a Gander at Next To Normal – Bare Production’s Scottish Premiere 2026
Contemporary Ritual Theatre, the bold Great Yarmouth company redefining performance as communal rite, makes its Scottish debut this September with SALT - a haunting tale of faith, obsession, and supernatural song set against the unforgiving backdrop of the 18th-century East Norfolk coast. Following a sell-out tour in England, the production charts a ten-date journey through … Continue reading Have a Gander at SALT – Scottish and National Tour
Presenting: The Golden Goose For one time only (until next year), we ditch our trademark crimson and don the finest of guilded feathers to celebrate our top choices for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We'll be crafting a selection of 'Top Geese' from the flock, with each of the writers submitting their top choice across … Continue reading Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – The Golden Goose Awards
Polly has to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers is easy. Learning to fart and belch in public will take more time. And now she's enlisted in the army. But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Terry Pratchett’s Monstrous Regiment
Review by Dominic Corr The Palais du Variete ★★★★ Ben Hart’s latest Fringe offering, The Remarkable Ben Hart, is a masterclass in minimalism and misdirection. With no grand set pieces, no pyrotechnics, and no glittering distractions, Hart relies solely on the strength of his illusions, his charisma, and a deep-rooted love for the craft of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Remarkable Ben Hart
In her eightieth year, Christine wondered if she might create her first show. Who says an octogenarian shouldn't be working with stepladders, electronics... and water? A performance of persistence and joy, celebrating the beautiful functions and limits of a human body and the desire to make things happen. Assisted by her helper, Calum, Christine manipulates … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – These Mechanisms
Love. Loss. Revenge. Redemption. A radical queer reimagining of the classical ballet. Our Giselle is a hopeless romantic who comes to realise the brutal reality of queer intimacy is a far cry from Hollywood’s happily-ever-after. A hypnotic dance-theatre show that weaves ballet, the avant-garde and a lip-sync cabaret with an epic original soundscape ranging from … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Giselle: Remix
Welcome to the mid-noughties world of emo teen and future rockstar, David. He's smart. He's mature. He's memorised a diagram of a vulva and it definitely didn't make him feel sick. And he's here to headline Sticky Floors – the coolest under 16s band night in the Bay Area. But when his bandmate doesn't show, … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – David’s One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)
Showmen Productions Executive Director – Sam Hume was kind enough to set some time aside to chat to Corr Blimey about not one, or even two shows, but all FOUR of their shows at this year's Fringe:Adults Only Magic ShowThe Greatest Magic ShowCircus The ShowExplosive Science Show! Would you mind giving us a brief insight … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – Showman Productions
