Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrel Comedy ★★★★ Audiences enter to see ‘ZOë COOMBES MARR’, which is jarringly displayed on an inverted Word doc. Then as Sweet but Psycho starts blaring, Zoe Coombs Marr bursts onto the stage. The show starts with a disgustingly in-depth description of Coombs Marr’s “vomit reel,” which is chaotic and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Zoe Coombs Marr: Every Single In My Entire Whole Life
Created by Buzzcut Productions Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★ Buzzcut Productions combines cameras, puppets, diorama sets and a remarkably peculiar story to create a spellbinding, though uncanny, depiction of rural English suburbia. Emerging from a similar world to Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox and Tim Burton’s Coraline, this Wonderland is, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Bark Bark
Book and Lyrics by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn Directed by Pacian Clyaton and James Dawound Musical Direction from Eric Rogers Review by Florence Carr-Jones TheSpace@Niddry St ★★★★ This production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was a vibrant, slick, and well-executed rendition of the beloved musical. The cast's energy was nothing short … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Written and Performed by Katie Greenall Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Techcube 0 ★★★★ Blubber is an evocative and immersive piece by Katie Greenall that artfully combines storytelling with participatory elements, making it a standout show this year. The performance invites the audience into a shared space, where the themes of communal care and connection are … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Blubber
Written by Nick Cassenbaum' Directed by Emma Jude Harris, Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★★ As we enter the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, an event is already occurring. Onstage sit Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett-Bader, intensely awaiting the opportunity to launch into the roaring farce of REVENGE: After the Levoyah. Describing this play … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – REVENGE: After the Levoyah
Produced by TheatreGoose Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★ Looming over the Anatomy Lecture Theatre hangs a canvas sheet, encasing the audience in a night of magical storytelling reminiscent of the March sisters’ plays in Little Women. While there are nods to Louisa May Alcott’s novel, the heart of Theatre Goose’s Sisters … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Sisters Three
Produced by Sh!t Theatre and Soho Theatre Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall Techcube 0: Tickets ★★★★ Sh!t Theatre’s Or What’s Left of Us is a raw, captivating exploration of grief and resilience, cleverly wrapped in the duo’s signature blend of music, comedy, and storytelling. Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole, the dynamic force behind Sh!t Theatre, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Sh!t Theatre: Or What’s Left of Us
Written by Kelly Jones Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★★★ Brimming with emotion and meta-theatrical wit, My Mother’s Funeral is a pressing reflection on the extortionate costs of theatre-making and funeral-arranging. The narrative centres around Abigail Waller, freelance theatremaker and writer, whose mother has just passed away. The play opens with an all … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – My Mother’s Funeral: The Show
https://youtu.be/pf4GM-_7KMo Created and Performed by Sam Ward Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★ Imagine it, you are in a theatre, and you have come here to believe in the make-believe, find truth in the not-true. Nations, or ‘imagined communities’, function in a similar way, argues Sam Ward in his newest play, which … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Nation
Written by Daisy Hall Directed by Jessica Lazar Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★★ Bells can be heard ringing from the Summerhall courtyard, is it the final call for a show, or perhaps noise bleed from Paines Plough’s Roundabout which is host to the premiere of Daisy Hall’s Bellringers, shortlisted for the Women’s Playwrighting … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Bellringers
