Written by Brian Watkins Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Cairns Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★★ Everything is as it should be. She was born to be a weather girl, and she is, so everything is fine, right? Shining as bright as her perfect pearly whites, Julia McDermott gives a strong central performance as Stacey, the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Weather Girl
https://youtu.be/P0um46zZbbQ Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Anatomy Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ James Rowland welcomes audience members into the Anatomy Lecture theatre for what he announces is (on the performance I saw) his 103rd performance in this space. He warns us of a partial nudity warning as he turns around, revealing … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show
Produced by Kobold Blue Productions Review by Jack Cuinn Underbelly - Bristo Square: Tickets ★★ A woman enters the stage with chalk in hand, tracing a line around its circumference, creating an initial sense of ritualistic anticipation. Yet, when the lights come up, it becomes clear that she has merely marked the playing space, which, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Things Between Heaven and Earth
Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Pleasance Dome - Jack: Tickets ★★★ It’s the Economy, Stupid, a phrase coined by Jim Carville in 1992 for the recession, may resonate a little too close to home to the many fringe artists embarking on the streets of Edinburgh who have taken significant financial risk to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – It’s the Economy, Stupid!
Created by Temi Wilkey Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Roundabout: Tickets ★★★★★ Temi! Temi! Temi! The crowd goes wild, hanging off every word, worshipping at the altar of the ascension of the self-proclaimed ‘criminally undercast’ Temi Wilkey. Main Character Energy, the last show of the day programmed at the iconic Roundabout by Paines Plough, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Main Character Energy
Created by SUBJECT OBJECT Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Old Lab: Tickets ★★★ Instruction-led improvisatory shows have been a staple of excitement at the Edinburgh Fringe, from Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree, which returned last year to the Lyceum, to Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing, which returns this year to a sold-out run at … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Instructions
Review by Florence Carr-Jones ★★★★ Happy Singing Kids, an Australian company from Brisbane, makes its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with Uh Oh Spaghetti Oh!, an engaging, interactive musical and movement show tailored for children aged 0-5. Lasting a lively half-hour, this production is a delightful blend of song, dance, and joy that keeps little … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Uh Oh Spaghetti-Oh!
Written by Gabriele Uboldi & Sam Rees Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrell Comedy: Tickets ★★★★★ Lessons on Revolution is a play that demands to be heard, a powerful plea about the state of the world today. In their closing remarks, Gabriele Uboldi and Sam Rees describe the show as ‘the very possibility of change.’ … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Lessons on Revolution
Review by Florence Carr-Jones Monkey Barrel Comedy: Tickets ★★★★★ Joe Kent-Walters’ show takes place in the cosier Monkey Barrel Two, a more intimate venue that feels perfectly suited to this performance—even if by chance. The venue’s higgledy-piggledy little underground bar, with its rugs, homely adornments and complete lack of phone service, creates an atmosphere that … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
Written by Charlene Boyd Directed by Cora Bissett Review by Dominic Corr Summerhall - Demonstration Room: Tickets ★★★★★ Only one person could reunite the Appalachian Mountains with the Scottish Highlands after millions of years: June Carter Cash. Well, Charlene Boyd, the creator of this show, has embarked on a personal journey that is less about … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music, and Me
