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Brown Boys Swim named winner of Popcorn Writing Award

BROWN Boys Swim has been announced as the winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2022.  Written by Karim Khan, this lyrical coming-of-age tale looks at the pressures that surround...

REVIEW – Alex Kealy – Winner Takes All

RATING: 4/5 Alex Kealy will be perfoming Winner Takes All every afternoon at 4:15pm until Sunday, 28th August at Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive) - Hive...

REVIEW – Captain Breadbeard Productions – An Idiom’s Guide To The Galaxy

RATING: 3/5 CAPTAIN Breadbeard Productions brings its second show to the Fringe this year with An Idiom's Guide to the Galaxy.  The show - much like their...

Popcorn Group and BBC Writersroom announce committee and long-list for writing award

POPCORN Group have announced this year’s judging committee along with their long-list of brave and imaginative new plays for the Popcorn Writing Award.  Partnering for the...

REVIEW- Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook

RATING: 3/5  CAPTAIN Breadbeard productions bring us Captain Breadbeard's Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook, a family friendly sketch comedy show, filled with bread-based puns and skits.  Stepfather-son duo...

REVIEW – Phluxus2 Dance Collective – Angel-Monster

RATING: 4/5  CONTEMPORARY dance meets circus, Angel-Monster by Australian led Phluxus2 Dance Collective is an empowering message for women at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.  Opening with audience...

REVIEW – Ali Woods – Best Friend Ever

RATING: 4/5  ALI WOODS brings his debut stand up hour to the small Underbelly venue, Clover, where the sold-out show had the audience packed in like...

REVIEW – Rajiv Karia – Gallivant

RATING: 3/5 RAJIV Karia makes a solid Edinburgh Fringe debut with his highly-anticipated show Galivant.  Creating a casual atmosphere from the get-go with some nice conversational humour,...

Fringe Taster Stages share performances around the world with TikTok

THE two new Taster Stages in St Andrew Square and Cathedral Square at the new St James’ Quarter have a full programme of activities consisting...

Underbelly’s Big Brain Tumour Benefit raises over £32k for charity

A SPECIAL Fringe event has been held at McEwan Hall in order to raise money for The Brain Tumour Charity.  A star-studded cast of comedians turned...

REVIEW- Max Fosh- Zocial Butterfly

RATING: 4/5 MAKING his Fringe debut this year is self-proclaimed "posh" YouTuber Max Fosh - who puts on quite a show. The whole hour in the...

REVIEW – The Thinking Drinkers – Pub Quiz

RATING: 4/5 The Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz is exactly what it says on the tin, a massive pub quiz.  They provide the booze and remind us throughout...

REVIEW – Lew Fitz – Soft Lad

RATING: 2/5 SOFT Lad, by Lew Fitz, is more of a charming life story than a comedy show.  A few jokes are missed here and there, whether...

REVIEW- Edinburgh University Theatre Company- Fire Signs

RATING: 4/5 WRITTEN by Lana Stone and directed by Bella Taylor, Fire Signs is the Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s (EUTC) contribution to this year’s fringe festival.  The Festival of New Theatre...

REVIEW – Milo McCabe – Sigmund Troy’d

RATING: 5/5 CHARACTER comedy can be a tricky art to master, but viral sensation Milo McCabe has invented, and plays perfectly, a brilliant character in Troy...

REVIEW – Tom Lucy – Melt

RATING: 4/5 TOM Lucy - whilst still a young comedian - is most definitely one to watch. His new Fringe show, Melt, centres on issues that many...

REVIEW – Jenny Bede – The First Pregnant Woman In The World

RATING: 3/5 SOME would say you can’t squeeze nine months of emotion into an hour-long Fringe show - but they would be wrong.  Jenny Bede manages to...

PREVIEW – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience

SCOTTISH classical musicians from the Royal Conservatoire are set to join "boundary-bending" US hip-hop artists for an inspirational show at Edinburgh Fringe. Mozart, Beethoven and Bach...

PREVIEW – Nish Kumar – Your Power, Your Control

VENUE: Gordon Aikman Theatre, Assembly George Square at 9pm from August 22nd to 28th. 2022 Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Nish Kumar is bringing his acclaimed live show Your Power,...

PREVIEW – Max Fosh – Zocial Butterfly

VENUE: Bettercup, Underbelly at 14:15 from August 3rd-29th (not 15th). INDIGO Productions and United Agents announce that Max Fosh will be making his solo Edinburgh Fringe debut with his...

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