Posts Tagged ‘fringe’
Fringe Festival review – The Thinking Drinkers
The Thinking Drinkers are the best value on the Fringe. Five free drinks and a pub crawl without leaving your seat. After the lager comes the heavy stuff with full description, history and descriptions of the process that produces the final elixir. Educational, funny and very, very entertaining. A talented duo who have deservedly sold out…
Read MoreAn exploration of being human in a Fringe first
Introducing the first ever human/robot double act at the Fringe! This is ETHOS. An Artificial Intelligence pursuing its program directive to determine what it is to be human – by watching a comedy show. Award-winning writer, broadcaster and comedy performer (as well as an ex-corporate lawyer), Alice Fraser, explains art, sex, money, nuclear brinksmanship, the…
Read MoreThe queen of the one-liners is Sheep shape
One of the only female one-liner acts currently on the UK circuit today and fresh from improv and comedy writing training at the world renowned Second City Training Centre in Chicago, Adele Cliff brings her hotly anticipated debut hour to the festival. This is a gag-packed show about individuality, searching for friends, following and fitting…
Read MoreA special menu will mark the end of the Festivals
The end of this year’s Edinburgh International and Fringe Festivals is being marked by an extra special menu at a leading Edinburgh Hotel. The Pompadour by Galvin, head chef, Daniel Ashmore has designed a very special menu to ensure the perfect finale of this year’s event On Monday, 27 August, ahead of the firework display…
Read MoreDoctor Who star enjoys A Joke at the Fringe
Humour is a very subjective thing in the 21st century, with so many people taking offence when something is meant to be fun. As newspapers, websites, tweets, blogs and vlogs discuss whether something is offensive or not, that’s at the very core of A Joke, currently being performed at the Assembly Rooms, as part of…
Read MoreMonkey business at the Fringe with Nina Conti
The daughter of Scots movie star Tom Conti is appearing at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Nina Conti is a British Comedy Award winning ventriloquist and daughter of the Paisley-born actor. She is currently appearing in the Festival Fringe at Underbelly Bristo Square, in Nina Conti is Monkey, and she tells Scottish Field about her…
Read MoreFringe review – Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience
Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience offers two hours of capers and a three course dinner served by the irrepressible Basil, Sybil and Manuel. The chaos starts from the outset and all the usual jokes are thrown into the mix, from the rat to the jokes about Barcelona. Only grump is the lack of bar staff at the…
Read MoreFestival fringe review – Games
Games is described in the publicity as a play set against the background of “Europe is fractured; economies faltering. Anti-Semitism and right-wing populism are surging.” Recognise any of that today? With unintentional timing, Games tells the true story of the talented female Jewish fencer, Helene Mayer, struggling with herself as a Jewish sportswoman representing Germany…
Read MoreFestival fringe review – Elise
If this is the standard of production from a young troupe of actors, writers and directors, the future of British theatre is in safe hands. Elise tells the story of the troubled life of Elise Cowen, a member of the Beat generation of the 1950s. Whilst alive she was troubled by mental health issues and…
Read MoreFlavours of the season are ideal for this year’s festival
Edinburgh dining hot spot BABA has launched a brand new menu for summer, inspired by seasonal flavours and produce. The popular Levantine-inspired restaurant BABA has unveiled its menu for locals and visitors of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to indulge in this August. BABA, situated at the west end of Edinburgh’s George Street, boasts mezze style…
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