Posts Tagged ‘fringe’
Have your chance to be a critic at this year’s Fringe
They say everyone’s a critic but now Edinburgh Fringe attendees can make it official. The aptly named Whyte & Mackay Roaring Review Booth is a pop up build in Underbelly, Bristo Square, where punters can share their honest Fringe reviews on camera for a chance to win prizes throughout August. And they will be recording…
Read MorePommery adds some sparkle to the Fringe
Peter Ranscombe toasts the return of Champagne Pommery to the Fringe with a laser show at The Signet Library. I HAVE very fond memories of lasers – they were a big part of my course as a physics student at St Andrews – but I’d never associated them with drinking wine… until last night. The…
Read MoreThe puppet masters will premier new production
Multi-award winning puppetry innovators Blind Summit are premiering their new show, Henry, at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. It follows the huge Edinburgh Fringe successes of Citizen Puppet (2015) and The Table (2011), both Scotsman Fringe First Award winners, amongst many other awards when touring internationally, with really strong reviews and audience reaction. Set within a…
Read MoreLeave your sword for Game of Thrones parody
Game of Thrones is one of the biggest TV shows in the world, and a musical parody is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Following three total sell-out years – with extra shows included – and a five star sell-out run at this year’s Adelaide Fringe, alongside sell-out shows in LA and Chicago, Thrones!, the…
Read MoreSarcasm and cynicism from Elvis at the Fringe
Elvis McGonagall has suffered for his poetry for many a year; now it’s your turn as one of Scotland’s funniest, angriest, sharpest, most sarcastic wordsmiths returns to the Fringe this August. Prepare yourself for an hour of dazzling Weltschmerz, satirical verse and anarchic wit with the 2006 World Slam Champion, BBC Radio 4 regular and…
Read MoreA musical will be improvised before your very eyes
Brand-new ad-libbed musicals are returning to Edinburgh in this year’s Festival Fringe. Now fondly referred to as a Fringe institution, Baby Wants Candy is back with more brand new, ad-libbed, undefined, exhilarating 55-minute musicals, all taken from audience suggestions. With a full band in action, the company create the opening and closing night of a…
Read MoreNHS in the focus for Mark Thomas at Fringe Festival
Comedian Mark Thomas marks the 70th birthday of the NHS with his new show at this year’s Festival Fringe. Mark is 54, the NHS is 70, and the UK national average life expectancy is 84. If Mark makes it to 84, the NHS will be 100. What will they both look like? Check Up: Our…
Read MoreMixing real words with fictional politicians
When an ambitious politician jumps on a populist bandwagon and a previously apathetic citizen takes her message to heart – what could possibly go wrong? Former government advisor, the Edinburgh playwright Andy Moseley, is bringing his new play A Beginner’s Guide to Populism to the Fringe. A Beginner’s Guide to Populism has just completed a…
Read MoreDisabled reviewers wanted for Fringe venues
The Fringe is in search of disabled access reviewers for this year’s festival venues. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is collaborating with disabled access review website, Euan’s Guide, as part of their commitment to making the world’s biggest arts festival as inclusive as possible. Disabled people who use Euan’s Guide will be offered free tickets to…
Read MoreBrave bomb disposal expert explores aftermath of war
As a bomb disposal expert doing VIP protection at the Fringe Ken Bellringer never expected to appear there on stage himself. But this year he is among 15 members of Bravo 22 Company, a military arts based recovery programme, returning to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a new cast to perform in the premier of…
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