REVIEW: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT @ Assembly
Reading Time: 2 minutesFUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT is Bridie Connell’s new satire concert musical, centred on the fictional boy band FUCCBOIS as they perform the final concert of their farewell tour.
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REVIEW: John Achkar @ Just The Spare Room
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe name of John Achkar’s show, listed in full on the Fringe website, is a full sentence, and a really long one: John Achkar: His country is collapsing. He's having a baby. So obviously, this is the right year for a Lebanese comedian you've never heard of to try English stand-up for the first time.
REVIEW: Evita Too @ ZOO Southside
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvita Too, the new work from Sh!t Theatre, the Fringe favourite duo Biscuit and Mothersole, feels like a legal minefield.
REVIEW: The Bridge
Reading Time: 2 minutesA crossing of 180 metres that takes twelve hours on a bridge linked to British empiricism Alaa Shehada, the Palestinian theatremaker and member of the Palestine Comedy Club, returns to the Fringe with The Bridge, following last…
REVIEW: Concerts of the Future @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 2 minutesConcerts of the Future, the VR experience by House of Oz, The Sonicrats and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, invited us, the audience, even with zero musical knowledge, to be a part of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
REVIEW: Circo Valise @ Assembly
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCirco Valise is a short, lovely 10-minute solo show at Assembly George Square Studios, performed by Eduardo Salzane.
REVIEW: 116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight @ Zoo Venues
Reading Time: 2 minutes116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight is, as its title suggests, a play about losing weight, on stage.
REVIEW: The Real Kyle McCarren @ Pleasance
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmerican musical theatre writer Andy Roninson’s answer is to write a musical about him. The Real Kyle McCarren, at Pleasance Forth, by Roninson and Sean McVerry, tells the story of Kyle, whose name is changed in the show, while much of what happens is true.
REVIEW: Sublimation
Reading Time: 3 minutesWritten and performed by Frank Murdocco, the play follows Ethan, a recently divorced gay T-shirt maker, who one day receives a phone call from a mysterious client.
REVIEW: Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese everyday apologies provide the starting point for Adam Lenson, the British Jewish theatre maker, in his new show, Is It Too Late Now to Say Sorry?