Reading Time: 2 minutesWe spend a third of our lives in bed.... If only beds could talk! Is the tagline for this 60 minute musical showing at Gilded Balloon Teviot this August. The concept is simple and quiet, no showy big numbers, just human connection and real stories.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTelevision 1 is the brand new debut show for Joe Pearson & Rory Cargill, a character comedy sketch show which takes the audience through TV programming of the 20th Century. Starting with a Alfreds Astonishing Adventures and taking us through to an embarrassing body sketch the pair hit on all the pop culture shows that made TV what it is.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLena is an activist but the way she’s going about is by trying to convert her tinder dates? The premise is solid, with the show opening with relatable dating stories until the reveal is ushered in. Lena (Bibi Lucille) targets meat eating dates and then converts them to veganism with unsolicited physical touch and facts and figures - her most recent let down being a date who was already vegan. What a waste.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe opener is a spectacular bit of sketch work - starting in the hyper natural and taking you to the edge of absurdity and tension. Similar to the closer which genuinely left me weeping... no spoilers. The show is Woven together with sketches both absurd and challenging - with a horny hen repeating sketch which I could watch for days. It is however here where some of the pull back and reveal punchlines sometimes seem redundant - the sketches themselves being funny enough to not require the add on.
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘The Girl Who Was Very Good at Lying’ has managed to find a home here in Edinburgh for the month. We interview Rachael Rooney about her show.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe premise is simple, an exploration of love between a man and his best friend's alter ego, Candy the drag queen.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMelissa Stephens opens with a 'borrowed' joke about being Southern Trash which immediately sets the tone of this stand up show.
Reading Time: < 1 minutePresented at Dance Base Festival, this collaboration between Resident Island Dance Theatre and Mark's Arrabit, is a true representation of how to communicate through dance.
Featuring two wheelchair based dancers and two able-bodied dancers, the piece weaves bodies and machines together in endless harmony, with both intricate and simple choices.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom the beginning the pair are enchanting and skilfully bring the audience into their offbeat world. The audience are introduced to the overarching theme of The Fremonts failures immediately, endearing us to a story which is flawed. Funny, truthful and vulnerable are themes that run throughout.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDonuts is a contemporary dance piece choreographed by Jamaal Burkmar showing at Assembly Rooms.