REVIEW: Harriet Richardson: Creep @ Pleasance
Reading Time: 2 minutesHarriet Richardson arrives at this year’s Fringe as a performance artist turned comedian, bringing her comedic debut Creep to sold-out audiences.
Category ★★★★★
REVIEW: The Distance @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Distance is an athletically impressive, beautifully written and ultimately hopeful piece of theatre, drawing on Ben Norris’s own journey as a former GB long-distance runner.
REVIEW: Playback @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlayback takes us inside the digital world of a young Euan Munro, using real footage from his childhood to create a funny, nostalgic and ultimately devastating journey through growing up, finding an audience online and discovering that not everyone watching has good intentions.
REVIEW: Olaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until They Let Me Go @ Laughing Horse
Reading Time: 2 minutesOlaf Falafel is perhaps best known for regular appearances on ‘Best Jokes of the Fringe’ lists, fusing intelligent construction with a delightful surrealism.
REVIEW: Rosie Jones – I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying @ Pleasance
Reading Time: 2 minutesRosie Jones has her audience under her spell the instant she enters the room. A glint in her eye and glee on her face, we anticipate she is about to exercise her trademark mischief, and we are not disappointed.
REVIEW: Sauna Theatre: Aufguss Masters
Reading Time: 3 minutesAufguss is a guided sauna ceremony developed in Central Europe. It literally translates to “infusion” or “a pouring over” in German and features an Aufgussmeister, or sauna master, using essential oil-infused balls of ice, repeatedly pouring water on the heated stones of the sauna stove, and then circulating the scented steam with choreographed towel movements.
REVIEW: Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70 @ Pleasance
Reading Time: 2 minutesJoseph Morpurgo returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his first solo show in a decade, having previewed his return last year with a revival of his hit show Soothing Sounds for Baby at Soho Theatre.
REVIEW: Hole @ Underbelly
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe newest musical comedy on the block is a jaw-dropping co-creation by American duo Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, two outrageously talented artists who form the company American Sing Song (A.S.S.).
REVIEW: Common Tongue @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Reading Time: 2 minutesCommon Tongue follows the life of Bonnie as she fights class, prejudice and a language barrier that is not often explored.
REVIEW: JUPITER @ Assembly Roxy
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is much easier to understand how cults form after seeing Rob Auton. His latest show, JUPITER, sees him as an estate agent on the planet Jupiter.