Reading Time: 2 minutesJust Fall Over is a captivating tragicomedy. A dysfunctional family gathers to turn off the life support for Sarah, daughter, sister, niece, and best friend, after 10 years in a coma. Brought to life by a gifted cast, Just Fall Over is one to watch at this year’s Camden Fringe.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we hear murder mystery, a very specific image springs to mind. Between The Mousetrap, Poirot, Knives Out, The Play That Goes Wrong, and even Cluedo, the genre has carved out a well-loved and recognisable formula– one that artists continue to lean into simply because it works.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?” is a blistering two-hander based on the relationship between Lily (played by Briony Martha) and Gareth (played by Zak Reay-Barry).
Reading Time: 2 minutesKate Owens’ show “Cooking with Kathryn” is a show about Kathryn, a woman from the American South who has inherited a TV cooking show, hosted in the basement of her local church, after the recent death of her mother.
Reading Time: 3 minutesShortly after leaving The Beautiful Future Is Coming at The Traverse Theatre yesterday, my credit card was declined on the 27 Lothian bus. I tapped my phone again and again, but to no avail.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY SARAH TRAVIS AND RICHARD STIRLING.
FROM THE NOVEL BY SIR COMPTON MACKENZIE.
DIRECTED BY PAUL FOSTER.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead!
So get ready for Horrible Histories live on stage with the best of Barmy Britain!
Can you beat battling Boudica? Will King John be a martyr for the Magna Carta? What if you caught the putrid plague? Can Parliament survive gunpowder Guy? Would you stand and deliver to dastardly Dick Turpin? Escape the clutches of Burke and Hare and take a terrible trip with the Night Soil Men!
It’s the history of Britain with the nasty bits left in – to entertain the whole family this Summer!
Reading Time: 2 minutesDerry Freshers’ Week, closeted Bud is in for a rollercoaster of tequila, tiaras and transitioning. Lucky they have Rose keeping them on the not-so-straight and narrow. This hilarious double-act was described as the 'Queer Philadelphia, Here I Come' at Dublin Fringe. Witness this heartfelt and heartbreaking coming-of-age story about transitioning from Belfast's superstar Rose Coogan. Join Rose and Bud as they discover what it means to be yourself, or maybe yourselves.
Reading Time: 2 minutesbeautifully crafted comedy Helen Bauer is at this year’s Fringe after just having gallbladder surgery. That alone deserves a reward, but oh boy, she’s got a great show on her hands. Over the course of a well-constructed…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chaotic The Sh!tfaced team is back once more on the Fringe stage with an abbreviated adaptation of the Bard’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream focusing on the lovers. In this crowd pleasing production, five trained actors take to the stage…