REVIEW: A Naff Play About Spies
Reading Time: 2 minutes“A Naff Play About Spies” is well named. Is it a bit naff? Are the spies a bit naff? Is the dialogue a bit clunky? Yes, yes and yes. Is it still good fun? Also yes.
Category Comedy
REVIEW: My Last Two Brain Cells
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy Last Two Brain Cells is a fast paced, ridiculously silly absurdist comedy set in the head office of TPL Inc. (Temporal Lobe Incorporated).
REVIEW: I’d Like a Job Please
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I’d Like a Job Please” follows Sarah Snelson, a recent graduate, on her hunt for a job. After an uninspiring start, her recruiter ex-Navy Tracey Pavement, she gets a sales role at “Swell”, where all is not what it seems.
REVIEW: The Things I Did While Waiting For You To Fall Back In Love With Me
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis highly relatable, dark comedy will speak to anyone who has been through the weird and wonderful stages of a breakup whilst still holding onto the hope that it can’t truly be over. The one-woman show is a monologue about heartbreak and the crazy things it can make us do.
REVIEW: Alexandra Haddow: Third Party
Reading Time: 2 minutesA lot of comedians have been really hard done by this fringe, not by the low pay, high costs of accommodation and the general unreliableness of fringe success actually leading anywhere, these are expected.
In Conversation with Mark Down
Reading Time: 3 minutesMark Down has been bringing puppets to life for over 20 years. His theatre company, Blind Summit, has tackled topics such as alcoholism, existentialism and even the paranormal.
REVIEW: Chicken
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an intimate performance space in the basement of Summerhall is a one woman show like no other. We are introduced to Don Murphy, a stoic cockerel who has been raised as a strong Irish lad, expertly played by Rosa Bowden.
REVIEW: Hold On To Your Butts
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a brilliant move to marry classic cinema and physical theatre, Hold Onto Your Butts is a must see at this year’s Fringe Festival.
REVIEW: Tartan Tabletop in a Dungeons & Dragon Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest – The Return
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tartan Tabletop crew has returned to the Fringe Festival stage with a new interactive adventure: Tartan Tabletop in a Dungeons & Dragon Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest-The Return.
In Conversation With Albie Marber
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Albie Marber, the writer and director behind Barbies and Drillas coming to Edinburgh Fringe this August 2024.