Sharon Byrne talks about GUTTED at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Sharon Byrne Name of Edinburgh show: Gutted Venue: The Space, Triplilex Big. Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: £9 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m a playwright from Dublin living in the UK. My first play ‘Charlies Wake’ was at the Finborough theatre in 2001. I’ve […]
Right Wing Comedian Leo Kearse comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Leo Kearse Name of Edinburgh show: Right Wing Comedian Venue: Espionage – Pravda room Performance time: 7:30pm Show length: 60min Ticket price: Pay what you want Tell me about your show, what it is all about? My show is right-wing stand-up comedy. I’m a big fan of diversity and tolerance. I provide diversity of […]
Steve (Mr. Thing) talks about bringing his late night party chat show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m a puppet and my name is Steve. I am covered in purple fluff and what one by definition would call a monster. I believe I am the only one of my kind, but then to be fair I have never really […]
Jorja Freeman brings BURN THE FLOOR to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Jorja Freeman Name of Edinburgh show: Burn The Floor Venue: McEwan Hall Performance time: 3pm Show length: 60 mins Ticket price: From £13.80 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m a dancer from Melbourne, Australia and have been touring and dancing with Burn The Floor since I […]
Lloyd Langford talks about his misadventures in THE BIG FACE at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? My name is Lloyd Langford. I’m a comedian and comedy writer from Wales. I’ve been a professional comic since 2006 and I’ve been going to the Edinburgh Fringe pretty much every year since 2002. Tell me about your show, what it is […]
UniverSoul Circus talk about bringing Hip-Hop Under the Big Top to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Lucky Malatsi Name of Edinburgh show: UniverSoul Circus Presents: Hip-Hop Under the Big Top Venue: Underbelly Performance time: 5PM – August 4-25th Show length: 60 mins Ticket price: 22.30 pounds Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Well, I’m Lucky Malasti and I’m from Pretoria, South Africa and […]
Two Stones One Bird explore the true power of human connection at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Two Stones One Bird Name of Edinburgh show: Face 2 Face Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons Hall Theatre 3 Performance time: 15:05 Show length: 50mins Ticket price: £10 / £8 concessions Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? After both attempting to take the drama school route we thought, […]
Hung Yung Terrarist brings a nervous breakdown to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I am afraid I cannot. Tell me about your show, what it is all about? My show isn’t meant to make sense, so I don’t advise my audience to try to ‘put a bow’ on it. But they can expect the unexpected, […]
REVIEW: SPAMILTON: AN AMERICAN PARODY (Menier Chocolate Factory) ★★★
For 30 years, Gerard Alessandrini has ripped into Broadway and the West End with his satirical and hilarious Forbidden Broadway musical revues. Having received critical acclaim for his previous runs at the Menier, Alessandri returns to the factory for his new spoof on the little-known fringe favourite Hamilton – now wittingly titled here as Spamilton. […]
Karen Cogan talks about bringing her dark comedy DRIP FEED to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I am a writer performer in theatre and tv. I started making work a few years ago with two other actors I trained with at RADA. My first solo play The Half of It ran in Dublin last year. It was an […]