Back To The Future parody makes World Premiere in Edinburgh
Biff To The Future – Making Time Travel Great Again! A Parody by Joseph Maudsley Directed by Daniel Clarkson Assembly George Square Gardens 31 July – 24 Aug 2025 | 1.30pm ‘Back To The Future’ parody set to make World Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking 40 years since the first film of this […]
Crybabies bring horror-comedy spectacular The Scaring to Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees Crybabies (James Gault, Michael Clarke, Ed Jones) and the Olivier Award-winning producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer join forces to present The Scaring – a narrative horror-comedy sketch show about fear, faith, fathers (the normal kind), fathers (the church kind), fantoms (Phantoms), and finally moving on. When former priest Arthur Holland checks into a […]
Danielle Steers & Tobias Turley star in HOT MESS at Edinburgh Fringe
High-energy original romcom musical Hot Mess has announced its full cast and company coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025. Hot Mess will play at Pleasance Courtyard 30 July – 25 August 2025 (not 6, 11 or 18) 15:10 (1hr 5mins) London West End stars Danielle Steers (West End Wilma Award Winner 2018) and Tobias […]
REVIEW: #HONESTAMY (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★
Amy Booth-Steel is a theatre actor – you might even recognise her from the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber TV contest to find his next Nancy – however her burgeoning career in the arts was abruptly put on hold five years ago when she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and told she might not live […]
REVIEW: THE SHARK IS BROKEN (Assembly George Square) ★★★★
The Shark is Broken is an insight into the backstage relationships of the three main actors in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws and is based on the diaries of Robert Shaw; in fact, his son is one of the stars and co-writers of this play. The Shark is Broken is set behind the scenes of the filming during the frequent […]
REVIEW: MYRA DUBOIS: DEAD FUNNY (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★
Myra Dubois is dead! However, through the magic of theatre, she is at the Underbelly hosting her eulogy every day. Yorkshire’s queen of mean is back with her latest show featuring the classic Myra put-downs that we all love her for, as well as some original songs and a brief insight into her pre-showbiz life, […]
REVIEW: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★★
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a revue of the songs by Alexander Bermange – a well-known musical theatre composer, who has appeared numerous times on Radio 4 and is also the resident musical director of the West End Wilma Awards. I Wish My Were Was Like A Musical brings together 4 West […]
REVIEW: AGATHA IS MISSING! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Agatha Christie has gone missing, presumed dead, and everyone in the audience is a suspect. It falls to super sleuth Miss Clarissa Marbles to lead the investigation to get to the bottom of this interactive murder mystery. The context having been set, Miss Marbles sets about interrogating members of the audience; each of whom are […]
REVIEW: HOLLY MORGAN: IS A WITCH. GET HER! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Witches be trippin’. Witches be cray. Witches be just nice old ladies who live independently in a woodland retreat. All too often, I find I get mislead in to seeing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival because the poster or show title leads me to believe it is about something that it turns out to […]
REVIEW: WATCHING GLORY DIE (Assembly Rooms) ★★★
Watching Glory Die is a short play based on the tragic true story of a young Canadian woman who was imprisoned for throwing apples at the postman, shockingly let down and abused by the penal system which brings about a rapid deterioration of her mental health and ultimately leads to her suicide, whilst in solitary […]