INTERVIEW: OF MICE AND MEN comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Venue: The Gilded Balloon Performance time: 1.30pm. 31st July to August 26th Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: £7-12.50 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I was classically trained in London in the late 1970’s and have […]
INTERVIEW: Christina Bianco talks about bringing her FIRST IMPRESSIONS to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Christina Bianco: First Impressions Venue: Assembly Checkpoint Performance time: 6:20pm Show length: 60 min Ticket price: £6 – £14 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m a 100 percent Italian American New Yorker – so I’ve always been loud! As a kid, I never […]
INTERVIEW: Manual Cinema bring FRANKENSTEIN to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square (McEwan Hall) Performance time: 14:45 Show length: 75 minutes Ticket price: Previews: £7, Weekday: £13.50 (£12.50), Weekend: £15.50 (£14.50) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I am one of the Artistic Directors of Manual Cinema. With the […]
INTERVIEW: THE BURNING comes to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to investigate Witches!
Name of Edinburgh show: The Burning Venue: Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs) Performance time: 15:15 Show length: 60 minutes Ticket price: Previews: £7, Early Week: £11 (£10), Midweek: £12 (£11), Weekend: £13 (£12) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? My name is Kimberley Hallam, I’m from a tiny village on […]
INTERVIEW: FOUR WOKE BAES heads to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Four Woke Baes Venue: Underbelly Cowgate (Belly Button) Performance time: 17:05 Show length: 75 minutes Ticket price: Previews: £7, Weekdays: £11.50 (£10.50), Weekend: £12.50 (£11.50) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m a playwright, and I write about people in crisis with themselves, society, […]
INTERVIEW: BROMANCE is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: BROMANCE Venue: MUSIC HALL ASSEMBLY ROOMS Performance time: 15:00HRS Show length: 60MINS Ticket price: £14 (concessions and deals) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I took up tai kwando when I was really young and discovered that I really preferred the demonstration shows to […]
INTERVIEW: West End Producer talks about bringing FREE WILLY to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Free Willy Venue: Assembly Studios 2 and Assembly Checkpoint Performance time: 2pm (studios 2) and 4.40pm (checkpoint) Show length: 1 hour. On the dot. Nothing more. Nothing less. Just as theatre should be. Ticket price: Varies on how good looking you are. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself […]
Musical comedy about dealing with dementia PARADISE LODGE heads to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name of Edinburgh show: Paradise Lodge Venue: Underbelly Bristo Square (Dairy Room), Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG Performance time: 13:15 Show length: 60 minutes Ticket price: Previews: £7, Weekday: £10 (£9), Weekend: £11 (£10) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’ve been a jobbing actor for 35 years. […]
REVIEW: Queens of Sheba (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★★
Following huge success at Edinburgh Fringe, Queens of Sheba returns to London at the New Diorama Theatre for the start of September. It is an entertaining, powerful and ambitious exploration of black women’s experiences of racism and sexism. Threading through the centre of the performance is the story of four women going on a night […]
REVIEW: Sister Mary’s Playtime @ Teatime (Frankenstein Pub) ★★★
Some shows only make sense at the Edinburgh Fringe; think ‘Cat photos set to music’, ‘Shitfaced Shakespeare’ and ‘Chasing scenes’. Sister Mary’s Playtime @ Teatime is one of these shows. It is a fringeful mash-up of a hairy nun in a medieval tavern leading the audience in everything from Mary Poppins to rap between comedic […]