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Hanna Shammas Takes It To Heart
A hole in the heart proves a dextrous metaphor for comedian’s identity
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Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour
Australian clown delivers a comedic miracle
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Horrorshow
Energetic gig theatre let down by cliched elements and a compromised sound mix
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I Am A Snail
Whimsical, high-concept clowning with an ephasis on crowd work feels like a show still being fleshed out
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Depths of Wikipedia
Authoritative , fresh, and funny journey through the workings of Wikipedia
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Annie Wobbler (Revisited)
Acting tour de force anchors this resurrection of Arnold Wesker’s work
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Kate Dehnert: Echo
Comedy wrought kicking and screaming from the scorched earth of a relationship
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This Play Shouldn’t Exist (and I was Supposed to Be on Holiday)
Great absurdist theatre that works the brain cells long after curtain down
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Mohan: A Partition Story
Powerful story of how colonial decisions affect ordinary people, told through the eyes of a survivor
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After Careful Consideration
Endearing comedy-drama takes a wry look at the jobs market
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Emmeline Downie: Gail
Fine addition to the ranks of an overly-familiar character type
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1918: The Final Salomé
Wilde’s shadow falls beautifully across this thought-provoking study
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atticwife
Social media satire asks serious questions about constructed lives
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Gothic dance-theatre that gets beautifully under the skin
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Northern Lights Presents…Horrible Harmonies (History as You’ve Never Heard It Before!)
A cappella as you’ve never seen or heard it before
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The Dream Machine
A talented guest star just about salvages some sub-optimal improv
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Pascol – Vocal Performance
Acapella vocal group perform an interestin variant on the improv format
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Citizen Chen
Interesting and gently humorous journey from China to Canada that benefits from its storyteller
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M.I.S. All Night Long
Bold and inventive dance sketches that perhaps overstay their welcome but certainly make an impression
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Good With Faces
Sad and touching social work play sits uneasily between psychological drama and social realism
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The Tale of the Original Jekyll and Hyde (Told by a Mad Hatter from Stockport)
Unlikely inside scoop on iconic Edinburgh villain
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flights for future generations
Patient, poignant physical theatre, that in its best moments soars
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An Evening With Gerald Lloyd-Davies
Knowing theatrical parody has an unexpectedly thoughtful second act
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John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
Meandering but mesmerising hour from one of the finest comedians of recent years
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Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It’s Been Destroyed
As fast and furious as any comedy show featuring poetry has any right to be
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Ele McKenzie: Bringing It All Back Home
Gloriously grotesque soul-baring from an unconventional star in the making
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Salty Brine: HOW STRANGE IT IS (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show)
Passionate and engaging one-man show weaves together unlikely unsources
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Aliens
Wide-ranging documentary theatre draws clear parallels between a century of family history
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The Wreck
Uncanny, twee, remote innocence, like a rediscovered children’s animation from the 1970s.
Features
Noah Seltzer
‘Sometimes the funniest moments emerge from something I didn’t even know was funny’. Noah Seltzer tells us about his clown show, ‘Here Comes Almost’
Ashlee Bentley
‘It still feels like I could wake up at any moment and be back at home in Ireland’. Ashlee Bentley tells us about her show, ‘Wallflower’
Stuart Goldsmith
‘We need action, right? Not pandemic-scale action, we need World War Two-scale action!’ Stuart Goldsmith talks about new Fringe show, ‘Canary’
Edith Alibec
‘‘I love the madness!’ Edith Alibec tells us about her Fringe show, ‘The Void’
Marty Gleeson
‘It feels very alive. It feels like those cordyceps mushrooms that invade the brain of an ant’. Marty Gleeson tell sus about her debut Fringe show, ‘Dog Ear’
Milo Edwards
‘Sexting killed the art of the sexy letter.’ Milo Edwards tell us about his new Fringe show, ‘Catamaran’
Davina Bentley
‘I didn’t think I’d be wearing a ruff at points, dressed like Henry VIII!’ Davina Bentley tells us about her debut Fringe show, ‘Dancing While Old’
David Hoare
‘He went on this tirade about how dancing should always be sexual.’ Musical comedian David Hoare tells us about new Fringe show, ‘How To Live To 100’
Alex Kitson
‘It’s like fitness. How much would you pay for a boot camp?’ Alex Kitson talks about our collective dwindling attention span in new show, ‘Now Look Here’
Sarah Roberts
‘My biggest fear is being alone. But my second biggest fear is being around people.’ Sarah Roberts tells us about her new Fringe show, ‘Scary Movie 7’
Candace Bryan
‘If late-stage capitalism was a person, I’m not concerned with hurting their feelings.’ Candance Bryan talks to us about her new show, ‘Don’t Be Ridiculous Everyone Wants This’
Stephen Gordon
‘The whole premise is chaos.’ Stephen Gordon talks about his mixed bill show, ‘Notes: The Comedy B-SIdes’
Jonno
‘It’s my favourite thing to do and I hope you can tell.’ Jonno tells us about his debut solo show, ‘Here Comes Mr. Funny’
Maxx Eddy
‘I have plenty of follies to choose from!’ Maxx Eddy tells us about his debut hour, ‘Bi Meets World’
Dom McGovern
‘I often feel like a little bit of an interloper in the comedy industry,’ We chat to Dom McGovern about his debut Fringe show, ‘Prize Hog’
Harriet Richardson
‘It felt like the universe going, “Here’s your prize!”‘ Performance artist Harriet Richardson tells us about her debut Fringe show, ‘Creep’
Sasha Nezlobin
‘I love how my English comedy makes my Russian comedy better, and vice versa’. Sasha Nezlobin tells us about his debut Fringe show, ‘I’m Fine’
Freddie Meredith
‘I’m fascinated by the distance between who people think they are and how they’re actually coming across’. Freddie Meredith talks about his debut Fringe hour, ‘Need a Light?’
Maia Tassalini
‘I love taking something that feels enormous and cultural and filtering it through one very specific perspective’. Maia Tassalini tells us about her debut Fringe hour, ‘I Was 22 and Stunning’
Crybabies
‘We try to make it feel like you’re watching a film.’ Crybabies tell us about their third Fringe show, ‘The Scaring’
From WIPs in Glasgow to Full-On at the Fringe!
Rebecca Bain chats to some of the acts bringing some of their Glasgow shows to the Fringe
Abby Govindan
‘I’m really excited to get to age 36 and just be so unmistakably good at what I do!’ Abby Govindan tells us about her debut Fringe show, ‘Pushing 30’
Christian Dart
‘The show includes the chaos.’ Character comedian Christian Dart tells us about his returning film noir-inspired show, ‘GUMSHOE!’
Emmeline Downie
‘I think the term Karen is pretty misogynistic, classist, and ageist so I am trying to interrogate it.’ We chat to character comedian Emmeline Downie about her Fringe show, ‘Gail’