Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?
Star of The Fast Show and Two Doors Down presents her first ever stand-up show
Kirsty McGrory is a writer based in Edinburgh. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in English Literature in 2008. Her niche obsessions include, but are not limited to: 1970s cinema; 17th century Scottish witch trials; The Fall (band, season, damned Lapsarian state); true crime podcasts; Victoria Woodhull; former Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakus; gratuitous listing; The Oxford comma, and inappropriately emotive trip advisor reviews.
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Desiree Burch: Desiree's Coming Early!
Novel and well crafted show from charismatic and compelling performer
Richard Herring: RHLSTP
'The Podfather' Herring brings warmth and laughter to the Fringe with award-winning podcast
Josie Long: Tender
Long's show thoughtfully interweaves tales of motherhood with current affairs
West Side Story
A powerful performance that drives home the unique genius of Bernstein's score
Crocodile Fever
Meghan Tyler’s audacious dark comedy is brilliant, but not for the faint of heart
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Berniere's celebrated novel is ambitious and rewarding
The Duchess [of Malfi]
Zinnie Harris' innovative re-imagining of Webster's tragedy is a powerful deconstruction of toxic masculinity.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Amateur group's production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winner is ambitious, but impressive
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Documentary about Frank Sidebottom creator Chris Sievey is really fantastic. You know it is. It really is.