Jul 14, 2018
The cream of New York gospel and R&B singers, plus leading Off Broadway performers, are coming to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new musical telling the true story of an 1850s Virginia slave who was shipped to freedom in a box. Henry Box Brown is directed by Tony...
Jul 14, 2018
Four high school pupils have been given the chance to create costumes for a major new production by one of Scotland’s most visually spectacular performance theatre companies. Oceanallover, run by Alex Rigg and Florencia García Chafuén from Moniaive, is renowned for...
Jul 14, 2018
The full list has been unveiled of over 100 Scottish and international contemporary artists taking part in this weekend’s Art Car Boot Sale in Glasgow. The line-up (see below) includes half a dozen Turner Prize nominees and 2007 winner Mark Wallinger as well as other...
Jul 3, 2018
See the trailer here. Ivor waits, his train of thought broken by his fragmented and decaying memory. His daughter Lily packs a bag, preparing him for a “home”. But Ivor’s not going quietly. As fast as Lily packs, he unpacks … Confusion and misunderstanding multiply in...
Jul 3, 2018
Veterans Premier Drama Based on the Real-Life Stories of Bravo 22 Company See trailer here. As a bomb disposal expert doing VIP protection at the Fringe Ken Bellringer never expected to appear there on stage himself. But this year he is among 15 members of Bravo 22...
Jul 3, 2018
Brazil 1979: a drowning man is washed up on a beach where he meets a mysterious woman. She cajoles, questions and flatters him into attempting to defend the indefensible. Mengele, starring Tim Marriott, is a warning from history that unveils what happens when the...
Jul 3, 2018
One of the UK’s hottest young comedy talents – impressionist Naomi McDonald is smashing down the dressing room doors and rounding up a roomful of stars for the Fringe. Stardumb reveals the secret lives and longings of famous names including Katie Price, Drew...
Jul 3, 2018
The battle is on – the villagers of Little Middleton are fighting to preserve their historic community and keep it safe from progress. A Beginner’s Guide to Populism is a darkly comic play following the fortunes of the political opportunists, zealots and spin doctors...
Jul 3, 2018
Fringe collaboration between leading Scottish playwright Davey Anderson and award-winning American theatre company Leading Scottish playwright Davey Anderson will transport audiences into an American Alt-Right fantasy world in his new work The Abode, which premieres...
Jul 3, 2018
Valerie reaches deep into the guts of families and their mythologies and also honours all the women, down the generations, who have been strong for those they love. It is a work of inter-generational cabaret theatre created by writer, composer and performer Robin...
