Up & Over It – Back on our Feet @ Assembly George Square
By . Published 17 August 2012
Riverdance alumni 'Up and Over It' take a sledgehammer to Irish dancing stereotypes
Comedy > Fringe 2012
Who's Your Daddy @ Assembly Hall
By . Published 17 August 2012Johnny O'Callaghan's comic, one-man play, tells the true story of a trip to Uganda that became a quest to adopt a local orphan...
The Canterville Ghost @ Greenside
By . Published 17 August 2012And really Sir Simon, you have been very wicked!
A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Assembly George Square
By . Published 17 August 2012Starting in a school detention, the idea was promising and the teacher, who later becomes Puck, gave the best performance of the whole play. The transition from school children reading...
Candide @ Church Hill Theatre
By . Published 17 August 2012“From what is worse what can come but what is better.”
Fruitful Ties and Bone Dust – Steinvor Palsson/Mathew Hawkins and Lucy Suggate The Bodyfarm @ Dance Base
By . Published 17 August 2012An inspired double-bill
Dr Quimpugh's Compendium of Peculiar Afflictions @ Summerhall
By . Published 16 August 2012A fantastic and curious meditation into a deranged and interesting mind.
Mies Julie @ Assembly Hall
By . Published 16 August 2012As tensions rise, it quickly ceases to be about seduction and becomes an interesting and intense power play between the white land owner’s daughter and the black worker....
Pinocchio: Adventures in the Metropolis @ TheSpace, Venue 45
By . Published 16 August 2012A bold attempt at a popular tale
Andrew O'Neill And Marc Burrows Do Music And Comedy And Hideous Murders
By . Published 16 August 2012Steampunk is not dead. The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing are a Victorian themed punk band half-comprised of comedians Andrew O'Neill and Marc Burrows. They promise an...
John Scott: Totally Fed Up
By . Published 16 August 2012We all have things that grind our gears. Whether it be the miniscule day to day irks of modern living or a much broader hatred for world politics, social media...
DeAnne Smith: Livin' The Sweet Life
By . Published 16 August 2012Montreal-based comedienne DeAnne Smith returns to the Fringe with an upbeat show about how sweet life can be, for the most part. With a bowl of sweets and a bottle...
Markus Birdman: Love, Life & Death
By . Published 16 August 2012Edinburgh can be a lonely place throughout August. The city changes from the adorable, inviting pleasantville it can be for the other 11 months of the year to become an...
Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others
By . Published 16 August 2012For the first ten minutes of his act, it could easily be presumed that there has been some sort of mistake during the process of naming this show. Nick Beaton...
Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks and Hopscotch
By . Published 16 August 2012Shappi is in the mood for sharing. Perhaps too much, she worries aloud once or twice. It’s a rewarding kind of honesty though, which colours parts of her show with...
Suzi Ruffell: Let’s Get Ready To Ruffell
By . Published 16 August 2012Contrived title aside, Suzi Ruffell’s debut hour is an amiable enough introduction to the festival. If you think that introduction seems rather non-committal then that’s because it is. Y’see in...
David Burke: 3 Days Off Jesus
By . Published 16 August 2012David Burke has a kettle by the side of the stage and, before kicking off, he makes himself a nice cup of tea. This detail tells you everything you need...
This Land @ Zoo
By . Published 16 August 2012Bound for Glory
Russian Season @ Assembly Roxy: Hangman and Settimana
By . Published 16 August 2012Get Russian!
Bereavement The Musical @ C Venues
By . Published 16 August 2012A sketch-show musical the likes of off-Broadway classic I love you, You’re perfect, Now change, Bereavement – The Musical is an original work by Mairin O’Hagan and composer/accompanist Jeff Carpenter...
