Shows
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FestivalsThe Capone Trilogy @ C nova
Last year, Jethro Compton brought The Bunker Trilogy to the Fringe. Loki (***), Lucifer (***) and Vindici (****) are the three plays that for... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsShakespeare, His Wife and the Dog @ Summerhall
Although arguably the singular most identifiable icon of English culture, very little is actually know about the life of William Shakespeare. There is, of co... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Little Jokes @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Directed by Eilise McNicholas, Belfast-based theatre company Chatterbox bring Seamus Collins’ Little Jokes to the Fringe. The production follows a... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsThe Pitiless Storm @ The Assembly Rooms
Edinburgh Festivals 2014 has a recurring theme in the theatre this year, and no doubt it appears among comedy and spoken word as well: Scottish Independence.... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Play With Myself: The Trials and Tribulations of Drama Practitioner Gregory Bike @ Dragonfly
Pretentious drama practitioner, Gregory ‘Brecht’ Bike, delivers a lecture on his life alongside his equally, nauseatingly ostentatious son, Trev ... Read more »| 13 Aug 2014 -
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Travesti: Gender Studies
An all-male cast tells women's stories in Travesti's exploration of gender equality Read more »| 12 Aug 2014
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The Hive: Underground Dystopia
Following the trend of work about technology and alienation, The Hive unveils what happens when a drone in a tiny cell begins to think for himself Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: "It's About the World We Live In"
A theatrical adaptation of Hunter S. Thomson's semi-autobiographical Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes to the Pleasance. Eric Karoulla finds out more Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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The Trial of Jane Fonda @ The Assembly Rooms
The Music Hall at the Assembly Rooms darkens: the play is about to begin. Rather than the typical spotlight, the unique touch of a projection is used to brin... Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Near Gone @ Summerhall
Nine parallel pairs of white carnations frame the stage; we are warned that ‘this is a difficult story to tell.’ Duo Katherina Radeva and Aliste... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
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Eggs of Blessings @ Dance Base
Jade and Artists Dance Troupe and Performance Infinity present Eggs of Blessings, a sweet, yet also dark representation of Taiwanese culture from the 1940s. ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsChef @ Underbelly, Cowgate
Brought to the Fringe by POP, Chef unravels the tale of a woman who goes from being a head chef in a fancy restaurant to an inmate running a prison kitc... Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
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Bloom @ Underbelly
Young Scottish-based company Vocal Point present Bloom, an intense, storytelling piece about poverty and homelessness. Performed by Abraham Parker and Robert... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Polska and Athletes @ Dance Base
With the Commonwealth Games generating a buzz around sports in Glasgow, it doesn’t seem out of place for the Fringe to include dance or physical theatr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014 -
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Mush and Me @ Underbelly
Nancy Collective enrich this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a religioromantic comedy, adding a liberal sprinkling of friendly faith bashing. Mush and Me ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2014