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The long life of the Edinburgh Fringe is packed with the creative and the unexpected, not just in performances but in performance spaces.It is, I believe, of the very essence of a...

A dark comedy show about luck, sadness, and delusion, all set in the familiar space of your parents’ basement. The venue itself (which is basically just a curtain) some people might think...

Here’s an unlikely thought. Could it be that, at the age of 55, Tom Stade might be calming down a bit? Not mellowing exactly. That would be too much to expect from...

In Erotic Vagrancy, his entertainingly excessive memoir of the excessive lives of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor the author Roger Lewis paints a portrait of the couple in shades of vulgarity, violence,...

I BLOODY love Gearóid Farrelly. I first saw him at the Fringe two years ago playing in a glorified cargo container and I was helped out, sore of side and red of...

I leave the theatre feeling deeply conflicted. Josh Pickar’s show lingers long after the lights come up, not because it provides easy answers, but because it refuses to. Pickar takes you on a journey through his professional career as a US...

The venue is perfect for a circus show. Located at the Lafayette at Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows is a huge blue tent with high ceilings made for acrobatic tricks (which...

When Madame Chandelier’s daughter gets sucked into her video game and is kidnapped by the evil Queen of the Night, there’s only one thing to do – gather opera’s fiercest characters for...

Ray O’Leary walks onto the stage with an undersized suit, presenting himself as a shy, awkward figure who seems almost reluctant to command the room. He walks off the stage with the audience...