So here it is, the last full day at the fringe. Thursday was the day when not much was planned in do the Diary to ensure some last minute performances were squeezed in. First up was a bit of a gut instinct call. Following our terrible ordeal watching improvisation on Monday it was decided to... Continue Reading →
Review: Kids Play at theSpace @ Niddry St , Edinburgh
Writer and Director: Glenn Chandler You go into Kids Play not too sure what to expect. The plot snippet is deliberately open and not too informative. Starting the play you would understandably think it was about something that is truly different to how it ends. The play promises twists and twists you do get. Some are... Continue Reading →
Day Five : The Day Panda Came For Tea
Not only was this my first time at the Edinburgh Fringe but it was also my first time in Edinburgh and Scotland. Therefore I took the advice to take one day away from the fringe to relax and to try out some other Scottish attractions. I decided to make Wednesday a day about going to... Continue Reading →
Day Four: The Shows Just Keep Getting Better
We're over half way through the week today so instead of show viewing this morning we walked about and took some pictures. It wasn't long until the first play if the Day, How to Build a Rocket. This is a bit if of a swan song to the teenage mum's out there that battle for... Continue Reading →
Review: Build a Rocket at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
Writer: Christopher York Director: Paul Robinson The Stephen Joseph theatre has bought a brand new play by a new playwright to the Edinburgh Fringe. Like what the theatre produces locally, it remains a story for the community it serves. Serena Manteghi plays Yasmin, a young teenager who becomes pregnant, unplanned after sleeping with a man... Continue Reading →
Day Three : There’s always a light at the end of a bad show
A sum up of day three at the fringe. Another lesson learnt and some more great shows to read about
Day Two: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring, But All This Theatre Is Certainly Not Boring
It didn't take long for the Edinburgh weather to return by force. It was expected to clear in the early morning but that certainly wasn't the case. There were shows booked in the morning and so a visit to Camera Obscurer was in order. There were plenty of chances to look at different things, a... Continue Reading →
Review: Bottom at Summerhall, Edinburgh
Director & Writer : Willy Hudson Should a role define you? Willy Hudson's new one-man show ties together a mixture of experience and life lessons to create an uplifting hour of compelling queer theatre. Willy is a die-hard Beyonce fan. You can tell by the t-shirt he parades about in not to mention the smart... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Fringe : All the fun of my first day
check out my first day of the fringe.
The Road To Edinburgh: My First Edinburgh Fringe
It seemed so long ago in late 2017 when I first thought of making 2018 the first year I make it to the Fringe. Looking at accommodation prices around then scared me off a bit. £1000 for a week? I could fly abroad for that!
