Month: August 2018

★★★★Gilded Balloon, Teviot | £1110 | 20:00  Have you ever been tempted to take a home dna test? Find out your biological make up? Jarred Christmas has, and what he discovered surprised him. He’s Remarkably Average. His results have lead him to question his own backstory and the way he views himself.  He takes the audience through the results of the test while bouncing ideas off them and regaling with stories from […]

★★★★Pleasance, Courtyard | £15.5014.50 | 13:30  I used to say that physical theatre wasn’t really my thing. However, over the last few years several Fringe performers have won me over. I can definitely include German company Familie Flöz on that list.  As you walk into ‘Infantia’ the show has already begun as a silhouette scene is playing out in the background of the set. These silhouettes as it turns out act as […]

★★★★★Pleasance Courtyard| £109 | 21:45 Have you ever written on a banana with a ballpoint pen? If not then you’re in for a treat if you visit Chris Turner at The Pleasance Courtyard. Chris greats the audience as they come in, a nice touch that set everyone at ease as they come in (plus it gives us time to write something witty on a banana) His set ranges from his views on […]

‘Di & Viv & Rose’ looks at the bond between three women (surprisingly named Di & Viv & Rose). Louisa Harland, Allegra Marland, Domenica Marland and Georgie Oulton sat with us to chat about their Fringe debut as a new theatre company and their future plans.Di & Viv & Rose is on at C venues, C cubed until the 14th of August, for details and tickets visit edringe.com 

Story Pocket Theatre have become Fringe Festival regulars with new kids show’s every year. This festival they have brought their new adaptation of David Baddiel's magical and wonderfully comic story ‘Animalcolm‘ to the Gilded Balloon. We sat with Shannon and Lucy from the cast to chat about the show.Animalcolm runs until the 19th of August at Gilded Balloon, for details and tickets visit edfringe.com 

Storyteller Danyah Miller has been coming to the Fringe since the 1980s. She sat with us to chat about her new kids show ‘Kika’s Birthday’, its origins and the changes to the festival since she’s started performing.Kika’s Birthday is on at The Pleasance Courtyard until the 13th of August. For tickets & more information visit edfringe.com