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“Set on an oil platform, this finale reveals the catastrophic results of unchecked resource exploitation. It challenges corporate responsibility and asks: can we balance growth with care for the planet? Through six unique works the project explores the dual role of transport as a driver of globalization and a source of environmental damage.” Listen to […]
“A wheeled object of mystery and intrigue, discover the secrets of the Carriage of Wonders. A preserved relic from times past is given new life in this intimate street performance for 4 people at a time – what will you discover behind the bathchair’s shrouded window? Join the Wonder Conductor and his travelling troupe, to […]
Izaskun Fernández and Julián Sáenz López do everything in the company El Patio Teatro: Concept, creation, direction, dramaturgy and performance. They speak with Jo Tomalin about their show Entrañas, currently playing at the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (FMTM) at Charleville-Mézières, France, September, 2025. “What happens to our bodies after we die? What are we […]
“Laissez-vous emporter par l’universe poétique des fonds sous-marin peuplés de créatures singulièrement attirantes et hypnotiques. Une bulle hors du temps, une invitation à plonger sans crainte dans les profondeurs océaniques et découvrir le ballet aquatique de nos amusantes et énigmatiques méduses.” Let yourself be carried away by the poetic universe of the underwater world populated […]
Serafima, Artistic Director of Tricktrek theater from Estonia speaks to Jo Tomalin about her show Kuthi at the Off dans les rues at the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes (FMTM) at Charleville-Mézières, France, 19 to 28 September, 2025. “Tricktrek theater is a unique family project. The Tricktrek is Serafima, Alexander and Luka. The peculiarity […]
Flora Novak is a Hungarian actress and puppeteer based in Budapest. She premiered at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with the object-puppetry show Providence, created and interpreted by her. The show was staged from 30th July to 10th August at C Venues, C Alto. We meet with Flora once again in her hometown of Budapest, one […]
The Last Bantam is a solo play written and performed by Michael Hughes. It recounts the story of Patrick Michael Wolfe, an Irish teacher who serves with the Bantam battalions during World War I. Bantams were a group of men between five feet and five feet three inches in height, recruited from Britain, Ireland, and […]
Fringe Reviewer Erin Williamson came out of Falling: A Disabled Love Story very excited and with lots to say about it. Thankfully Aaron Pang, the writer and performer, agreed to chat to her. Here they are over zoom on the last Saturday morning of the Edinburgh Fringe – listen as they talk story structures, the […]
The legendary FringeReview Oustanding Award was presented today to Refuse from Just Bcoz Productions. The award was presented by FringeReview editor Paul Levy at the show’s curtain call in Studio 5 at Assembly George Square. Paul’s review can be read here where the show achieved the GROUNDBREAKING WORK rating. Paul Levy said this about the […]
Kate Saffin caught up with Mychelle Colleary on the eve of her departure for Edinburgh 2025. They talked last year about Mychelle’s first experience of developing a solo auto biographical show Ambitious Underachiever and bringing it, newly hatched, to Edinburgh in 2024. You can listen to that interview here She describes the show as ‘Part memoir. […]
In this two-part podcast conversation, FringeReview editor Paul Levy asks two questions: What are the challenges and approchaes to bringing shows themed on mental health to the Fringe? This is the producer and “maker” perspective. The second question focuses more on the show content and the process of that work being properly and professionally reviewed […]
From a Crichton Street bench next to Appleton Tower, Kate Barry speaks to Erin Williamson about her show Kate, Allie and the ’86 Mets (running at Gilded Balloon @ Appleton Tower until the 24th of August). The show received a Hidden Gem rating from Fringe Review. Here we chat about Kate’s story and how she […]
Casey Jay Andrews is an award-winning writer and performer – with an impressive design portfolio. Casey talks about creating and performing shows at Edinburgh Fringe including her latest show The Quiet Earth Beneath, with Jo Tomalin.
Sam Critchlow and Beckett Gray are performers and devisers from The Palimpsest Project, a company producing, devising and performing Imprints at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2025. They talk with Jo Tomalin about creating the company with other creatives and their latest show, Imprints, about memory in young people.Listen to our 7 minute conversation here: More […]
Theatre artist Nicole Palomba talks about her One-Woman Work ‘Bodies of Water’, Ritual Theatre Exploring Grief, Miscarriage, Womanhood, and the Sacred Power of Water with fellow boatwoman, Kate Saffin. She goes on to discuss the definition, nature, and interpretation, of Ritual Theatre. See below for a brief bibliography for anyone interested to pursue the subject […]
Producer Yixuan Yang and Writer Roland-Reynolds chatted to Paul Levy about their two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. “Abhorrent Little Scrotum” is a show by Fragen Network at Edinburgh Fringe 2025. It is part of a double bill with “Hunger.” The play involves a protagonist dealing with psychological themes and incorporates physical theatre. The show […]
Steve Vertigo is a comedian and storyteller from Manchester, now based in London. He used to be a rave DJ and taught computer games design before starting comedy. He performs stand-up and solo shows at festivals and fringe events. His new show “Murmuration” at Edinburgh Fringe 2025 is about a man who feels isolated because […]
Guillaume Pigé, director and actor, and Alex Judd, musician talk about Theatre Re, creating shows and The Nature of Forgetting with Jo Tomalin at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Following more than 200 performances across the globe, Theatre Re, ‘One of the UK’s most admired physical theatre companies’ (Scotsman), returns with its explosive and joyous five-star […]
ARTIST Workshop – Supporting Fringe Performers is a 45-minute support workshop running daily at 3:15 PM from August 11-17 at C Alto venue, conveniently located just off the Royal Mile. Created by Kim, an American entertainment industry professional with experience at major Hollywood studios including BBC Studios, Paramount, and Warner Brothers. This workshop addresses the […]
Canadian safert expert Don Parman has brought probably the most unique event at the Fringe. It’s a training session and they cover different ways to safe your life on or near your fringe stage. The risks are great, you ignore them as your peril and what you learn at one of Don’s sessions might just […]
Australian performer Marcel Cole talks to Kate Saffin about discovering Charlie Chaplin and how that led to him finding a different outlet for his early training as a dancer. He describes the painstaking work in developing the show, audience reactions and his plans for life after Edinburgh. Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin is a […]
In this interview, Mairi Oliver from Lighthouse Bookshop on West Nicholson Street talks to Erin Williamson about creating and curating the free Book Fringe (from Lighthouse, Argonaut and Typewronger bookshops) and what it’s like to be a year-round Edinburgh bookshop and event space operating in the centre of the Fringe in August. Lighthouse book events […]
Prague Fringe is an annual independent theatre festival held in Prague, Czech Republic, founded by Steve Gove. Originally from Scotland, Gove moved to Prague in the late 1990s and launched the festival inspired by the Edinburgh Fringe. Prague Fringe presents performances in English and other languages, with its 2025 edition running from May 26 to May […]
Gimme a Sign! is a solo storytelling comedy performed by Bailey Swilley at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Running from August 1 to 23 (excluding August 10 and 17), the show is staged at the Fern Studio, Greenside, George Street, starting daily at 15:05 with a duration of about one hour. The show blends humor with personal […]
As part of exploring the three shows featuring the songs of Tom Lehrer at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe, Kate Saffin hears from Mitch Benn about discovering Lehrer’s songs as a teenager, and the influence they had on his journey to becoming a well known comedy and satirical song writer. He talks about developing the show […]
Letters to Joan is a theatre show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 that tells a story spanning decades through discovered love letters. Set partly in 1956 Brooklyn, it follows an aspiring playwright whose letters to her boyfriend reveal desire and ambition. Decades later, her granddaughter, also a writer, uncovers these letters and explores the love story […]
About Wild Thing! “A gloriously stupid show of bad animal impressions and a wildly playful nature safari. How do you do an Uglyface Scorpionfish? What’s a Darth Vader Giant Pill Millipede? Tom and Xavi create a wickedly feral duet between body, sound and species in this nature documentary on steroids. Herald Angel award-winning Mechanimal returns […]
In this mini-panel conversation Bibi Couceiro and Tana Sirois talked to Paul Levy about OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) at the Fringe, reflected in their personal journeys and their shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. Tana brings Untethered and Bibi brings 123. Shit. That’s my OCD. We covered a lot of ground, ranging beyond the shows themselves […]
As part of exploring the three shows featuring the songs of Tom Lehrer, Kate Saffin talks to exceedingly talented musician and pianist, Antony Hubmayer, AKA Dr H Musics. He shares his passion for both Lehrer’s music and involving his audience in the show. Lehrer was famous for not encouraging audience participation, in fact discouraged it, […]
The Romeo Auditions is a unique solo comedy show arrives as part of the PBH Free Frings, taking place at Strathmore Bar (venue 160) in Leith. “At a strange hotel in the middle of England six hopefuls arrive to audition for the role of Romeo. None have acting experience but they do have life experience. […]
Insiders is a theatre show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 presented by Bethany Christian Trust’s Creative Expressions programme. The play offers insight into life inside prison and the challenges faced by inmates. It centers on three men: Danny, who struggles with anger and loneliness; Craig, who finds strength in his new faith; and Richard, a middle-class […]
Untold Stories – Modern Mime Tales is a 45-minute solo mime show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Silent Rocco performs without words, transforming the stage into a dreamlike space where emotions and stories come alive through physical expression alone. The show uses no props or set, relying entirely on Rocco’s precise and emotive mime to create […]
Harley Brooke Walker presents Not My Grandmother’s Daughter at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. This solo show runs from July 30 to August 24 at the Gilded Balloon, Appleton Tower (Eve venue), with performances around 60 minutes. The piece blends storytelling, shadow puppetry, sound, and papier-mâché, exploring the intergenerational relationship between a young woman, her mother, and her grandmother. […]
Frances Floats is a one-person theatre piece written and performed by Frances Mercanti-Anthony, a Broadway actor, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. The story follows her move from suburban New Jersey to a small coastal town in Maine after falling in love at 40 with a man from the area. It traces her shift from city […]
On his performance-free day the comedian Adam Evans found time to sit with me in the Surgeons Hall gardens to tell me about his show The Crisp Review. With its roots in the covid lockdown, Adam gives an account of his relationship with crisps and how he managed to source a regular supply of this […]
Peregrinus is an intriguing and impactful mask theatre piece that addresses what happens when we are told what to do and when to do it. Jerzy Zon, Co-founder and director of KTO Theatre from Poland and director of Peregrinus together with company actor Karolina Bondaronek talk with Jo Tomalin about the poem the piece is […]
Liz Carr is now best known as a television, film and theatre actor; however back in 2005 she was a stand up comediain and one of the line up in the first Abnormally Funny People. Tempted back to Edinburgh for just three nights as part of the celebration of 20 years of AFP, and wearing […]
Abnormally Funny People (AFP on the tee shirts and baseball caps) promises stand-up, stories and sketches, Improvisation and music with famous people and brilliant emerging talent. Disability comedy at its best. They are celebrating 20 years since AFP was created and first brought a show to the Fringe. Kate Saffin got to sit down with […]
Psych Ward Pyjamas is a solo show by writer and performer Briyah Paley. Paul Levy chatted to Briyah about this eclectic work and very personal the story that drives it. They also discuss the experimental spirit at the core of it. Psych Ward Pyjamas is a theatre show performed at The Speakeasy, Royal Scots Club during […]
Actor Sam Blythe is in two shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. In this interview with Paul Levy, he talks primarily about his solo show, a very personal version of Hamlet. Sam talks about how the show developed and also briefly refers to his performance in Animal Farm. Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A […]
Jawad Raza, stage name JR Sharaf, has brought his philosophical standup hour ‘Why Are You’ to Edinburgh. After ten years as a comic in Pakistan, he’s recently moved to the United Kingdom. In this interview he discusses how he’s establishing himself on the UK comedy circuit and his existential approach to comedy in Why Are […]
Fringe festivals often offer other arts events and exhibitions in the town among the multitude of shows and performances. At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 there are official categories for exhibitions and events where you will find Ceramics at the Shore, Krua Thai Cookery School, Tipping Point: Artist Responses to AI and many more! Artist […]
Mary’s Daughters is a feminist ghost story performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025. It tells the story of three women: Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century intellectual and mother of feminism; her daughter Fanny Imlay, who is mostly forgotten; and her daughter Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. The play presents their lives, writings, and the effects of their histories. The […]
FringeReview’s Kate Saffin describes Hidden Gem show Buzz as “a tale of survival told with gentle humour, introspection, and clarity.” Buzz is a solo performance created and performed by Trish Lyons at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The work is described as a stand-up tragedy, blending dark humor and poetic storytelling to depict episodes from […]
In the Black is Quaz Degraft’s solo theatre show at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Here is the lowdown from the Fringe programme: “Every wolf starts as a cub… some just have to claw their way up. In The Black is a gripping, dark comedy solo play about an ambitious Black accountant fighting for a seat […]
“Dutch composer/pianist Hermane composes beautiful songs with intricate harmonies. Before settling in Andalusia, he spent thirty years in Latin America, USA, Asia and Africa, soaking up the traditional music of each country. A meticulous composer, his goal is to create virtuoso pieces, endowed with a fragility that moves the listener – so different from the […]
Coco Cottam (writer) and Lydia Free (director) of Lovelock Productions talk to Kate Saffin about how they came to meet, work they have created and then, in more detail, their current show BLANDY. They describe the play as a historical dark comedy about the first fetishized murderer in history, Mary Blandy, who gave her father […]
Joanna Matthews asks George Miller one of the actors from Some Masterchef Sh*t about this dark queer comedy which is at Greenside Venues. It’s a two hander written by Liam HIgh and played by George and his co-star Harry Freeman. In this interview George explains it’s a play about consent and a little bit of […]
Caspar Phillipson is a talented Danish musician who discovered Tom Lehrer during lockdown – although he was already well known in Denmark – began to play with Lehrers songs and realised how relevant and resonant they remain, despite being written in the late 1950s. In this interview he talks to Kate Saffin about that journey, […]
Joanna Matthews talks to Jasmine Thien writer/performer about her semi-autobiographical show I Dream in Colour. Jasmine is visually impaired and talks here about creating a show, and the barriers she has faced as a women of Asian heritage and a disabled person. She also shares her experiences of changing from Cambridge law graduate to acting, […]
Locusts is a play staged at the Edinburgh Fringe that focuses on the lived experience of gay conversion therapy within the context of an evangelical church. The drama follows Stephen, who is confronted by the reappearance of Pete, a former church leader with a complicated shared past. Stephen’s current partner Jeff is unaware of this […]
Blind Faith Theatre’s I See You Watching is “a provocative, darkly playful exploration of control, performance and rebellion. It is written by John Clancy and the script evolved out of a collaborative devising process. “On a bare stage, a woman ( played by Kylie Westerbeck) fights for survival while navigating the relentless demands of a […]
Playing at Greenside, we are invited to “Join Mike on his global travels in search of the world’s best joke. On the way, have a good laugh with him as he avoids getting murdered in Sarajevo, gets mocked by a monkey in Bali, and gets mugged on the Paris metro – all in the name […]
This solo play is billed thus: “A heartfelt and uplifting one-man show about an Indian-Persian gay man navigating the complexities of his identity. Born to immigrant parents, Cyrus takes audiences on an intimate journey of self-discovery and acceptance. Through dynamic multi media and the celebration of Madonna and Taylor Swift’s music, he finds his authentic […]
Molly McFadden is a theatre artist and performer known for her solo show “Living on the Moon” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. She holds an MFA from Florida State University and has a background in theatre and cabaret performance in New York City and regional Equity theatres across the US. Her work often blends […]
Flick is a solo theatrical work presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, within the House of Oz program. The show runs from 31 July to 25 August at Summerhall in the Red Lecture Theatre, with performances at 16:45 lasting about 60 minutes, excluding 11 and 18 August. It is written and performed by Madelaine […]
Nick Cheng is a Comedian, Project Comedy Ambassador and Spitfire Comedy Booker. In this interview he talks about two shows at the Fringe that really showcase the important work that Project Comedy is all about. In this interview, Nick talks about this initiative and the two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Project Comedy is […]
Theatrical storyteller Eddie Jen from San Francisco talks with Jo Tomalin about creating a first ever show and performing it at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Passionate about writing, Jen creates, writes and performs Seeking a Pen Pal for the End of the World playing at Just the Tonic at The Caves, August 1-24, 2025. “After […]
Performer Bex Wall co-wrote new theatre piece Life Would Be Pretty Dull Without Sex, Raves and MDMA with Asante Gregory. She chatted to Paul Levy about how the show came into being. Life Would Be Pretty Dull Without Sex, Raves and MDMA is a solo performance. The focus is on Bex, a woman in her […]
Rob Thompson talks about Piano Smashers which plays at theSpaceUk. Fresh from an award-winning run at Brighton Fringe 225, Piano Smashers is “a new play by Rupert Page and Rob Thompson in which a mother bequeaths a precious piano to her children in her will, insisting they keep it. They do not want it because […]
Danielle Solof is back at the Fringe with a work-in-progress solo show Freedom Camp, after success with The Balls of Philadelphia in 2024. “Danielle is breaking up with the United States. In this darkly funny solo show, Danielle explores fairness, fallout and finding yourself on the wrong side of the American Dream. After leaving a […]
One Man Poe: One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven and One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum are both stand-alone shows at the Fringe, so you can see either or both at Greenside this Fringe. One Man Poe is a solo theatrical production by Stephen Smith performing […]
Comedy performer James Barr brings James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) to the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Paul Levy talked with James about the origin story around this important piece of story-theatre. James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) is a gritty serious-and-funny […]
Sad Girl Songs is a musical comedy performed by Gwen Coburn at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. The show combines humor with personal storytelling to examine issues related to gender violence, trauma, and the lasting effects of abusive relationships. Drawing from Coburn’s own experience with an abusive affair involving her improv teacher, the narrative reveals the […]
Reviewed by FringeReview in 2024 as “Groundbreaking Work”, by Tamara Stein, Because poses the question “Why do you hurt yourself?” Here’s the lowdown: “Jade has all the answers, that is until some unexpected news provokes overwhelming questions and resurrects painful memories. Suddenly thrust into an existentialist journey of self-discovery, Jade finds himself at loggerheads with […]
Open Space Technology, as a term, has a strange ring to it. It isn’t really a technology, but it is a way of doing things. First articulated by Harrison Owen, this is an approach to self-organising a social conversation about something that matters, and getting things done. The method forms the basis of one of […]
Durham Fringe Festival 2025 runs from 23 to 27 July with over 100 shows across nine venues in the city centre. Paul Levy caught up with fringe director Stephen Cronin who was visiting Brighton Fringe. The programme includes theatre comedy dance music and spoken word with a clear focus on new and independent work. Most […]
FringeReview’s Paul Levy was flyered by musical comedy veteran Chris Tavener and sat him down to talk about his solo show that combines music and comedy, Chris Tavener is Faking Cool. “Watch Chris Tavener battle his intrusive thoughts through the medium of witty, satirical songs. Will it work? Not likely… “As heard on BBC 6 […]
Writer and director Saskia Wesnigk-Wood talks about the process of writing and directing her play Darwin’s Cleaner, starring Olivia Post. “Imagine what a woman’s life was like if she was born in 1809 as a servant’s daughter. They call her Hen and decide, as she is ‘merely a girl’, she will at least be useful. […]
Verbatim Theatre is a form of documentary theatre in which the script is constructed from the exact words spoken by real people, usually taken from interviews, recordings, or transcripts. The aim is to present authentic voices and lived experiences, often in response to social, political, or historical events. Paul Levy spoke with the creator of […]
Comedy performer Cheryl Roberts met Paul Levy at a Brighton Fringe networking event and chatted about her solo comediy show Get Real with Relationships by Dr Sheryl (nOPhD, DwP). “Are you single (again) and feeling unlucky in love? Are you in a relationship but occasionally consider how to dispose of your partners body? Don’t despair, […]
Ori Anané talks to Paul Levy about her show at the Circus Hub during Brighton Fringe 2025, Tardy Mrs G(rief. “How do you sleep when closing your eyes keeps you awake?” After her mother’s death – at 22, Ori chose sleepless nights over facing grief, haunted by panic attacks, endless deadlines, and the face of […]
Sweetfest runs for two weeks in May in Brighton. UK. Here are FringeReview’s podcast recommendations for cabaret, music, comedy, spoken word and theatre. Browse the programme and book tickets here. SweetFest 2025 runs from 14th May to 1st June. You can also keep up to date on Facebook SweetFest Brighton is a lively annual theatre […]
Richard Dale talks to Paul Levy about his solo theatre piece, Awake, Gay and Writing a Play “Preaching the word to thousands in football stadiums and evangelising undercover in China amidst 30 years of door-knocking, and all the while the sound of sexuality was knocking loudly upon his own door. Escaping from a high-control religious […]
Paul Levy is in conversation with improv performers Summer Tewkesbury and Fillipe Ribeiro about Who Wrote This? “Who Wrote This?” is an improvised comedy show (produced by ‘The Audition Room’ company) where every performance is completely unique. Audience suggestions shape the scenes, creating spontaneous and unexpected stories on the spot. Come and experience a night […]
‘Any Objections?’ is billed as “a playful celebration of defying stereotypes, embracing self expression, and making space for joy and silliness in a messy world.” Scarlett Smith is an electroacoustic harpist and comedian. “Blending live looping harp covers of popular songs, self-produced indie-pop jingles, and fast paced punch lines, she will take you into her […]
Circus as a social and psychological experiment? Paul Levy talked with Lennart Parr about a very unique circus show at the Fringe, InThisTogether. “This is an experiment. We have intentions, but just like you we don’t exactly know what is going to happen.” “InThisTogether is a participative circus show that relies on the audience in […]
After they returned from the Fringe and the venue The Space on the Mile, I caught up with some of the cast and the director of Get Thee to a Nursery… Disgracefully, I was unable to go and see it, however they still let me in to talk to them about their experiences of a […]
Most visitors to the Edinburgh Fringe in August will find themselves seeing a show at Summerhall. Quite of a few of those will know it is also a year round arts and cultural hub and its many events are not just confined to the Fringe weeks. Less will be aware of the over a hundred […]
“(Mommy’s a whore, Daddy’s a hitman). Laugh, cry and see God in this award-winning solo show by writer/performer Mitch Hara. Strap yourself in for a heart-wrenching rollercoaster ride you’ll never forget, featuring sex, drugs, disco balls and blackouts. All during an audition for Hamilton Unplugged. Directed by Carlyle King.” That’s the premise for Mitch Haras’s […]
Having highly reviewed an impressive Louis Katz‘s debut show at the Free Fringe at the Edinburgh Fringe, Paul Levy caught up with him at the City Restaurant and explored how he makes his comedy, the origin of the show and some of the important material covered in the show. “Fresh off his hit (1M+ views!) […]
“A surreal journey about reconciling with grief through the natural world. Jesse returns to the cottage he grew up in with a photo and cardboard box. The land is just as he left it, and his grandmother is brash as ever, but why did it take him so long to come back? Dead Animals uses […]
Jo Tomalin talks with members of Buzzcut performing Bark Bark at 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Beckett Gray, Faye James and Gabe Winsor. Buzzcut make live performances with live cameras and have created several projects. “A dog with a bird-killing problem. Two people stitching their relationship together. A house filled with taxidermy animals. When a young […]
Jo Tomalin talks with Samuel Cunningham, Lennie Longworth and Rowan Armitt-Brewster from Skedaddle Theatre about their company and A Brief Case of Crazy, playing at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “Thomas is a remarkable, unconventional introvert – typically fiddling and fumbling his way through a 9 to 5 job, occasionally looking up to admire his […]
Gregorio Richter of Circo Goyo is a circus artist and busker from Argentina who performs around the world. Gregorio speaks to Jo Tomalin from the Edinburgh Fringe where he performs his act in the streets. He talks about how and when he started to learn circus skills and why he is called Balloon Man! More […]
Living. Dying. Dead. is an improvised theatre show that has been created to engage audiences on the taboo subjects of death, dying and bereavement. After sharing the show at improv festivals around Europe they brought their first full length (one hour) show to Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Owen talks about his work as a consultant physician […]
Bert and Nasi have developed several original devised shows together. For their latest show L’Addition they worked with director Tim Etchells to create it and they talk to Jo Tomalin about the experience and their work. “Two performers armed with a single scene – a customer orders a drink from a waiter. And then things […]
Physical theatre and dance performers and creators Luca Vaccari and Yuxi Jiang talk about their fringe production In The Round. “A dance theatre production exploring the perpetual cycles that bind our existence. Blending dance, film and verbatim sound derived from live interviews. It weaves inspirations from Tibetan spiritual practice to the vibrancy of Japanese pop […]
Earlier in the Fringe Paul Levy was in conversation with Actor Gareth Watkins and Director Pete Gomes about The Gentleman of Shallot at Edfringe 2024. In this conversation, Jules Smekens is added to a fascinating four-way discussion of Theatre of the Absurd at the Edinburgh Fringe and elsewhere. This genre has become rather niche at […]
Chris Grady has been helping producers to develop their skills, experience and expertise for many years. In this wide-ranging conversation with Paul Levy, Chris defines exactly what a producer is, how the role of prodicer is a moving feast in different contexts within the Arts, and how he helps producers to develop their capability.
Mychelle Colleary talks to Kate Saffin about her first experience of developing a solo auto biographical show. Without giving too much away about the content she shares some of the influences, the work in getting this far and the challenges of navigating the Fringe for the first time. Ambitious Underachiever is an musical one-woman show at […]
Actors Matthew Boston and Mark Boyett talk about Plotters by Brian Parks from Twilight Theatre Company. Playing in a Brian Parks work is usually a challenge for actors. Words fly up off the pages, into and out of the mouths of performers at breakneck speed. Matthew and Mark discuss the excitement and the exertions involved […]
Will talks to Kate Saffin about his journey to his first solo political satire show at the Fringe: Will Sebag-Montefiore: Will of the People Like many presenting political satire, Will found himself engaged in a major rewrite in the run up to the Fringe… He also talks about how he came to add this style […]
British actor and writer Yolanda Mercy is presenting her new solo show Failure Project at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She talks with Jo Tomalin about why she writes and performs and the mental health and other struggles writers experience. “A comedy drama… or “dramedy” about Ade, a successful writer, or so it seems. She […]
Storyteller Sinead O’Brien from Wandering Stories brings her acclaimed show No One is Coming to the Scottish Storytelling Centre during the Edinburgh Fringe. “No One Is Coming is a devised, storytelling performance about a mother and a daughter inspired by lived experience and infused with Irish mythology and comedy. This storytelling event is not just […]
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Billed as a “kaleidoscopic one-creature show merging the circus with storytelling and spoken word”, Gobbess arrives comes to Edfringe with a clutch of positive reviews from Brighton Fringe. Creative force of nature and acclaimed performer, Naomi Wood, discusses the origins of the show and its development towards the Edinburgh fringe and beyond with Paul Levy. […]
Beowulf and Grendfel is a faithfully told version of this legendary tale from Tawnydog Productions. In this interview performer and adapter Evan Quinlan discusses the original “codex”, the original text from which this show at CC Blooms as part of PBH’s Free Fringe has been adapted. This is “the gripping tale of a prince’s struggle […]
Paul Levy wends his way down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile in August during Edfringe 2024. He hears about shows that find their way into his hand from the many performers in all kinds of costumes flyering their shows to passersby. The noise of the crowds,street performers and a few landmarks on the way…
