A week into my fourth Edinburgh Fringe and I am marvelling at how differently I am approaching things this time around. I am doing a full run of 24 shows (in 25 days) of my new stand-up comedy show Shattered. I’ve done a full run before (of my debut show) at the Edinburgh Fringe in […]
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From the 31st to the 9th of November Barcelona is flooded with over 300 shows and live performances of artists from all over the world. It’s Barcelona Fringe Festival, which offers a variety of live performances in a vast array of genres: from stand-up comedy to improvisation, from physical theatre to clowning. The shows are […]
“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 […]
Alex Norcott, Drama Teacher at Denny High School near Falkirk, gathered the cast from Denny and other local High Schools and took them to the Fringe for 9 days. His play, Get Thee to a Nursery was performed at theSpace on the Mile harnessing the great enthusiasm of youth. Here, Fringe Review’s Donald C Stewart meets […]
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. […]
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 […]
I first encountered Tom Lehrer songs… aged about eight or nine. I have two older brothers, who were both fans. I think we had them on reels, to be played on something that looked like this (it was the early 1960s)… So it was a joy to discover that the 2025 Edfringe had three shows […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I landed in Edinburgh with my director and jumped straight into a press event—no time to breathe, just straight into Fringe life. I saw our flyers for the first time, met fellow artists, and found myself explaining Letters to Joan to someone who had never heard of it. I kept telling the story – about […]
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 […]
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 […]
Physical theatre is an exciting and evolving theatre genre that focuses more on physicality than words – although words as well as gestures, physical characterization or stylisation of movement in part of all of a show can be seen in productions around the world. Theatre makers of today often create their own form of physical theatre expression and are sometimes influenced […]
Alex Norcott, Drama Teacher at Denny High School near Falkirk, has gathered a cast drawn from Denny and other local High Schools to take to the Fringe. His play, Get Thee to a Nursery was performed last year over 4 days, but this year, having developed it further, he is back with a new cast, double […]
Long time FringeReviewer reviewer, Kate Saffin, trawls the previews for some early solo theatre Fringe suggestions Here’s my recommendations for some solo shows across different genres and several venues based on shows I have seen: A ripping yarn Cadaver Palaver Bennett Cooper Sullivan, gentleman adventurer and rakish raconteur, offers a tale astonishing tale of derring-do. […]
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 […]
In this short video, Paul Levy from FringeReview wishes you all an enjoyable and fulfilling Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Whether you are a performer or a punter, the FringeReview team hope you make the most of every moment here at the world’s largest arts festival… To get the most out of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, go […]
Preparation ! Sitting in my back garden, in the soft light of the early evening, I contemplate August in Edinburgh, asking myself how will I cope? This year will be a very different experience as I am nursing a broken collarbone which has been set with a metal plate – I’m absolutely forbidden from letting […]
With shorter runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, the question of whether fringe show makers can offered to miss a day for a preview show with press nights happending later is commercially viable is an important one to consider. In this Podcast, FringeReview editor Paul Levy has sounded out fringe performers and producers and heard different […]
As the Edinburgh Fringe approaches, many performers and creators find themselves grappling with a blend of excitement and anxiety often dubbed the “pre-Fringe panic.” This period I find a bit fascinating and rather strange, filled as it can be with last-minute preparations and high expectations, can lead to worries about readiness, reception, and self-doubt. Alongside […]
As we get closer and closer to Edinburgh and you are thinking of a patriotic cause – and yer Scottish – or you are looking to sample some performance or twa that shows whit they Scots can dae, then here is a swatch – as we say in Scotland – of my recommendations… As with […]
For me pure Youth Theatre is the one with no auditions and affordable fees or no fees at all. Targeted at bringing a democratic, eclectic and inclusive group together it uses that mix to be an artistic alternate to what Peter Brook called Dead Theatre – original and not a copy of what the adults […]
Walking towards The Boardwalk in Glasgow, on a Monday night, to attend a scratch night at which I had been invited to be part of a panel, exposing my alleged wisdom or otherwise over what artists should be looking for from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I was struck by the past. It’s hard not to […]
At large fringe festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe, there is a necessary balance to be struck between having a full set and having a cut down “fringe festival” version. Shows have stumbled on preview and review nights because an over-elaborate or hard to handle set slowed down the get in and get out, often […]
In this short podcast, FringeReview editor Paul Levy uses classic characters from the horror genre to explore different types of negative and toxic behaviour at the Edinburgh Fringe. Tongue-in-cheek yet not for the faint-hearted Paul suggests ways to pre-empt and protect against behaviours that can scupper your fringe experience, and even your show.
As we approach Tampa Fringe, Noah Alfred Pantano interviewed Al Blackledge about their show Schizo Days ahead of this year’s festival. We discussed their motivations behind writing this piece, their experiences as queer artists, and why people should see the show. NP: Hello Al! Can you tell us what is your show about? AB: Schizo Days is […]
“Floored by this, I burst into tears, immediately aware of the implications of this decision on my work, life and financial security. I can’t work without appropriate support, so this email from a stranger was in effect telling me that my entire career is at risk. I feel a surge of panic and the prick […]
Paul Levy, FringeReview Editor , A Cafe, somewhere at the Edinburgh Fringe 20-something. The reviewer sits around the cafe table with the two fringe performers. Names are withheld to protect the innocent and guilty alike. Narcissism is the vein running through the conversation, like dark chocolate lines running through stinky cheddar. Fringe wisdom somehow emerges. The […]
Playing the Star Ratings Game at Fringe Festivals: The Theatre Makers’ Ethical Dilemma Shady Fringe Reflections in Pavilion Gardens I’m just sharing some thoughts here in Pavilion Gardens Cafe, a fringe venue, number one here at Brighton Fringe, but also the regular headquarters when the weather allows of Fringe Review. And I’m just reflecting on […]
FringeReview editor, Paul Levy, offers some gritty advice on managing your fringe show reviews A regular at Brighton and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, he delves into the world of reviewing with some practical advice on making smart decisions about who you let in and who it might be better to not in to review your work. […]
A guide for fringe-seeking first-timers Brighton Fringe 2025, running from 2 May to 1 June, marks the festival’s 20th anniversary with over 4,000 performances across 140 venues. As England’s largest open-access arts festival, it continues to champion inclusivity and creativity, welcoming both emerging and established artists This year’s programme features a diverse array of events, […]
“… it threatens our ability to continue delivering the rich artistic and cultural experiences that have made Cumbernauld Theatre a cornerstone of Scotland’s performing arts sector.” The Cumbernauld Theatre Trust has put it succinctly as they have lost around one quarter of a million pounds per annum from Creative Scotland. Much was made over the […]
Well, I suppose if you lived in East Kilbride, it wouldn’t be recognisable as a loss because they have so bleeding many of them. However, in terms of Summerhall and the latest news that’s to come out from there, they will be glad it’s nothing to do with some form of HMRC letter, but disappointed […]
IAPAR 2024 has concluded, and I am now in another part of India, attending yet another theatre festival. In Part 1 (read it here), I explored how Indian theatre differs in scope and projection from Chinese theatre, particularly the kind seen in Europe. In this second part, I will focus on how many contemporary Indian […]
It’s day two of the IAPAR International Theatre Festival here in Pune, India. This marks my second year attending the festival, but it’s the first time I’m here as a reviewer—a new role that I’m still getting used to, after years of wearing other hats: theatre producer, writer, actor, and director. Being back in India, […]
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 […]
Photo credit: Anne Crawford El Blackwood is the creator of Tending. A verbatim piece based on over 70 interviews with nurses of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities, Tending immerses you in their day-to-day lives. In our interview she talks about the impetus to create the show, the process of recruiting nurses to interview (there was […]
Is Art in Society too “baroque? Is to too collusive? Is the new Total Arts Movement a new impulse for much needed avant garde art in society? I am taking four days out from the Edinburgh Fringe to bring my own solo show to this artistic inquiry over four days in Nancy in France at […]
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 […]
As a fringe regular for a decade or so I’ve met many people and made a number or friends. This gives me a familiarity with the Fringe as it changes year on year. Maybe it’s because I’m an observer that tries to be relaxed and in-tune with what’s going on around me. Principally I’m here […]
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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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…
Richard the photographer from ‘fringefoto’ gives a unique view of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe After a busy week, I took some ‘time-out’ and caught the bus to Roslyn Chapel with Kate and Jo. On a sunny Tuesday afternoon we arrived early for our timed slot and were allowed in to explore the chapel and look […]
Jo Tomalin talks to Hannah Smith and Ralph McCubbin-Howell from Trick of the Light theatre company based in New Zealand. They talk about how they work with light and developed prior shows that they have presented at EdFringe. Their latest show – at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – is Suitcase Show. “A traveller arrives at […]
Jo Tomalin talks to Amy Veltman, writer and performer about her show PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement and why she decided to develop this show and present it at 2024 San Francisco Fringe Festival. Listen to our interview with Amy Veltman here: Instagram: @
Kuang Lee, Writer and Performer and Kevin Rebultan, Director of Gags playing at the San Francisco Fringe talk to Jo Tomalin about how and why this show developed around the topic of grief. Chinese American, Lee discusses his solo comedy and musical performance about grief and how he developed Gags. “Inspired by his grief counselor’s […]
Poet and storyteller, Laura Thurlow, talks to Kate Saffin about her new show ‘River Time’ (Edfringe 2024 show details below). The title is taken from one of the show’s opening anecdotes. As a student in Edinburgh with unmanaged ADHD (and later realising also Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria), Laura would often go for a night out on […]
Steve Goodie is a musician and comedian from Nashville, Tennessee. He has been the host of the internationally renowned music venue The Bluebird Café in Nashville for 17 years. Steve’s album of Harry Potter parody songs was a hit on audio entertainment platform SiriusXM, and legendary broadcaster Dr Demento describes him as “one of our most […]
Richard the photographer from ‘fringefoto’ gives a unique view of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe This year’s fringe is now well underway as the first weekend comes to a close. I’m just about on top of my photo editing with one more launch show’s pics to finish. Here are a few pictures to give an idea […]
Herbert F Mintz II talks about his show My Uncle Sam, My Military Family and Me with Jo Tomalin, before its run at the 2024 San Francisco Fringe Festival. He talks about his projects, writing and how he developed this show. “A series of interconnected nonlinear memories that lay bare the personal and institutional arrangement […]
Richard the photographer from ‘fringefoto’ gives a unique view of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe After a long over-night drive from just outside London, I’m here in Edinburgh. Settled into my accommodation, equipment unloaded and sorted out, ready for the pre-festival rush of previews shows. First ‘FringeReview’ reviewers meeting to kick things off. I find these […]
Producer, Storyteller and Standup Turan Ali talks with Jo Tomalin about his international storytelling shows – and Queer Folks’ Tales playing weekly on Thursdays August 8, 15 and 22 at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Scottish Storytelling Centre. “The five-star hit LGBTQ+ storytelling show returns for its second Fringe – camper, fruitier and […]
Stand up comedian Cathy Zhao talks with Jo Tomalin about her latest show playing at the 2024 San Francisco Fringe festival in August. “I Wish I’d Said That: A Standup Comedy with Hecklers Presented by the Family of Chaos,comedy by Cathy Zhao, Frank Zhao, and Fiona Zhang, Laugh It Out Hub, San Francisco, CA. Standup comedian Cathy […]
Physical theatre is based on physical expression that takes the place of words (or some spoken words) or expresses figures or forms or is applied in stylised movement. Those of us that do physical theatre as a performer or deviser may feel that this is one of the best genres of theatre because of how […]
Donald Stewart, our Scotland editor, makes a considered selection… Three thousand plus shows, sixty less venues, shorter runs for many shows than normal and question marks over funding to the whole shebang, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is upon us. And so, as we get out the planners, the pencils and the coloured markers to sort […]
Matthew Roberts reflects on how his skills development from writing, performing and producing several Solo Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe since 2014 are applicable to exploring his PhD – Queering the British Holiday. He is in his second year (part-time) studying a PhD Text, Practice as Research at The University of Kent. Since embarking on this […]
A quick guide to getting the best comedy experience at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe
Notes from an open space session at Devoted and Disgruntled 2024 at Slung Low, Leeds, UK, 16th March 2024. Theatre producer Chris O’Grady emphasized the enduring value of reviews, especially when conducted by respected but lesser-known reviewers, as they can aid in both promoting a show and securing funding. Traditional paid reviewers are dwindling in […]
So, what is to be done about theatre and the performing arts? This is a question that has been asked 18 times at the Devoted & Disgruntled conference organsied by Improbable, “pioneering improvisers, theatre makers and conversation facilitators”. Described as a self-organised conversation which uses an approach to meeting called Open Space Technology, a few […]
Let’s be fair. When she arrived, Michelle Terry said as the Artistic Director of The Globe that she would not be directing. She was always going to be, ironically, an acting Artistic Director. Some of us therefore thought the title was odd. But then she began. There were productions which were the first at the […]
Agpalo “Ting” A.J. Alvarez-Maquinta talks about his background as a multidisciplinary artist, his choreography and storytelling to Jo Tomalin in San Francisco. Listen to our Interview with Ting here (17 minutes):
Edinburgh exudes culture, art and community during August at the Festival Fringe. This was only my second Fringe, my first was pre-pandemic in 2019 and I marvelled at this event that encourages theatrical experimentation and has more shows on offer than you could ever possibly watch. That time my experience was expertly curated by friends […]
2023 photographs – More Galleries Show Pictures Clearing the Backlog I can’t really believe how quickly the last couple of weeks have gone by as I sit at my computer updating picture galleries, reviewing and sorting photographs to upload. As you may suspect I’m drawn to visually interesting shows and I feel lucky to have […]
There’s a first time for every Fringe writer, performer, director, producer… and sometimes they are they are all the same person! Those pre Fringe nerves will all be tingling as they get ready for their first show. Will the set/costumes/props last the month? Should we have made more cuts? And the big one, will anyone […]
Solo performers probably outnumber every other group at the Fringe if you include theatre, comedy, spoken word and music. The 262 solo theatre shows listed this year offer diverse work across every genre and style, every venue and every imaginable topic (well, possibly not every one but certainly a great range!). Many are new writing, […]
Gillian Lacey-Solymar is a first-time Fringer at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Gillian is the Bookwriter and Lyricist of IrrePRESSible: The Musical and she talks to Jo Tomalin about how and why she is inspired to create the show. Gillian’s career includes working as a consumer affairs correspondent at the BBC and as a senior […]
In December 2022 I went off to watch, in the Southside of Glasgow, a disabled theatre company – handily called the Southside Group –I had seen virtually online and had loved their work. With the return to live performance getting the opportunity to see them up close was too good to miss. Here we hear […]
They’ve ignored my press release! Whether you are bringing a show to a Fringe festival or simply trying to get media coverage for a show at any time of the year, these tips are for you. There could be a number of reasons why your press has been not responded to by potential reviewing publications. […]
Get the **** off stage! Here is a bit of as personal and despesarte plea to theatre makers at this year’s Brighton Fringe… So, the lights fade slowly and we are ready for a fairly silent, dare I suggest, stunned exit. Before even five seconds have elapsed since the final blackout, the lights shoot […]
When I began to work with Fringe Review, I opined that I hated the Edinburgh Fringe. Over the years I have softened and my old joke that people believe we have a cultural supermarket each August, and think it is Sainsbury’s when it is actually Aldi or Lidl has been used so often it is […]
Antonio Vega is artistic director of Por Piedad Teatro (Mexico | USA) and he is co-creator of DJANGO IN PAIN with Por Piedad Teatro founder and artistic producer, Ana Graham. Jo Tomalin talks to Antonio Vega about his background in theatre, and how he developed this show during the pandemic. DJANGO IN PAIN is digital […]
Erin B. Mee talks to Jo Tomalin about directing theatre in innovative spaces and her latest digital show, Tree Confessions, written by Jenny Lyn Bader. Tree Confessional is a digital audio play, site-specific and self-scheduled, presented on demand through the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2023, January 4-15. “While it is obvious that we need to […]
