Deemed a ‘staple of the fringe’, having been back every season since 1992, ‘Shakespeare for Breakfast’ gets fringe goers up and about early with the promise of some Shakespearean fun along with a free croissant.   This fun and family friendly take on ‘Macbeth’, minus all the gory stuff, is a marvellously silly way to start your day as we see a the talented cast play a gang of enthusiastic amateur performers, more used to pantomime then the bard, stage their unique interpretat

It’s one drunken request, two best friends and three’s a crowd in Maria Teinikoff and Big Sofa Theatre’s new LGBTQ+ Rom Com ‘Eggs aren’t that easy to make’, playing in Jersey, Underbelly Bristo Square, which explores the difficulties of a lesbian couple trying to start a family.   At a University party, two newly single best friends Claire and Daniel come to a decision when Claire says If I am in a lesbian relationship when I’m thirty, I want you to be the sperm doner. Flash

If there is anywhere that performers can explore the bold and the brave, then it is the safe and open oasis of the Edinburgh Fringe. Have a tough story to tell, come here, want to explore sexuality, Edinburgh greets you with open arms, want to take a risk, then there will be a room for you at the Fringe. And if you want to see a show where two performers have a tough at times story to tell, explore sexuality and take risks, then look no further than JEEZUS! At the Belly Butto

‘Should I still be doing this?’ That’s a pretty big question to try to answer during an hour long Fringe show in a small and warm room in Appleton Tower, but here is Susan Harrison doing exactly that as she takes audience members on a whirlwind adventure through many of her comedy characters, complete with sketches, songs and a great deal of audience interaction.   Very familiar with the fringe, often performing with Showstopper, the improvised musical, Mischief Movie Night a

With a title such as ‘How to Win Five Grand on the Internet’, you could be forgiven for thinking that Laurence Baker’s debut fringe show was, in fact, some sort of ‘how to’ guide teaching audience members how to make money without leaving the comfort of their chairs, but this production is actually an in-depth exploration of grief and control.   When his father died, Baker managed to make enough money to cover his rent by playing poker on the internet. He learned how to play

Brothers, best mates and a boat load of pop hits transformed into sea shanties, a recipe for Fringe success and the premise of hit new musical ‘Shantify’, running daily at the Palais Du Variete in Assembly George Square Gardens.   It would be easy to suspect that this show may simply be a concert of song after song, but rest assured that this is a full production with a heartfelt and heartwarming story complete with wonderful songs and performances that will leave you grinnin

‘Vincent You’re my brother, You’ll never need To doubt me. Since our childhood promise, You are in my soul’   Did you know that Vincent van Gogh had a younger brother? And that they were extremely close, corresponding in letters with Theo, a successful art dealer, proving determined to both publicise Vincent’s artwork and support his brother through his mental health struggles?   Vagabond Skies, the van Gogh Musical, makes its Edinburgh Fringe debut this summer, condensed dow

Originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, Louisa May Alcott’s ‘Little Women’ has been enchanting and captivating readers and audiences of both stage and screen for many years (the first film adaptation came in silent form in 1917, five short years after it first came to the stage on Broadway). It is a story of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March, and their journey from childhood to adulthood, balancing poverty, love, loss and personal growth as they each try

‘Mischief Movie Night’, ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’, ‘The Comedy About A Bank Robbery’, ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’, ‘Groan Ups’, ‘Magic Goes Wrong’, ‘Good Luck Studio’, ‘Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle’. They say that laughter is the best medicine, and in the theatre universe, Mischief are simply the best doctors.   From their humble beginnings in a tiny room of the Old Red Lion Pub Theatre, to international success and many hit productions, Mischief have gone to strengt

After proving a massive hit for a number of years in London’s West End, and enjoying a previous UK Tour, it was well celebrated news when it was announced that ‘Kinky Boots’ would once again be strutting its way up and down the country with a new ‘Made at Curve’ production. And the excitement only grew and grew when the news that Strictly Come Dancing favourite, pro dancer Johannes Radebe, would be making their musical theatre debut in the role of Lola.   And, long story shor

It’s all just a matter of time, it’s all just a, it’s all just a matter of…’   Meet Benjamin Button, the extraordinary case of a gentleman born as an old man. He lives like no other, against the ebb and flow of the tide, in a world where tide and time wait for no man, and all he wants to do is life a little life.   Based on a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button the musical is taking London by storm. Having premiered back in 2019 at the South

Since premiering at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, The Choir of Man has gone from strength to strength, gaining success and accolades across the globe. With an all-male cast of vocalists and musicians, and a roughly 90 minute no interval running time, The Choir of Man opens its arms and brings the audience into The Jungle, their local pub where they are each a member of the pub choir.   In this ensemble piece that balances, music, song, comedy and poetry, we are guided through

Since its publication on this day in 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has had countless stage and screen adaptations and has gained international recognition as one of the most famous love stories around. In today’s modern age, you may call it a will they, won’t they tale of mismatched lovers with its settings of grand country estates, beautiful period costuming and its tale of dropping one’s own pride and not being too judgemental of others. Over the years, its popula

Production images of Jack Baldwin, Laurence Pears and Charlie Ives, rehearsal image of Charlie Richards. in 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park was the peak of technical achievement in movie making, crammed full of special effects and action sequences beyond much of what had been seen before. Now, with such advances in technology, it would be easy to look back at it and call it basic in comparison, and most would probably agree with you. But that basic-ness here lights a

Photos of a previous cast. Okay, hands up, I’ll start this with some brutal honesty. Me and the works of the great William Shakespeare have never really got on. Throughout school, I was never shown any of it beyond that Romeo and Juliet movie, and never had the opportunity to experience it live in my time as a student. I was simply presented with pages of text and expected to understand, leading to me always struggling with the wordy complex language and leaving me with a fe

Chocolate box cottages, rolling green fields, viewpoints out to the sea and little spaces buried into hillsides, the glow of bedroom windows the only light in dark cold evenings. That’s the image of Devon that is painted to many, but what sits beneath that perfect ideal? Villages where teenagers are left with little to do, their limited resources leading them to experiment with alcohol, drugs and loud, wild parties, small places with big skies where they are often forgotten.

The Orient Express, the train described as ‘Poetry on Wheels’ is stuck in a snow drift, trapping its passengers in a cold, dark claustrophobic warren of narrow corridors and sliding doors. The conductor is trying to contact a rescue team, the train company manager is trying to keep spirits high, and a world-famous detective is trying his best to keep his head down and get to London in a hurried response to an emergency telegram. But when a passenger is found brutally murdered

20 years ago, Alan Bennett’s ‘The History Boys’ opened at the National Theatre, and a classic was born. The show become a launch pad to stardom for many of its original cast members including Dominic Cooper, James Cordon, Sacha Dharwan, Russell Tovey, Jamie Parker, Andrew Knott and Samuel Barnett, whilst, in its own right, became famous for being a stark look at the education system through the positives and negatives of examinations and knowledge for knowledge’s sake.   20 y

Picture the scene. It’s a murder mystery play. Written by Agatha Christie. Already a recipe for success, just look at the mega power that is ‘The Mousetrap’. But wait, it’s a courtroom drama, and it’s being performed in London County Hall’s Council Chamber, giving the sense of a real court room. Ladies and gentlemen, I think that we are on to a winner here. This is ‘Witness For The Prosecution’.   Christie herself named ‘Witness for the Prosecution’ as her favourite play and

Back in London for the first time since 2015, Patrick Barlow’s hit comedy The 39 Steps has recently taken up residence at the Trafalgar Theatre where it continues to delight with its small cast, low budget tale of espionage.   This adaptation of John Buchan’s spy novel along with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film adaptation tells the tale of Richard Hannay (played by Tom Byrne), a civilian left bored at home who finds himself drawn into the world of spies after meeting a beautiful