Wilma’s Top Ten Edinburgh Fringe Festival Shows
REVIEW: RAINBOW CLASS (Assembly Hall) ★★★★★ Vivienne Acheampong (The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-time) draws on her past experience of being a primary school teacher in this one woman comedy sketch show which is playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. Rainbow Class is one of the best things I saw […]
REVIEW: THE PRETEND MEN: POLICE COPS (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★★
Word of mouth is a wonderful thing within the world of theatre and this show was recommended to me by countless friends before I had even arrived in Edinburgh. A quick research into the show and the company revealed them to be winners of numerous awards, including Stage Award for Acting Excellence 2015, as well […]
REVIEW: BEACH HUNKS: VERY HANDSOME (Laughing Horse) ★★★★
Imagine my surprise this Edinburgh Fringe when I somehow managed to visit Scotland in the only week that had some sunshine… And what better show to get me into the summer mood than the Beach Hunks, with their new show ‘Very Handsome’ – performed as part of Free Fringe in Laughing Horse @ The News […]
REVIEW: EUROBEAT (Pleasance Grand) ★★★★
Entering a stifling, but impressive Pleasance Grand on the opening night of Eurobeat, I had more apprehension than you could wave your complimentary Vatican City flag at! A musical based around the idea of Eurovision, set in the Republic of Moldova. Although a country with a population around the same as Manchester, it is still […]
REVIEW: NINA CONTI: IN YOUR FACE (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★★
British ventriloquist and Best Comedy nominee at the 2016 West End Wilma Awards, Nina Conti returns to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year in a slightly larger venue than last year, the Pleasance Courtyard. Thankfully, as Nina’s act has grown and she has moved up in venue sizes, she has realised now is the time […]
REVIEW: RAINBOW CLASS (Assembly Hall) ★★★★★
Vivienne Acheampong (The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night-time) draws on her past experience of being a primary school teacher in this one woman comedy sketch show which is playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. As the audience enters the room we are welcomed in to Twiddlesworth Primary School by our […]
REVIEW: MYRA DUBOIS: SELF ADMYRA (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Rotherham’s least celebrated daughter, Myra DuBois is no stranger to the London gay scene, performing regularly at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Having missed her show at the London Wonderground last month, I was keen to check out the show whilst up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Myra, the diva, refuses to come out on stage until […]
REVIEW: THE NAKED MAGICIANS (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★
The Naked Magicians are an Australian duo who have come up with a way of not just being another magic show. Yes, they do it naked. Or so the write up of the show says. The show starts with two fully dressed magicians and we find out that if we are going to see them […]
REVIEW: 2 BECOME 1 (Underbelly) ★
I loved the 90’s. It was all about women feeling empowered and equal to men. ‘Girl power’ was a term coined by the 90’s pop sensation Spice Girls who ruled the musical world and helped change history in the music business. When I read about this show 2 Become 1 at the Edinburgh Fringe, I […]
REVIEW: GROWING PAINS (Underbelly) ★★★★
Growing Pains was commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and is written and performed by Tom Gill. Gill has acted in film (he was in Eden Lake with Michael Fassbender) and theatre; this is his debut solo show as a spoken word artist and singer songwriter. Gill has created an intimate and honest piece of storytelling […]