8+ hour, 12+ min ago  (469+ words) Native New Yorker and self-proclaimed "ing'jew, Abby Goldfarb makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with Most of My Moms Are Gay, an original comedy musical co-produced with musician and composer Jody Shelton (Baby Wants Candy, 50 Shades! The Musical Parody) and directed…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (450+ words) The first in-house production at Riverside Studios, RON, is very clearly badged as "not a stand-up" despite writer, co-director, and solo performer Ted Walliker opting to start it like one. He plays Tony, gay and easily influenced by his childhood…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (324+ words) This new book from Jason Crawford is something of a curio. In God's Fools, he takes a look at comedy through the lens of the holy fool, contrasting the stories of prophets and martyrs with leading lights in the world…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (877+ words) Welcome to the next in a series celebrating female colleagues who engage with theatre as critics, reviewers, bloggers or content creators. I am using "theatre" to encompass all live arts performances, and "reviewer" to cover all those who add commentary…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (556+ words) This is not a play, and deffo not a musical, we are told via flash cards at the start of I Made You A Mixtape, Response Theatre's production currently playing at The Cockpit. It's a sort of dance show, driven…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (621+ words) Welcome to the next in a series celebrating female colleagues who engage with theatre as critics, reviewers, bloggers or content creators. I am using "theatre" to encompass all live arts performances, and "reviewer" to cover all those who add commentary…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (399+ words) In a hot and sticky Drayton Arms Theatre, the players assemble in an abstract mime of driving a car. What we see and hear here and immediately after is important to the play as a whole. Alongside various vignettes about…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (428+ words) Singer and actor Eduardo Enrikez brings his solo musical theatre show, The Last Song, to Edinburgh Fringe this summer. Where: Dunedin Theatre at Braw Venues @ Hill Street "What can you tell us about your show?" The'Last'Song'is a deeply personal and…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (663+ words) Read on for an interview with writer Ben Ockrent, ahead of the world premiere of his new comedy'Relics. Where: Lyric Hammersmith Theatre When: 18 Jun-18 Jul Ben Ockrent is an award'winning playwright, director and executive producer whose work spans theatre, film,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (950+ words) Welcome to the next in a series celebrating female colleagues who engage with theatre as critics, reviewers, bloggers or content creators. I am using "theatre" to encompass all live arts performances, and "reviewer" to cover all those who add commentary…...