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Review: Barely Methodical Troupe: Shift at Underbelly’s Circus Hub

The award-winning experimental circus company Barely Methodical Troupe returns to the Fringe with their latest dynamic show Shift. Shift is a circus show with punch. Featuring a blend of different acrobatic a...

4★★★★

Review: Universoul Circus: Hip Hop Under the Big Top at Underbelly’s Circus Hub

“At Universoul Circus, everyone belongs!” That’s this act’s mantra, and it holds true. Among the troupe performing in this year’s Fringe are performers from the USA, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and ...

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Review: Denim: The Reunion Tour at Assembly George Square Gardens

With star quality at their core, this five-piece drag ensemble stun with vocals as big and bold as Shirley’s beehive hair. A feel-good, hypnotising amalgamation of power ballads, Broadway hits, glitter beards a...

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Review: Cirque Beserk! at Pleasance @ EICC

Cirque Berserk! will challenge your perceptions of circus, combining elements of theatre and traditional circus with modern stunts to wow and amaze. Beyond expertly choreographed trapeze, aerial silks and acr...

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Review: Yana Alana: Between the Cracks at Assembly Checkpoint

Wearing nothing but blue paint and accessories, Sarah Ward brings to her alter-ego to the stage: the brilliantly rude, camp and delusional Yana Alana, who's here to tackle socio-political issues and stick it to...

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Review: Sushi Tap Show at Greenside Nicholson Square

Brought to the Edinburgh festival by Tokyo Tap Do!, Sushi Tap Show is a high-energy performance that provides light hearted entertainment, upbeat tap sequences, cheerful comedic interludes and circus tricks. ...

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Review: Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck at The Stand New Town Theatre

This is not your average cabaret show. From her peacock feather headpiece to her eyeshadow blocked out in greens to the way she rolls her Rs, Ada Campe immerses you in another world from the first moment. The...

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Review: Cazeleon: The Movies in my Mind at Gilded Balloon Teviot

Cazeleon looks hot and sounds hotter, but unfortunately this show is a bit of a hot mess. Clearly a person with a lot to say, Cazeleon ambitiously takes on gender, loss, ambition and a host of obscure musical...

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Review: Réversible at Assembly Rooms

Perhaps something that gets overlooked at the Fringe is the importance of venue. Back in 2012, Russell Kane had to move his show from the Assembly Rooms Ballroom due to sound problems which plagued the comedi...

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Review: Tori Scott is #Thirsty at Underbelly Bristo Square

Here all the way from New York City with a martini in hand, Tori Scott is armed with a powerful set of vocal cords and a sizzling wit that delights from beginning to end. An excellent performer, Scott has a be...