This year’s Edinburgh festivals saw a ticket sales rise of five per cent, with about 2.3 million tickets issued for 50,000 Fringe events. This accounted for £3.8 million in ticket sales, an increase of 19% from last year. Every year, millions of visitors from in and out of the UK flock to Edinburgh to enjoy […]
Theatre, Bedlam Theatre, Venue 49, 21:30 until the 30th August. Set in an ‘intervention room’ at a school, two teenage girls are brought in for the reason of being ‘cause for concern’. Taylor, as played by Olivia Duffen, is the loud and obnoxious student, and it seems immediately apparent why she is sent to the […]
Theatre / Political, Roundabout Theatre, Summerhall, Venue 26a, 10:00 until the 30th August Theatre Uncut: In Opposition presents a selection of six shorts from the theatre company of the same name. Set in Summerhall’s cosy ’roundabout’ tent amidst light and smoke, these plays explore political themes through personal stories. The first two plays were blistering, hard-hitting indictments of recent […]
Musical, Paradise in St Augustine’s, Venue 152, 21:15 until 30th August. EUSOG put on a real treat of a show with their adaption of Little Shop of Horrors, updating the plot of the eighties musical whilst staying true to its character. Meek botanist Seymour discovers a bloodthirsty plant, helping him win fame, fortune and the […]