Beginning in 1947 with 8 productions performed uninvited on the ‘fringe’ of the first Edinburgh International Festival, today’s annual, 3.5 week Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s largest performing arts festival with 262 venues, 3317 productions, and 51,446 individual performances. And only saw 41 in the nine days we are here … my 6th and Hernan’s 3rd Fringe. Since this is … [Read more...] about TheatreEddys Goes to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”An Evening with an ImmigrantInua EllamsTraverse TheatrePoet, playwright, and performer Inua Ellams, wearing a t-shirt that boldly says “Never Forget to Say Thank You,” sits at the microphone before the Traverse Theatre audience to relate a story of the many years he and his family take to become legal … [Read more...] about “Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”Hats Off to Laurel and HardyPhilip HutchinsonLucky Dog Theatre ProductionsSweet Grassmarket“Gee if I hadn’t seen you, I wouldn’t have recognized you.” For any fan of Laurel and Hardy, that is just one of many lines that can still bring a nostalgic laugh — funny now as always. Standing before us are … [Read more...] about “Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”AdamFrancis PoetNational Theatre of ScotlandTraverse Theatre“Can the soul of a man be trapped in the body of a woman?” With that one-line question typed into the world of the Internet, a young person from Alexandria, Egypt born in the wrong body form and now seeking refuge in a non-welcoming England … [Read more...] about “Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”Gypsy QueenRob WardHope Theatre CompanyAssemblyInto an arena most known for its machoism, bravado, and physical feats of strength and fitness, Rob Ward places two boxers who develop a love between them that runs counter to the extreme homophobia so prevalent in that world. One is out already; one is not … [Read more...] about “Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”From Ibiza to the Norfolk BroadsAdrian BerryPleasanceA father he has not seen nor heard from since he was two and a famed, gender-fluid rock star he has never met nor seen in live performance have shaped who Martin is as he now turns eighteen. A loner who has a severe eating disorder and sometimes does not … [Read more...] about “Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6: Shows 14-15, TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Mies JulieYael FarberBaxter TheatreAssemblyThe love of another versus the love of land. Honoring roots of one’s past versus living the promise for one’s future. The leftover familiarities of colonialism versus the still unknowns of freedom. And of course, white versus black.These are … [Read more...] about “Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”The Divide, Part 1Alan AyckbournOld Vic, Edinburgh International Festival & Karl Sydow ProductionKing TheatreThe year is 2201, and we are all gathered in a large lecture hall for “The Divide Lectures,” delivered by two professors — a man decked out in all white and a woman in all black — who … [Read more...] about “Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 4, Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys Goes to 2017 Edinburgh Fringe”
“Day 4 Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Black MountainBrad BirohA Paines Plough, Theatre Clwyd & Orange Tree Theatre ProductionSummerhallA retreat into a mountain cabin might be just the spot for any couple having a bump in their relationship to spend a couple days and work things out. The sound of birds in the surrounding woods; a hike … [Read more...] about “Day 4, Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys Goes to 2017 Edinburgh Fringe”
“Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Show #1, 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalImprobable FictionAlan AyckbournEdinburgh Theatre ArtsA nervous man tries his best to count the curious variety of padded stools, folding chairs, and ottoman seats circled around him; and he simply cannot seem to come up with the required ten. He is about once again … [Read more...] about “Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Theatre Eddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalFor the fourth time, I am returning to the inspiration and spawning parent for the network of over 200 fringes around the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now in its 70th year, the Fringe has been emulated not only in our own San Francisco, but in cities across the United States, Canada, and on the continents of … [Read more...] about “Theatre Eddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Eight: Mini-Reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #28Lost in BlueDebs NewboldNimble FishSummerhallOne woman stands before us and on-the-spot creates an incredible sound track of effects to accompany the solo telling of her multi-layered, multi-character story that entices and grips with its mysteries, memories, and magic. Debs Newbold, both writer and performer of Lost in Blue,is nothing short … [Read more...] about “Day Eight: Mini-Reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day Seven: The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #24Great ExpectationsPeter Fanning (Book): John Moore (Music)Shrewsbury SchoolCTaking one of the most beloved novels of all times and its two-dozen-plus major characters – several now iconic in their own rights – and turning that classic into a new musical with soaring music and a comprehensible book is quite a daunting task. When the impressive … [Read more...] about “Day Seven: The 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
Day Four: Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #10Callisto: a queer epicHoward CoaseForward ArenaThe PleasanceFour stories of the recent and far past and the much farther future intertwine in Howard Coase’s new work, Callisto: a queer epic, to explore same-sex relationships – all with the common thread of “Callisto,” the fourth and largest moon of Jupiter. Time and space, fact and fiction, … [Read more...] about Day Four: Mini Reviews from 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“Day Three: Mini Reviews of The Edinburgh 2016 Fringe Festival”
2016 Edinburgh Fringe Show #5House + Amongst the ReedsSomalia Seaton & Chino OdimbaClean Break Theatre CompanyAssembly George Square, Box TheatreTwo sisters and a mother reunite in the family home after one sister has been away for five years, having been incarcerated and dealing with drug-induced issues in Somalia Seaton’s new work entitled House. As Patricia (Pat) … [Read more...] about “Day Three: Mini Reviews of The Edinburgh 2016 Fringe Festival”
