To all
#edfringe
performers, try to forget the ticket sales, the reviews, the expense. You're here, making the world's greatest arts festival happen. Take time to enjoy it. And remember the likes of us reviewers don't matter in the scheme of things.
#MondayMotivation
We have 3 free copies of the new Scots translation "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stane" to give away. RT to enter, and we'll announce the winners on 1st Feb ⚡️📚
#bookgiveaway
#booklove
We will be Fringeing all month online and offline! It's so good to have it back. Feel free to punt shows at us (section editor emails on site). We'll see anything and everything we can fit in.
#TweetTheMedia
We’re officially in print. These wee beauties are making their way round town as we speak. Collect one from a venue/bar/cafe near you shortly.
#edfringe
There are an awful lot of people who have done an awful lot of work not pictured but we had a lot of fun at Wee Review end of
#edfringe
drinks tonight. Thanks to
@GreensideVenue
for having us. And thanks to all the performers who've welcomed us to their shows.
Only had our new
@FringeGuru
-designed booking system live a few hours and already nearly 116 shows have been requested by reviewers! It's going to be a busy August.
#edfringe
#SleepInSeptember
@glasgowfilmfest
Synchronic. A new cut of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's existential sci-fi. Two paramedics encounter a series of deaths caused by a new designer drug. The directors love a head-scratcher as previous film The Endless demonstrates. 10/
#edfringe
may be over but we haven't quite finished. We still have write-ups to do. So if you're a performer we saw in the last few days, don't worry. It's on it's way. Just might take a few days to clear the backlog.
Fringe Review: Sofie Hagen - Banglord ★★★★★
Commanding stage presence and quick wit that would make anyone decry democracy and welcome Hagen as our benevolent dictator/banglord
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Fringe Review: Charlie Vero-Martin - Picnic ★★★★☆ Hilarious character sketches stuffed to the gills with mad ideas from a truly gifted performer
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Fringe Review: Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story ★★★★★ A wild, camp fantasy ride into the mythical status Diana has now taken on
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Thank you
#edfringe
performers! If we didn't get to see you, sorry. If we did, hope we were fair even if we couldn't always be positive. But good or bad, remember it's you that makes the Fringe and we love you for it! Have a rest, reflect on a job well done and see you in 2019!
Fringe Review: Before the Drugs Kick In ★★★★★ A strong central performance and characterisation brings this humorously and emotionally-rich work to life
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Feels strange not to have the team out and about reviewing at
#edfringe
today. But we are going to cover as much of the online activity as we can manage.
Absolutely chuffed that our writer
@FloraGosling
has won the inaugural Fringe Young Writers Award with nominations also for Ariane Branigan and Dominic Corr. Well done all of you!
Fringe Review: Lorna Rose Treen - Skin Pigeon ★★★★★
Highly-anticipated character-comedy debut is a triumph of verve and imagination
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
#edfringe
Review: Vir Das - Wanted: Powerful storytelling meets hoot-worthy humour in this brilliantly crafted show about loving your country even if it doesn’t always love you back ★★★★★
@VallanceYoon
@JaneyGodley
Here you go Mark.
@JaneyGodley
's face, as featured in our new
#edfringe
magazine under "Shows to see". There's gonna be 10,000 of these distributed around Edinburgh. Stock up on cornflakes, mate, you're gonna be doing a lot of spitting.
Fringe Review: Milo Edwards - Sentimental ★★★★★ Bereavement handled with skill and a torrent of laughs in this phenomenal hour of stand-up
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Our
#edfringe
microsite is now live. Full of interviews, previews and reviews of stuff we've seen before. There'll be another 400 reviews on there by the time August's out.
#edfringe
Review: Rob Madge - My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?)
@FollowTheCow
: Dazzling and moving mini-musical about a kid who loved musicals ★★★★★
A full official week into the Fringe and it's been a very busy one. We think we're on top of our coverage, but if you've had us in on a press ticket and are still waiting on the review after three days or more please let us know.
The Wee Review Award Winners 2018:
Fringe Zeitgeist:
@kweenthemusical
Fringe Groundbreaker:
@danteordie
for User Not Found
Fringe Experience:
@RichHuntTemp
for The Piece
Full details and runners-up here:
Lost Voice Guy is a good example of why you should get off the beaten track at
#edfringe
. Last year, he was an unknown playing a half empty hotel back room. This year, you’ll be lucky to get a ticket.
Fringe Review: Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia ★★★★★
Geordie-Indian comedian regales with racist events from his childhood contrasted with his love for Britain and its people
#EdFringe
#dFringe2024
Contributors needed! We're on the lookout for a small number of writers to join our
#edfringe
team and for year-round writers in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee
This is
#fakenews
from our editor. We don't take payment for reviews. Nor do we review our mates or print things PRs tell us to or any of the other myths that go around. We try to be keep things as ethical as possible and give an independent view of
#edfringe
.
We operate a different system
@theweereview
. You pay according to what you'd like us to say.
Fee = (Stars ^ 4 + positive adjectives × 5 - cliches) x £50
Extras:
£100 for "Not to be missed"
£200 for positive comparison with star of your choice (£50 supplement for Phoebe W-B)
Richard's right. We're not going anywhere. We'll be here for
#edfringe2021
and we're covering all we can of the Scottish arts that take place in the meantime.
So I think the only constructive thing I can say is this: I'm not going anywhere, and nor I'm sure are my colleagues at
@theweereview
. It's our vocation to find and support the incredible talent that emerges at every EdFringe - and we'll be doubly determined to do that in 2021.
Contributors needed! We're on the lookout for a small number of writers to join our
#edfringe
team and for year-round writers in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee
Dire news this morning for film in Scotland. We send our best wishes to all staff affected by this and hope that something can be done to save the festival and cinemas.
Fringe Interview: Lorna Rose Treen - 'I've always been happy with being seen as an idiot' - We talk to
@lornlornlors
about her debut character comedy show 'Skin Pigeon'
Fringe Review - Grace Petrie: Burch Ado About Nothing ★★★★☆ An hour of funny storytelling, with the occasional gut punch from popular folk singer Petrie
#edfringe
#EdFringe2022
[ONLINE] Theatre review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars - Self-isolated cast delivers excellent performances of Ian Doescher’s incongruous adaptation ★★★★✩
Fringe Review: Claire Woolner - A Retrospection ★★★★★ A frantic and bewildering mash-up of clowning and performance art that is far more accessible and emotional than should be possible
#edfringe
#FillYerBoots
Happy 20th birthday
@StandComedyClub
! The wee basement that became the most famous room in Scottish comedy celebrates two decades tonight. Here's some of the faces that have passed through over the years...