What starts as an internet rabbit hole you might find yourself in at 3am becomes a funny, fascinating, and surprisingly wholesome hour in Depths of Wikipedia. Internet archivist and comedian Annie Rauwerda brings her viral social media project to the stage, taking audiences on a journey through the strange corners of the world’s largest crowdsourced... Continue Reading →
Lost in Translation – Gilded Balloon @ the Museum | Review by Avery Mitchell
There are some shows at the Fringe that require complex, detailed reviews, because there is so much to say about them; and then there is Lost in Translation. The review is simple: go see it! The premise is brilliantly simple. Take an iconic and well-known film, such as Twilight as I enjoyed at my performance,... Continue Reading →
Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons and Dragons Comedy (Tartan Tabletop) – Gilded Balloon Patter House | Review by Avery Mitchell
Here to prove that Dungeons & Dragons isn’t all complicated rules and crunchy math, Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy delivers exactly what it says on the box. This ragtag group of drama kids who have been playing D&D together for years bring their tabletop adventures yet again to the stage, typically with a... Continue Reading →
Unexplained Live (Richard MacLean Smith) – theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall | Review by Avery Mitchell
Richard MacLean Smith brings his hit podcast Unexplained to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time, adapting it’s regular format for the stage. For this show, Smith explores the mystery surrounding three lighthouse keepers who disappeared from the remote Flannan Isles in the year 1900. For fans of the podcast, the show is immediately recognisable,... Continue Reading →
