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Edinburgh Fringe: Scene Of Titans
An inspirational play written by a St Andrews University student about Northern Ireland's first gay rugby team has debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Tom Stade: What Year Was That?
Tom Stade co-wrote Frankie Boyle's TV show Tramadol Nights, and the Canadian's comedy kinship with the controversy-creating Scottish funnyman shows. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation
Dave Gorman first came to my attention many years ago when he was putting together Are You Dave Gorman?, which saw him fulfil a bet with then flatmate Danny Wallace that he could find and meet 54 other people with the same name as him. One of these was one time of Auchmuty High in Glenrothes, mine own former seat of learning. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek
It's good to see this three-piece sketch show selling out on a Monday afternoon, as the boys are inventive, funny and hard-working. They've been going since 2008 and this is their third run at the Fringe. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The Adventures Of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer
Given that there are 2500 shows being performed in Edinburgh on any given day this month, it's a rare thing indeed to find one that is truly original. (...)
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Dare ProtoPlay festival helps rest of the gaming world switch on to Dundee
This weekend Dundee is hosting Dare ProtoPlay, Scotland's biggest computer games festival. There are fun and games for all ages at the Caird Hall as well as an important insight into a switched-on city which has long been a hub of digital design technology. Jennifer Cosgrove found out more. (...)
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Lynda Radley explores the world of the freak show with Futureproof
Lynda Radley is something of a rising star in Scottish theatre. Originally from Cork in Ireland, the 31-year old has been in Scotland since 2005 and is building a successful career as a playwright. (...)
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Tour paves Way for Gregory Burke's powerful Fife-set debut
The debut play by Gregory Burke — who wrote the worldwide smash hit Black Watch — is to be performed in the author's home town for the first time, before going on tour nationwide. Jack McKeown looks at the edgy, Fife-set comedy-thriller Gagarin Way. (...)
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Lindsey Miller's theatre success began with Jerry Springer production
A young Angus woman has celebrated her first hit in London's theatre world after a meteoric rise to the west end with the help of Jerry Springer. (...)
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Armstrong and Miller come to the Caird Hall
Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong are taking their BBC One sketch show on the road. Ahead of their Dundee performance this week, Jack McKeown caught up with one half of the Bafta-winning double act. (...)
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Fringe favourite Danny Bhoy on UK tour
Danny Bhoy is one of those famous/not famous people. Well enough known for a four-week run in the Fringe's largest venue, the 1000-seat McEwan Hall, he's also able to sit in a coffee shop five minutes from his Edinburgh flat without being noticed. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Jason Byrne
Well, that's it almost over for another year. Tonight sees the final performances of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010, and what more fitting way to end The Courier's coverage than with a review of the best-selling comedian in the Fringe's history? (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Five Guys Named Moe
I'll be honest, writes William Lockwood. The main reason I went to see Five Guys Named Moe at the McEwan Hall was because it stars Clarke Peters, AKA Lester Freamon from The Wire. I didn't know much about it, except that it featured the vocal talents of the sharpest detective on The Greatest TV Show Ever. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Bell Shakespeare — Just Macbeth!
Making toilet humour sit comfortably alongside some of Shakespeare's darkest work is quite a skill, writes William Lockwood. Macbeth's themes of murder, ambition, fate and manipulation do not seem best suited to running jokes about flatulence. Until, that is, the Australian Bell Shakespeare troupe come along. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The Late Late Show with Paul Zenon and Mikelangelo
The Late Late Show with Paul Zenon and Mikelangelo is chaotic, slightly amateurish at points, but perfect if you're just arriving for a stay in Edinburgh and have no idea what to see. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Richard Bacon brings radio show north
Edinburgh in August is where and when the London media pause from their hyperactive navel gazing, look around them, and realise there's a lot of England to the north of them and a whole other country above that. One that's holding the world's biggest arts festival. And so they rush up here, camera crews and pretty assistants in tow, and set up shop for a month. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The One to One Show with Gyles Brandreth
A straw poll of my friends revealed they all knew the name Gyles Brandreth, but few could tell me exactly who he is or what he's done. Some recalled him from his lurid jumper days on TV-am, others from Countdown, or from his more recent work on The One Show. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The Sunday Defensive
The Sunday Defensive are Phil Gilbert and Jacob Edwards — two bespectacled young Englishmen presenting their off-the-wall sketch show. They play a pair of geeky, oddball friends who decide to marry one another for financial gain. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: The Wau Wau Sisters
So, it's a Sunday night. I'm a little tired after a busy weekend but I drag myself along to see a show I know very little about, called The Wau Wau Sisters. (...)
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Edinburgh Fringe: Jimeoin
Those "Oh, yeah — I do that!" moments are the reason you go to see Jimeoin. (...)
