I’m Autistic – A New Musical
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I’m Autistic – A New Musical

★★★ It’s genuinely impressive to see a full-scale musical at the Fringe. Genuinely Confused Theatre Company have to be commended for their ambition and sincere commitment to bringing accurate representation…
Mr Creep
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Mr Creep

★★★★★ The expectation of Theodora Van Der Beek’s show at the outset, is that we're going to be treated to another clowning character comedy. Luckily, the show’s premise is as…
Twonkey’s Zip Wire to Zanzibar
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Twonkey’s Zip Wire to Zanzibar

★★★★ Twonkey’s dead! He succumbed after eating a tin of contaminated condensed milk, or so his Widow Twonketta tells us!  Paul Vicker's Twonkey narrative has coursed through the Edinburgh Fringe…
A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny
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A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny

★★★★ Of the 3’600+ shows on at the Edinburgh Fringe, a good chunk of them are autobiographical one-person shows. There’s no problem with that, but it does mean it requires…
Ria Lina: Riabellion
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Ria Lina: Riabellion

★★★★ The opening crowd-work to Lina’s set is as old as the hills. It’s the usual ‘where you from?’ shtick, and silly jokes about the British. Yet, like much of…
Bipolar Badass
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Bipolar Badass

★★★★ It’s great to see a show develop and grow, and returning to see 2023 Bounce Award winner Mari Crawford’s Bipolar Badass, it’s heartening to see the theatre-maker honing her…
Dregs
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Dregs

★★★★ Scottish folklore has such a vibrancy, it’s living poetry, and as such feels immediate. We might be talking about magical beings and selkies, but they are weaved into the…