28 stories by "Beatrix Swanson Scott"
Mae Martin's show is called Dope for, I think, two reasons. One, she talks a lot about drugs, and two, she sometimes likes to give a teenager-y, attention-seeking vibe, the vibe of someone w…
The Durham Revue's show is called Laugh Actually. The university sketch comedy group are quick to tell us that their act has nothing to do with Love Actually. This isn't strictly true, as it…
Ed Night is something else. He's not in his late twenties, he's not from a cushy background and he doesn't dress in button-up shirts (at least, not on the night I attended his show), and the…
An Act of Kindness by new London theatre company Rascal Theatre takes place at a London bus stop. This is where Leila and Martin meet. Leila, a waitress, takes the bus to work here every day…
Lists for the End of the World by fanSHEN theatre company sounds, on paper, deceptively simple. The production's creators have compiled hundreds of crowdsourced lists and during the show, th…
One thing most of the Fringe's audience probably have in common is that they have never had a desire to spend 15 minutes in the pitch-black darkness inside a shipping container. And yet Summ…
Dickens for Dinner is probably one of the funniest, silliest Fringe shows for grown-ups out there (though it's appropriate for children as well). In what seems like the result of a bizarre b…
Wiry, tattooed and dressed like a boxer, a short, slim man appears onstage and begins to sing the Jungle Book's 'I Wanna Be Like You' into a warped mirror: 'You see it's true/ an ape like me…
Shakespeare for Breakfast is a long-standing Fringe tradition. If you manage to drag yourself out of bed in time to get to this 10am show, you are rewarded with complimentary coffee (or oran…
Creatives, a “darkly comic pop opera”, sounds intriguing at first " the book is co- authored by Irvine Welsh of Trainspotting fame and the music is by award-winning composer Laur…
If, like me, you are a fan of all things vaguely History Boys, you too will be attracted by Lord Dismiss Us, a hilarious yet touching portrait of life in a boys’ public school in a ver…
Going into my second mental health musical at this Fringe, I was slightly less apprehensive. And there turned out to be no reason for apprehension at all. Putting on a feel-good show about d…
Rhys James's show is called Wiseboy, a title that perfectly suits his assured delivery and hint of swagger. His clever observational comedy, which centres mainly around his childhood, his pa…
Stop, the Oxford University Drama Society's national touring show, was created by students with help from French musical theatre composer and producer Claude-Michel Schönberg, known …
The Improverts, an Edinburgh University improv troupe, are the Fringe's longest-running improv comedy act. Every night of the Fringe at half past midnight, they perform an audience-led show …
The Cambridge Footlights might be Britain's most famous sketch comedy troupe. The university society claim such alumni as Stephen Fry and Sue Perkins and are a regular presence at the Fringe…
Sleepwalkers takes place simultaneously in Berlin before the outbreak of World War II and in a sinister post-Brexit Britain which has reached warzone conditions. At the heart of this play, w…
The Marriage of Kim K (the title is a play " pun intended " on The Marriage of Figaro) marries reality TV with classic opera and explores how people overcome differences in relationships, th…
In Wishing on a Stopgap, a retired teacher, spending his days giving away his paperback collection to 'anyone without a kindle', begins to examine his many past relationships and wonder why …
Hotter, a two-hander devised and performed by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, is a kaleidoscope of song, dance, verbatim theatre, sketch comedy and heartfelt monologues. It explores wo…
This is the 7th year that collegiate a capella group All The King's Men have performed at the Fringe. After almost winning the first BCC 'Pitch Battle', they return this year with even more …
Stephen Sondheim's musicals are never easy to put on. His music is difficult " it doesn't often provide memorable showstopper numbers and can quickly go obviously wrong if not performed extr…
The Improv Musical just does what it says on the cover " the audience give suggestions, and a troupe of University of Warwick students improvise a wholly original musical on the spot. They h…
From the Ground Up is an interactive show developed by the Almeida Theatre Young Company. It is an unusual, exciting but slightly disconcerting experience which involves the audience being a…
Sameer is Muslim and queer. This is the premise of this short two-hander written by Shafeeq Shahjahan and produced by Liver and Lung Productions. The themes in this play are without a doubt …
