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2025 Popcorn Award: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, new writing award goes to climate crisis musical Hot Mess
Hot Mess announced as winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2025, celebrating new voices at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, presented by...

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Aug 194 min read


Review: Laura Benanti - Nobody Cares | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Broadway star Laura Benanti brings her celebrated one-woman show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is "A love...

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Aug 183 min read


Review: Scatter - A Horror Play | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Award-winning performer Patrick McPherson debuts his first horror play at the Edinburgh Fringe. With the aim to write the scariest show...

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Aug 183 min read


Review: Wanted by Eleanor Higgins and Bush Productions | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
A real-life criminal history inspires this tale of two queer women who accidentally become small-time criminals. Written and performed by...

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Aug 173 min read


Review: James Phelan - The Man Who Was Magic, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
World-renowned magician James Phelan brings his beautiful new magic show to Underbelly McEwan Hall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025...

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Aug 154 min read


Review: Pop Off, Michelangelo! Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
New musical Pop Off, Michelangelo! was a smash hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Following a run at the Underbelly Boulevard...

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Aug 123 min read


Review: How To Win Against History - The Henry Cyril Paget musical by Seiriol Davies | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Seiriol Davies' 2016 Edinburgh Fringe hit ' How To Win Against History ' returns to the Edinburgh festival in 2025 to mark the 150th...

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Aug 103 min read


Oscar reviews: Maxwell the Bubbleologist - The Flying Bubble Show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Maxwell the Bubbleologist makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with The Flying Bubble Show . South African Maxwell will be at the Underbelly...

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Aug 92 min read


Review: Nerds, the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates musical at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
A new musical comedy about the rival fathers of the tech revolution, Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple , comes to the...

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Aug 83 min read
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