Underbelly
Make-Up
★★★★☆ Intimate
Make-Up, from NoLogo Productions at the Underbelly Wee Coo in George Square, is a disarmingly truthful and humorous piece, adroitly constructed and beautifully performed.
EdFringe has 2020 contingency plan
EdFringe prepared if Covid-19 restrictions lifted
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that it has contingency plans to support venues and artists in the unlikely occurrence that restrictions due to Covid-19 are lifted in time for an event to take place in August 2020.
You Choose for Xmas
New musical and La Clique for Edinburgh’s Xmas:
A new musical version of Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt’s You Choose children’s picture book is to make its debut at this year’s Edinburgh’s Christmas, joining the return of La Clique Noel for “Part Deux”.
Sarah and Duck
★★★★☆ Quack!
Sarah and Duck is a theatre show for children based on a TV programme on CBeebies. Sarah is a girl about seven years old and she has a pet duck called Duck. Sarah and Duck go on adventures together with their friends.
The Last Queen of Scotland
★★★☆☆ Urgent:
There is undeniable promise in The Last Queen of Scotland. It is told in a voice largely absent from the stage, and presents a story which seems to have been largely forgotten, but remains desperately contemporary in so many ways.
Underbelly gets Hogmanay
Unique Events loses out:
Underbelly has been announced as the winning bidder for both of Edinburgh’s major winter festivals: Edinburgh’s Christmas and Edinburgh’s Hogmanay.
The Scarecrows’ Wedding
✭✭✭✩✩ Quite funny
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
I enjoyed this play but found it very hard to review. The play is from the book by Julia Donaldson. It is about two scarecrows called Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay getting married.
Gruffalos, Ladybirds and Other Beasts – Junior Review
✭✭✭✭✭ Hilarious and very exciting
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
This show had the real Julia Donaldson. She brought her husband Malcolm and sister Mary and there were two other people, James and Joanna.
Ladyboys lose Meadows site
Underbelly take over Meadows site during fringe:
The Ladyboys of Bangkok have failed to retain their Meadows site for this year’s fringe, after the council put the rental of the Meadows out to competitive tender.
Udderbelly on the move
Purple Coo on the moove:
Underbelly’s Purple Coo is on the move this fringe, hoofing over to George Square for a two-year rumination in more verdant pastures while Bristo Square and the McEwan hall are revamped.
