Author: Marion Geoffray
Why do we lie?
★★★★☆ Fun
Why Do We Lie? by the Napier University Drama Society at Greenside’s Riddles Court uses a series of short comedy skits to explore the reasons and circumstances around why humans lie.
Animate Lands: A Celtic Myth Cycle
★★★★☆ Traditional
After selling out the Scottish Storytelling Centre in 2022, Animate Lands: A Celtic Myth Cycle returns to the venue for the Fringe. Storyteller Dougie Mackay accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Freya Rae, takes us on a poetic journey through traditional Scottish tales and wilderness.
Singing Willows
★★★☆☆ Whimsical
Singing Willows at the French Institute is the brainchild of Alexandra Borghino, a French artist who has adapted her book of the same name into bilingual tunes for wee ones, to teach French and English through songs and pictures.
Planetarium Lates: You Are Here
★★★☆☆ Humbling
Planetarium Lates: You Are Here at Dynamic Earth, takes the audience on an immersive and dizzying journey through the universe. In the comfort of your own seat, travel to infinity and beyond, breaking the laws of physics to find out where we are exactly in the galaxy.
A History of Fortune Cookies
★★★★☆ Sweet treat
A History of Fortune Cookies written and performed by Glasgow-based spoken word artist Sean Wai Keung at Summerhall, is one of those unique and unexpected performances that one may only find at a festival like the Fringe.
Tim Licata: Close up and personal
★★★★☆ Childhood magic
Local Edinburgh magician Tim Licata is back at the Fringe with Close-up and Personal at Assembly Rooms. It is a delightful show, filled with autobiographical anecdotes and magic tricks. But there’s more to it than just traditional illusions.
Keep Watching It
★★☆☆☆ Repetitive
Keep Watching It, at The Space on the Mile, is a new play by Kestrel Eye Productions, a grassroots film and theatre company based between Edinburgh and New York.
Don Quixote Rides Again
★★★★☆ Entertaining classic
Commissioned by the Scottish Storytelling Centre for their International festival last autumn, Don Quixote Rides Again, directed by Jelena Bašic, returns to its original home for the Fringe.
Shadow Walking
★★★★☆ Dark tales
Shadow Walking returns to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the Fringe after a first outing last autumn during the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
Same Team
★★★★★ Unmissable!
The combined frenzy of the Fringe and the Paris Olympics couldn’t be a more apt time to stage Same Team at The Traverse Theatre, directed by Bryony Shanahan and written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse with the women of Street Soccer Scotland.
