Every year I join up with a group of friends from Glasgow for a day at the Festival, a good way to take full advantage of the 2 for 1 ticket offer. After a sandwich and coffee lunch in Quartermile, listening to a variety of street performers, we headed into the university complex for an […]
Delicious mini-dramas are a delightful start to the day
Review: Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show (rating 5/5) This Show is back for its 14th year at the Fringe, and it has moved venue, upsized its audience capacity and enrolled a new member of the cast. It also presents 15 new short plays, five of which can be seen every morning on a rotating basis. There […]
A loving tribute to a tragic singing star
Review: Eva Cassidy, The Story (rating 4/5) Hebridean musician Elsa-Jean McTaggart has carved out a successful career with her performances of traditional and modern arrangements with her husband and sister. Here she has applied her pitch perfect vocals and a range of instruments to tell the life story of her favourite artist Eva Cassidy in […]
Uniting two countries through the love of movement
Review: 6 Feet, 3 Shoes (rating 4/5) Scotland and Spain are delightfully united by the friendship of three girls who share a love of movement and dance. 6 Feet, 3 Shoes, which world premiered on the opening day of the Fringe, is choreographed and directed by Scotland-born Jen Wren. It is 50 minutes of raw […]
Tattu reveals interior of new traditional and modern city restaurant
Blossoming: the new look Tattu Contemporary Chinese restaurant group, Tattu, has revealed a preview of its Edinburgh interior, with patrons set to dine beneath hand painted traditional Chinese artwork and an arching tunnel of its signature blossom installation. Tattu Edinburgh will pay homage to the relationship between ‘traditional and contemporary’; complete with a Chinois-style interior […]