Bruce the yellow block of foam returns to Edinburgh

Bruce at the Edinburgh Festival

Following success at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, lo-fi puppetry spectacular Bruce is Back! Keeping you on the edge of your seat, Bruce will sweep you away on an epic adventure of love and revenge, as he sets out to prove he has a heart of pure gold. Bruce takes the audience on an action packed, hilarious adventure, narrating his story as a self-proclaimed hero-cop turned novelist-astronaut. Bruce is a loveable screw-up, he’s got onle last shot at redemption but, with a lifetime of regrets hunting him down, he’s running out of spacetime. This side-splitting story is unapologetic in it minimal approach. Wearing black on a dark stage Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd and Tim Watts invisibly manipulate their bodies to create Bruce, moving and intertwining their limbs so that their white gloves become hands and feet. Fusing mime and puppetry, Bruce is a non-stop rollercoaster of action, adventure and nostalgia. Bruce comes from … Read more

Gillian Beak is subject of character comedy Beak Speaks

Beak Speak Edinburgh Fringe Festival

After over 30 years of working in, under and around the British Fringe Theatre Circuit, Gillian Beak finally bares all and shares a lifetime of theatrical insights and anecdotes. Beak Speaks is a character comedy based on the life and times of Gillian Beak. Accompany the doyenne of the Fringe as she takes you through her masterclass, reminiscing about the infamous techniques that shaped her young protégée, how it all went wrong with one frightfully well connected man as well as one young upstart who she claims she taught everything he knows. Beak Speaks is staged by kind permission of Sarah Thom, heard frequently as Joan on Radio 4’s Clare in the Community. Finally, Beak speaks… Underbelly Cowgate (White Belly) from 3rd August at 16:00 (not 14th, 21st). BOOK TICKETS FOR BEAK SPEAKS

Traverse reveals premieres for Edinburgh Festival

Jess and Joe Forever at Edinburgh Festival 2017

The Traverse Theatre has revealed a programme of eight world premieres, three European premieres and five Scottish premieres for this year’s Edinburgh festival. The world premieres include Meet Me at Dawn by Zinnie Harris, directed by the Traverse’s artistic director Orla O’Loughlin, exploring everyday love and unexpected loss, inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Another world premiere will be The Whip Hand by Douglas Maxwell with Birmingham Repertory Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland. Directed by Birmingham Rep associate director Tessa Walker, it is a family drama set in Glasgow, exploring themes of power, privilege, blood ties and our inescapable past. In association with Glasgow’s Tron Theatre, another world premiere will be Letters to Morrissey by Gary McNair, part of the Made in Scotland showcase. Performed by McNair, the solo show is the third in a trilogy about growing up in working-class Scotland after his sell-out festival hit … Read more