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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > best-of-the-fringe-2026-james-picks

BEST OF THE FRINGE 2026: James??? picks

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1496+ words) Another Edinburgh Fringe is now over, and after a very full few weeks of seeing as much theatre as humanly possible, it is time to attempt the rather impossible task of choosing my favourite shows of the festival. I tend…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-you-and-me-and-whoever-comes-next-old-lab-at-summerhall

Fringe Review: YOU AND ME (AND WHOEVER COMES NEXT), Old Lab at Summerhall

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (434+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: YOU AND ME (AND WHOEVER COMES NEXT), Old Lab at Summerhall Uplifting and funny, You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) is a show about care and how humans rely on one another. The…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-youth-in-flames-bunker-one-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: YOUTH IN FLAMES, Bunker One at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (148+ words) A powerful call to arms, Youth in Flames is set in 2019, when the government of China introduced extradition laws in Hong Kong. Through multimedia and a blaring soundscape, Mimi Martin performs her chilling one-woman show in Bunker One at the…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-little-animals-studio-theatre-at-traverse-the-lyceum-studio

Fringe Review: LITTLE ANIMALS, Studio Theatre at Traverse @ The Lyceum Studio

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) It's the simplicity of Little Animals that allows these ideas the space to breathe. The lights are up, all is laid out bare, only Ready is on the stage. It is this space that becomes cavernous or shrinks to nothing,…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-buggers-upstairs-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: BUGGERS, Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: BUGGERS, Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard Buggers is a soaring, volatile piece of theatre. Charting the troubled relationship of artist Francis Bacon (Alistair Hall) and his lover and muse George Dyer (Peter Clements) in the…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > review-stamptown-netflix

Review: STAMPTOWN, Netflix

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (202+ words) Stamptown, a hit Edinburgh Fringe variety show,is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary. In those 10 years, it has gained a significant following in the UK and the USA. Now, audiences across the globe can enjoy a version of the show staged…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-a-foot-is-not-an-appropriate-prize-for-a-tombola-attic-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR A TOMBOLA, Attic at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (400+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR A TOMBOLA, Attic at Pleasance Courtyard Lydia (Daniel McVey) clutches her clipboard - the cornerstone of civilised society - and ushers us into the Attic at the Pleasance…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-the-second-best-school-shooting-pleasance

Fringe Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING, Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (428+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING, Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard “We’ve been trained for this our whole lives!” shouts Ava (Shaylaren Hilton), which seems to placate her mother during three days off school after…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-olivia-raine-atwood-oops-gilded-balloon

Fringe Review: OLIVIA RAINE ATWOOD: OOPS, Billiard Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (190+ words) Olivia Raine Atwood radiates energy. She leaps onto the stage grinning and you can’t help but fall for her fizzy American charm. Atwood’s show Oops is the perfect fit for the mid-afternoon slot (2:30pm, Gilded Balloon) where she is cheerful, self-deprecating,…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > best-of-the-fringe-2026-jacobs-picks

BEST OF THE FRINGE 2026: Jacob???s picks

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Besties, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 is rapidly coming to a close - but there’s still a few days left to catch some shows! This year, we’ve had three reviewers up in Edinburgh covering as many shows as possible and they’re each…...