After today’s shows, that’s it for our Edinburgh Fringe 2024 experience. Let’s take a look at the last batch of shows.
Here’s the schedule for August 26th.
11:40 – Moscow Love Story, Pleasance Courtyard. From the Edinburgh Fringe website:
“Moscow 2001. Echoes of Soviet Russia linger and young Putin is flirting with the West, when two rebellious souls lose themselves in a vodka-fuelled romance. Bringing audio diaries made on an old Walkman to life, Moscow Love Story is an untamed exploration of love and memory, paralleling personal boundaries with geopolitics in a world on the brink of transformation. Developed with support of Alma Alter Theatre Laboratory, Bulgaria and Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. ‘Jenkins weaves a substantial, ambitious play of ideas’ **** (Telegraph, for First Person Shooter).”
And a fascinating sounding play to start our last day, I’ve always found ex-Soviet or Iron Curtain countries exciting to visit, and I’m hoping this play can give some of that vibe together with an exploration of that “vodka-fuelled romance.”
14:00 – Black Velvet, Bedlam Theatre.
“’You know, I never liked flowers for graves. They’re just this morbid reflection of death, as if this place needs any more of that…’ When Llew arrives at the graveyard with flowers for his mum, the last thing he expects to find is a feisty, possibly feral girl hijacking his night. Llew can’t stand her cynicism and Aoife thinks he’s an eejit, but the two are apparently stuck with each other, with nothing in common but grief. As heart-warming as it is heart-wrenching, a new dark comedy about time moving forward when it feels like everything should stop.”
A graveside is an interesting location for a relationship to develop; if this is well-written and well-acted it should be highly entertaining and insightful.
15:50 – The Scot and the Showgirl, Pleasance Dome.
“Starring Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle and West End leading man Norman Bowman. The Scot and The Showgirl is a true(ish) wee musical thingamajig about a perfectly imperfect relationship that began 28 years ago at Edinburgh Waverly train station. She, a Broadway icon and Edinburgh Fringe survivor. He, a shy Scottish musical theatre lover. Together, with their crackin’ band, they celebrate their quirky romance in a touchingly funny song cycle – from Brigadoon to Broadway and from Scotland to Sondheim via Costello, Bacharach, The Proclaimers and more. Expect love, laughter and tartan. World Premiere.”
Some mid-afternoon cabaret, Frances Ruffelle is always an amazing performer and it will be interesting to hear their interpretations of show tunes and Scottish pop. Yay to Bacharach and Sondheim – not so yay to the Proclaimers (unless it’s Letter to America!)
17:55 – Tom Greaves: FUDGEY, Assembly Roxy.
“A brutally funny dark comedy about boarding school. Through the character of Fudgey: your quintessential, tone-deaf man in a suit (you know, the “harmless” type… until you find them running the country), award-winning, Gaulier-trained Tom Greaves explores the complexities of his own privilege in this mind-bending, tour-de-force debut. As Fudgey’s reality hits breaking point, Greaves embodies a carousel of personalities and puppets in an anarchic and virtuosic performance, ultimately facing Fudgey’s past to find his own (Tom’s) future. Strap in for a thrilling ride of laughter, tears and transformation. ‘Funny, clever, and disturbing’ **** (TheatreAndArtReviews.com). **** (MervsPOTFringe.com).”
We all know how disastrous some of those “harmless” types can be! Here’s hoping indeed for a tour de force to end our Edinburgh experience for this year.
Check back later to see how we enjoyed all these shows!