Review: Dickens for Dinner, C Venues
Dickens for Dinner is probably one of the funniest, silliest Fringe shows for grown-ups out there (though it’s appropriate for children as well). In what seems ...
Beatrix Swanson Scott
Review: Shakespeare for Breakfast, C Venues
Shakespeare for Breakfast is a long-standing Fringe tradition. If you manage to drag yourself out of bed in time to get to this 10am show, you are rewarded with...
Review: Testosterone, Pleasance Courtyard
Wiry, tattooed and dressed like a boxer, a short, slim man appears onstage and begins to sing the Jungle Book’s ‘I Wanna Be Like You’ into a warped mirror: ‘You...
Review: Creatives, Pleasance Courtyard
Creatives, a "darkly comic pop opera", sounds intriguing at first – the book is co- authored by Irvine Welsh of Trainspotting fame and the music is by award-win...
Review: Lord Dismiss Us, theSpace at Surgeon’s Hall
If, like me, you are a fan of all things vaguely History Boys, you too will be attracted by Lord Dismiss Us, a hilarious yet touching portrait of life in a boys...
Reviews: Rhys James: Wiseboy, Pleasance Courtyard
Rhys James’s show is called Wiseboy, a title that perfectly suits his assured delivery and hint of swagger. His clever observational comedy, which centres mainl...
Beatrix Swanson Scott
Beatrix grew up in Germany with American parents and caught the theatre bug when she went to see Wicked at age 13. She now studies Liberal Arts at King's College London. Most of the time, she can be found rehearsing for the next musical, opera, play or choir concert or in meetings at the National Gallery, where she is a Young Producer. And of course, she spends every free evening at the theatre.