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NZ Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025: Everything you need to know
Fringe show A Comedy Of Operas. Photo / Roberto Ricciuti Three-time attendee Beks Lockie shares her hard-earned wisdom for those heading to the world's largest performance arts festival The Edinburgh Fringe is coming up again this August, when more than 3000 shows and events will take over Scotland's capital city with more art and performance than you could dream of.
The Herald Scotland
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Service with a smile: a set of Scottish winners
We're also rather miffed that the name of the sport hasn't been changed from tennis to Murrayball. After all, if a net-nudging loser like Tough-Luck Timmy Henman can be awarded his very own hill, then a three times grand-slam champ like the magnificent Sir A should have the entire game named after him. And while we're at it, let's stop calling the home of British tennis the All England Club. Even though Centre Court and all the little baby courts are nestled in the heart of London's suburbs, a more inspiring moniker for the location would be the All Scotland Club. Thankfully today's Diary is a Timmy-free zone, with oodles of triumphant Scottish content. That's because the following classic tales from our archives aren't second or third best. They're winners, every single one of 'em. (Don't) fancy a nibble A Milngavie reader once booked a mobile pet-groomer to give her dog a clipping for the summer. Her husband walked in and declared: 'Twenty-five quid? I get my hair cut for less than half that.' The pet-groomer archly replied: 'Yes, but I'm assuming you don't bite.' Magical response Street theatre can be a dangerous activity, especially if you happen to be a gang of lippy youths. One of our readers was watching an outdoor magician in Glasgow's Buchanan Street who was being heckled by some cheeky young wags. Eventually the magician asked: 'Where are you boys from?' 'Alloa,' said one. 'Great place to come from,' said the magician, before adding: 'Awful place to have to go back to, right enough.' Double trouble Sassy street performers, continued. A Lenzie reader watched another act strutting his stuff in Buchanan Street. At one point this chap said to a volunteer, 'Is this your girlfriend?' while looking at the young woman with him. When the proud volunteer replied, 'Yes,' the performer said: 'Fantastic! So much prettier than the one you were with yesterday.' Bowing out The Edinburgh Fringe fast approaches, with its thousands of eager wannabes. We recall visiting the razzle-dazzle jamboree on one occasion, when a comical Glaswegian said to the Diary: 'How do you get an actor away from your door?' He then added, perhaps a tad unfairly: 'Pay him for the pizza.' Facing the music Good news for folk who like growly guitars and grumpy middle-aged geezers… Oasis are gigging again. We recall when they first split, and a chap said to his pal in a Glasgow boozer: 'Did you hear that Noel Gallagher said he quit Oasis as he couldn't work with his brother?' 'Well,' replied his mate, 'we knew that three albums ago.'
Scotsman
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
A poem and a mistake - freaky Friday meets the classics at Fringe
A desk, a chair, a microphone and one female body. US playwright Cheri Magid is set to take audiences at The Edinburgh Fringe on a magical rollercoaster ride of transformation gender, sexuality, and desire, with the UK premiere of her critically-acclaimed play, A Poem and a Mistake. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Directed by respected Mexican-American theatre, television, and film director Michelle Bossy and performed by award-winning actor Sarah Baskin, A Poem and a Mistake blasts into the Scottish capital this Summer for a run at The Assembly Rooms from July 31 to August 24. This whiplash black comedy tells the story of Myrrha, an eager grad student, as she challenges her professor about the fifty sexual assaults in Ovid's Metamorphoses. When he profoundly misunderstands her, their physical altercation suddenly transforms him into a version of Myrrha and plunges him into the stories themselves. Immersed in an Ovidian landscape, the two face a magical and terrifying confrontation with their own gender, sexuality, and desire. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sarah Baskin dynamically morphs into gods, goddesses, boyfriends, girlfriends, tricksters and fiends, transporting the audience from a classroom to the mythic realm and everywhere in between. Freaky Friday meets the classics in this whiplash black comedy that cuts to the duality in all of us: aggressor and victim, teacher and student, god and mortal. A Poem and a Mistake Writer Cheri Magid says: 'It's head-spinning to think that the second most adapted book in Western literature has all these assaults in it that have been translated out and made consensual. It's enough to make you swear off romcoms altogether. But Sarah and I both felt that the best way to upend patriarchal story tropes was with pratfalls, Bugs Bunny-like chase scenes and karaoke. And the audience reactions so far have shown us that they are there to laugh as much as to think and feel.' Cheri Magid writes for theatre, television, film and opera. Her plays have been seen in New York at Primary Stages, New Georges, The New Group, The Women's Project and Rattlestick, regionally in the US at South Coast Rep, People's Light and Theatre Company, The Road Theatre Company and Cincinnati Playhouse among others, and internationally at Austrailan Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne and the Museum of Asian Art in Corfu, Greece. She also wrote on the Emmy award-winning children's show Arthur and is an Associate Arts Professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. Sarah Baskin is an award-winning actor and filmmaker from Montreal, now based in NYC. Recent screen work includes A Family Affair (Netflix, opp. Zac Efron), Ramy, Gossip Girl (HBO), The Equalizer (opp. Queen Latifah), and indie films screened at Sundance, Cannes, TIFF, Telluride, and NYFF. On stage, she's worked with Roundabout, 59E59, Urban Stages, American Repertory Theatre, and more. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad She thrives in new play development, with favorite collaborations including Joan Tewkesbury (Retrospective), Hannah Rittner (The Unbelievers, Three Women Mourn the Apocalypse), and Cheri Magid, with whom she co-created A Poem and a Mistake.. As a director, her debut short Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) played at 30+ festivals worldwide. Her second, i want to go to moscow — a dark comedy and Chekhov homage — is currently on the festival circuit. Michelle Bossy (director) is a critically acclaimed award winning Mexican-American theater, television, and film director. Theater Michelle directed includes Smile, The Oxy Complex, There and Back, Every Good Girl Deserves Fun, Sex of the Baby, Un Plugged In, and Sarajevo's Child. Her films include 18, She Grinds Her Own Coffee, The New 35, Friendly Neighborhood Coven, Ladies Lounge, Miracle Baby, Incurable, klutz, Chance of Showers, Antisemite, and The Trespassed. Under the Lantern Lit Sky and Nobody's Home are Michelle's feature films. Michelle has directed for Disney and produced for Univision. She directed music videos for Yassou and Brooke Josephson. Michelle directed the series There's a Special Place in Hell for Fashion Bloggers and The Broadway Babies Show. Michelle co-created the musical High School Confidential for Primary Stages, where she was the Associate Artistic Director for a decade. She holds the first directing degree from Webster University. Member: Lincoln Center Director's Lab and SDC. A Poem And A Mistake plays from 31 July to 24 August at 12.40 hrs at The Drawing Room, Assembly Rooms on George Street.
Scotsman
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Fringe show blows lid off Western yoga culture
The Anti Yogi: Mayuri Bhandari Are you worthy of the Goddess's blessings? Or her wrath? Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... This August, actress, figure skater, professional dancer, and yoga professor, Mayuri Bhandari brings her award-winning show The Anti 'Yogi' to The Edinburgh Fringe. With Kali, the Goddess of Death by her side, she shines a light on the absurdities of Western Yoga culture and exposes the lycra and leggings nonsense. The Anti 'Yogi', which plays at Jade Studio Greenside on George Street throughout the Festival, takes a critical look at cultural appropriation, commodification and colonisation in Western yoga By amplifying the South Asian voice and using dance, drama, comedy, poetry and live percussion by renowned musician Neel Agrawal, the show peels back the mat to smash the image of a 'yogi' as a skinny woman in Lululemon, showing it to be someone who renounces worldly life in pursuit of truth. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Anti 'Yogi' comes hot from a sold out run and six award nominations at The Hollywood Fringe Festival where it was the winner of the FRINGE AWARD FOR DANCE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE and also awarded the ZEPHYR'S ZEST AWARD. It is directed by: D'Lo and Shyamala Moorty. The choreographer /dramaturg is Shyamala Moorty with live percussion performed by Neel Agrawal. "The Anti Yogi is a masterful performance and its message has never been more timely. In short, you're not going to want to miss this show; it's a standout production" (Dan Ruth, LA HIDDEN GEMS) Mayuri Bhandari is an actress, dancer/figure skater, and storyteller within Hollywood and Bollywood. She is the first South Asian to showcase figure skating on Indian National Television, and a national figure skating champion. She fuses Bollywood within the sport with her 'Bollywood on Ice' YouTube Channel and does Yoga Comedy.
Scotsman
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
A poem and mistake Freaky Friday meets the classics at Edinburgh Fringe
A desk, a chair, a microphone and one female body. US playwright Cheri Magid is set to take audiences at The Edinburgh Fringe on a magical rollercoaster ride of transformation gender, sexuality, and desire, with the UK premiere of her critically-acclaimed play, A Poem and a Mistake. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Directed by respected Mexican-American theatre, television, and film director Michelle Bossy and performed by award-winning actor Sarah Baskin, A Poem and a Mistake blasts into the Scottish capital this Summer for a run at The Assembly Rooms from July 31 to August 24. This whiplash black comedy tells the story of Myrrha, an eager grad student, as she challenges her professor about the fifty sexual assaults in Ovid's Metamorphoses. When he profoundly misunderstands her, their physical altercation suddenly transforms him into a version of Myrrha and plunges him into the stories themselves. Immersed in an Ovidian landscape, the two face a magical and terrifying confrontation with their own gender, sexuality, and desire. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sarah Baskin dynamically morphs into gods, goddesses, boyfriends, girlfriends, tricksters and fiends, transporting the audience from a classroom to the mythic realm and everywhere in between. Freaky Friday meets the classics in this whiplash black comedy that cuts to the duality in all of us: aggressor and victim, teacher and student, god and mortal. Sarah Baskin in A Poem And A Mistake Writer Cheri Magid says: 'It's head-spinning to think that the second most adapted book in Western literature has all these assaults in it that have been translated out and made consensual. It's enough to make you swear off romcoms altogether. But Sarah and I both felt that the best way to upend patriarchal story tropes was with pratfalls, Bugs Bunny-like chase scenes and karaoke. And the audience reactions so far have shown us that they are there to laugh as much as to think and feel.' Cheri Magid (writer) writes for theatre, television, film and opera. Her plays have been seen in New York at Primary Stages, New Georges, The New Group, The Women's Project and Rattlestick, regionally in the US at South Coast Rep, People's Light and Theatre Company, The Road Theatre Company and Cincinnati Playhouse among others, and internationally at Austrailan Center for Contemporary Art in Melbourne and the Museum of Asian Art in Corfu, Greece. She also wrote on the Emmy award-winning children's show Arthur and is an Associate Arts Professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch. Sarah Baskin is an award-winning actor and filmmaker from Montreal, now based in NYC. Recent screen work includes A Family Affair (Netflix, opp. Zac Efron), Ramy, Gossip Girl (HBO), The Equalizer (opp. Queen Latifah), and indie films screened at Sundance, Cannes, TIFF, Telluride, and NYFF. On stage, she's worked with Roundabout, 59E59, Urban Stages, American Repertory Theatre, and more. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad She thrives in new play development, with favorite collaborations including Joan Tewkesbury (Retrospective), Hannah Rittner (The Unbelievers, Three Women Mourn the Apocalypse), and Cheri Magid, with whom she co-created A Poem and a Mistake.. As a director, her debut short Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) played at 30+ festivals worldwide. Her second, i want to go to moscow — a dark comedy and Chekhov homage — is currently on the festival circuit. Michelle Bossy (director) is a critically acclaimed award winning Mexican-American theater, television, and film director. Theater Michelle directed includes Smile, The Oxy Complex, There and Back, Every Good Girl Deserves Fun, Sex of the Baby, Un Plugged In, and Sarajevo's Child. Her films include 18, She Grinds Her Own Coffee, The New 35, Friendly Neighborhood Coven, Ladies Lounge, Miracle Baby, Incurable, klutz, Chance of Showers, Antisemite, and The Trespassed. Under the Lantern Lit Sky and Nobody's Home are Michelle's feature films.
