Ariane Branigan

Aug 25, 2024 | theweereview.com | Ariane Branigan

If I die young, Michelle Brasier sings to the audience, what will my legacy be? As someone suffering from self-professed main character energy (WebMD has felt the need to clarify that this is not an actual medical condition), Brasier has plenty of potential legacies to choose from. She worked with Aunty Donna, the cult-hit Melbourne comedy troupe. She auditioned for Cats, and failed, because she didn’t know how to tap dance.

Aug 23, 2024 | theweereview.com | Ariane Branigan

Chris East’s brain – as the title of his first solo show at the Fringe suggests – is a chunky soup full of sketch ideas; and while it’s not entirely clear whether we’re eating a minestrone or gazpacho, you’re certainly in for a wild ride. There’s the exasperated PE teacher who’s trying to warn his class off talking to the creepy genie outside the school gates. There’s nine-year-old Chris East, whose hamster has died in a tragic, uh, ‘accident’.

Aug 20, 2024 | theweereview.com | Ariane Branigan

After amassing over 320k followers on Instagram by gently (and lovingly) poking fun at the Dutch, it’s little surprise that Derek Mitchell’s debut hour of solo standup comedy centers around similar themes of belonging and national clichés.

Aug 19, 2024 | scotsman.com | Josephine Balfour-Oatts |Ariane Branigan |Rory Ford |Susan Mansfield

Our latest batch of Edinburgh Fringe theatre reviews includes a thoughtful examination of grief and love, a wry monologue, and a neat interactive murder mysteryThe Book of Mountains and Seas  ★★★★Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) until 25 AugustIn this digital age every life leaves a trail, but when Archie, a young Chinese-American, is attacked and killed in New York, all his parents have of their son is his Yelp reviews page.

Aug 19, 2024 | theweereview.com | Ariane Branigan

After starring in the Pleasance Reserve last year, Abby Wambaugh is back with their full-length Fringe debut, ‘The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows‘. The show is pretty self-explanatory: Wambaugh takes us on a whirlwind tour of 17 potential show ideas, pivoting to a new concept every three minutes (ish). In their own words, it’s a great idea because if you don’t like a particular sketch, it’ll be over soon. Despite that hedging, however, every single skit is an undeniable hit with the audience.