Letter to Boddah ★★★★★
Letter to Boddah is a masterful tragi-comic, two-hander that explores the link between masculinity and extremism.
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André de Freitas: What If ★★★★★
André de Freitas, a Portuguese stand-up comic, delivers a mix of culture-clash observations and autobiography to winning effect.
Lash ★★★★
Lash is a one-man play exploring the joys and perils of going ‘out’ out.
Late’n’Live ★★★★
Late’n’Live, Gilded Balloon’s late night Fringe perennial, delivers, as a varied troupe of performers have the audience guffawing past the Witching Hour.
Lucy and Friends ★★★★★
Lucy and Friends sees an uncompromising performance artist delivers an anarchic cabaret masterclass
Alison Spittle: Soup ★★★
Irish comedian offers a digestible hour of easy-going laughs.
Baga Chipz: Material Girl ★★★
Drag Race UK alumni delivers a ribald combination of glamour, song and belly laughs in Fringe debut.
Siouxsie – Glasgow Bandstand ★★★★★
Legendary Banshees singer Siouxsie opened the 2023 Summer Nights at the Bandstand season with her first Glasgow gig in 15 years.
Ill Lit ★★★★
Ill Lit features Kasia Zawadzka returning to the Manipulate Festival with a new self-suspension rope performance exploring mental health.
Rules to Live By / Eidos ★★★★
Suzi Cunningham’s anarchic dance-performance double bill arrives at the Manipulate Festival