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Bryony Rae Taylor

Bryony has been a reviewer and features writer across the UK for ten years and joined BroadwayWorld in 2019. She is based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and is currently finishing up her doctorate in performance at Northumbria University. A theatre producer by trade, she is researching the culture of British theatre.

In her spare time, Bryony can usually be found ambling around pointing at nearby animals and shouting their species name at them ("CAT!", "COW!" etc), doodling, or crocheting.






EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY SLATTERY: SLATTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE, The Stand
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TONY SLATTERY: SLATTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE, The Stand
August 17, 2019

A manic mash-up of memories from his career, Tony Slattery is asked questions by his good friend Robert Ross.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BRYONY KIMMINGS: I'M A PHOENIX, BITCH, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: BRYONY KIMMINGS: I'M A PHOENIX, BITCH, Pleasance Courtyard
August 16, 2019

I'm a Pheonix, Bitch is an autobiographical piece which chronicles a deeply horrendous time in Bryony Kimmings' life through the years 2015-16 with the loss of her relationship, her mental health, and, nearly, her child. 

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ZOË COOMBS MARR: BOSSY BOTTOM, Monkey Barrel Comedy
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ZOË COOMBS MARR: BOSSY BOTTOM, Monkey Barrel Comedy
August 16, 2019

Zoë Coombs Marr's 2016 show Trigger Warning was the bonkers brainchild of a comedian fed up with the tribulations of being a woman in comedy. She toured as a bloke called Dave for a few years which, as she puts it, 'did wonders' for her career.  This time around, she claims she will do 'a normal comedy show'.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: HELEN BAUER: LITTLE MISS BABY ANGEL FACE, Pleasance Grand
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: HELEN BAUER: LITTLE MISS BABY ANGEL FACE, Pleasance Grand
August 14, 2019

Helen Bauer is being marketed as 'a self-confessed attention seeker', and she really wants you to watch. An inward look at all things Helen.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TYPICAL, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: TYPICAL, Pleasance Courtyard
August 13, 2019

Ryan Calais Cameron's new play, Typical, is a monologue depicting an unthinkable, but depressingly fathomable, true story.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LUCY MCCORMICK: POST POPULAR, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LUCY MCCORMICK: POST POPULAR, Pleasance Courtyard
August 13, 2019

Lucy McCormick is back, inflicting her twisted brilliance on Edinburgh, following her last hit Triple Threat in 2016. A show with expertly deployed obscenity, with a smattering of absolute indecency.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CATHERINE COHEN: THE TWIST...? SHE'S GORGEOUS, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CATHERINE COHEN: THE TWIST...? SHE'S GORGEOUS, Pleasance Courtyard
August 13, 2019

Gorgeously indiscreet, this New York Comic is as sharp as they come. Bubbly, with a sprinkling of aggression. Cohen hails from New York, where she has a weekly slot at Alan Cumming's cabaret bar a?" her act includes songs a?" and Henry Koperski accompanies her on keys.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DO OUR BEST, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: DO OUR BEST, Underbelly
August 12, 2019

Produced by double Fringe-First winning Francesca Moody (of Angry Alan and Square Go), self-obsessed 30-year-old Girl Guide Sephie tries to achieve her entertainment badge after several failed attempts.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ORLANDO BAXTER: FINDING MARIAH, The Stand
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: ORLANDO BAXTER: FINDING MARIAH, The Stand
August 12, 2019

It's comedy, but not as you know it. Orlando Baxter structures his set around his struggle to reconnect with his father in his hometown in Massachusetts, and the discovery that he may have a half-sister.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LONDON HUGHES: TO CATCH A D*CK, Pleasance Courtyard
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: LONDON HUGHES: TO CATCH A D*CK, Pleasance Courtyard
August 12, 2019

Hughes' highball energy will make this hour of comedy pass in the blink of an eye.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CONSPIRACY, Underbelly
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: CONSPIRACY, Underbelly
August 12, 2019

A powder keg of stupefaction and anxiety. Three people - Rose Wardlaw, Azan Ahmed and Shannon Hayes - explore their conspiracy theories around the famous 1932 photo of 11 builders precariously eating their lunch atop the Rockefeller Centre.

BWW Review: ELEANOR MORTON: POST-MORTON, The Stand Comedy Club
BWW Review: ELEANOR MORTON: POST-MORTON, The Stand Comedy Club
August 12, 2019

Eleanor Morton is aloof you can't help but warm to her not-quite-but-nearly deadpan attitude, but the comedian treads some already pretty-well trodden comedy ground.

EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF, Assembly Hall
EDINBURGH 2019: BWW Review: WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF, Assembly Hall
August 12, 2019

Darlingheart's Cora Bissett is an ex-indie rocker whose star rose, but fell, 25 years ago. Firmly in the sky again, she revives What Girls Are Made Of  for another spell at the Fringe

BWW Interview: Bill Ward Discusses EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
BWW Interview: Bill Ward Discusses EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
August 1, 2019

Known in soap-land for his roles as villain Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street and farmer James Barton in Emmerdale, Bill Ward talks to us about walking a mile in four-inch stilettos as he takes over the role of Hugo/Loco Chanelle from RuPaul's Drag Race star Bianca Del Rio.

BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Barbican
BWW Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, Barbican
July 9, 2019

It was the 2016 Regent's Park production that landed Jesus its first Olivier Award, for Best Theatre Revival. It's this version that has now made its way to the Barbican and (sorry, not sorry): THANK HEAVENS.

BWW Interview: Clare Perkins Talks SWEAT at Gielgud Theatre
BWW Interview: Clare Perkins Talks SWEAT at Gielgud Theatre
July 4, 2019

Sweat, by Lynn Nottage, is based on interviews with steelworkers' of a small town in Pennsylvania. The play has transferred to the West End Gielgud Theatre after a sold-out, critically acclaimed run at Donmar Warehouse. We chat to Clare Perkins, who plays Cynthia.

BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET!, London Coliseum
BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET!, London Coliseum
June 28, 2019

On Your Feet! weaves the songs Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine into the 'coming up' story of the Cuban-American artist.

BWW Interview: Paul Miller Talks WHILE THE SUN SHINES at Orange Tree Theatre
BWW Interview: Paul Miller Talks WHILE THE SUN SHINES at Orange Tree Theatre
June 13, 2019

Artistic Director of Orange Tree Theatre, Paul Miller, talks about staging Terence Rattigan's comedy While the Sun Shines, a play about 'making hay' in the London Blitz.

BWW Review: BRONX GOTHIC, Young Vic
BWW Review: BRONX GOTHIC, Young Vic
June 6, 2019

A theatrical experience of dance, movement and spoken word. Performer Okwui Okpokwasili tells the story of her childhood experience of growing up in the Bronx.



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