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By day, Fiona writes about science for a research charity, and she writes about theatre in her spare time. Based just outside Edinburgh, she mostly reviews things at the Edinburgh Fringe these days and particularly enjoys championing new musicals and underrepresented stories.




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First Show:

Beauty and the Beast

Favorite Show:

Wicked

Favorite Stories:



Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Edinburgh Playhouse
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Edinburgh Playhouse
October 26, 2022

Way, way back, what back feels like, many centuries ago, an all-singing, all-dancing revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Laurence Connor, opened at the London Palladium in the summer of 2019.

Review: DREAMGIRLS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
Review: DREAMGIRLS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
October 12, 2022

What did our critic think of DREAMGIRLS at King's Theatre, Glasgow?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF, theSpace
Edinburgh 2022: Review: STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF, theSpace
September 1, 2022

What did our critic think of STOP THE WORLD, WE'RE GETTING OFF at theSpace?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall
Edinburgh 2022: Review: HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall
August 25, 2022

What did our critic think of HIYA DOLLY! at TheSpace @ Surgeon's Hall?

Review: THE MOULD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Webster's Theatre, Glasgow
Review: THE MOULD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Webster's Theatre, Glasgow
August 19, 2022

What did our critic think of THE MOULD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD at Websters Theatre?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD, theSpace/on demand
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD, theSpace/on demand
August 16, 2022

What did our critic think of MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD at TheSpace?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE ECSTASY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL, TheSpace On North Bridge
Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE ECSTASY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL, TheSpace On North Bridge
August 10, 2022

What did our critic think of THE ECSTASY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL at TheSpace On North Bridge?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: HAGGIS, NEEPS, & BURNS, RSE Theatre
Edinburgh 2022: Review: HAGGIS, NEEPS, & BURNS, RSE Theatre
August 10, 2022

What did our critic think of HAGGIS, NEEPS AND BURNS at RSE Theatre?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: HUNGRY, Roundabout, Summerhall
Edinburgh 2022: Review: HUNGRY, Roundabout, Summerhall
August 10, 2022

What did our critic think of HUNGRY at Summerhall?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: CHARLIE RUSSELL AIMS TO PLEASE, Pleasance Below
Edinburgh 2022: Review: CHARLIE RUSSELL AIMS TO PLEASE, Pleasance Below
August 8, 2022

What did our critic think of CHARLIE RUSSELL AIMS TO PLEASE at Pleasance Below?

Edinburgh 2022: Review: MIND MANGLER: MEMBER OF THE TRAGIC CIRCLE, Pleasance Below
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MIND MANGLER: MEMBER OF THE TRAGIC CIRCLE, Pleasance Below
August 7, 2022

What did our critic think of MIND MANGLER: MEMBER OF THE TRAGIC CIRCLE at Pleasance Below?

Interview: Matt Blaker Talks About Being The New Raoul And The Enduring Appeal Of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Interview: Matt Blaker Talks About Being The New Raoul And The Enduring Appeal Of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
August 1, 2022

Matt Blaker recently starred in Carousel at Kilworth House Theatre. He is now returning to The Phantom of the Opera as the newest resident Raoul. We spoke with Blaker about his career, as well as taking on the role of the Vicomte de Chagny.

BWW Interview: Mark Ravenhill Talks Lockdown Writing, Pub Theatres And THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A at the King's Head Theatre
BWW Interview: Mark Ravenhill Talks Lockdown Writing, Pub Theatres And THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A at the King's Head Theatre
June 7, 2022

Mark Ravenhill is a playwright, director and the new artistic director and joint CEO of the King’s Head Theatre, London’s oldest pub theatre, which is currently celebrating its 50th year. We spoke with Ravenhill about the theatre’s anniversary programming.

BWW Review: NOISES OFF, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
BWW Review: NOISES OFF, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
June 5, 2022

Forty years on from its debut at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London in 1982, Michael Fryan’s farce-within-a-farce, Noises Off, returns to Pitlochry Festival Theatre as part of their 2022 summer season. The comedy was last performed in Pitlochry in 2010 and this marks the first professional version of the show in the UK post-lockdown.

BWW Review: SUNSHINE ON LEITH, PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE
BWW Review: SUNSHINE ON LEITH, PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE
June 2, 2022

The sun is certainly shining on Perthshire, as Pitlochry Festival Theatres celebrates the opening of its recently renovated building. A cheery actor-musician revival of The Proclaimers’ jukebox musical Sunshine on Leith opens their 2022 summer season, a co-production in collaboration with Capital Theatres in Edinburgh, directed by Elizabeth Newman and Ben Occhipinti.

BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, King's Theatre, Glasgow
April 21, 2022

Oh, what a night! The UK tour of Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Balli & The Four Seasons returns to Glasgow. Read our critic's review.

BWW Interview: George Maguire Chats BONNIE & CLYDE at the Arts Theatre
BWW Interview: George Maguire Chats BONNIE & CLYDE at the Arts Theatre
April 19, 2022

George Maguire is known for his Olivier-Award portrayal of Dave Davies in Sunny Afternoon. Fresh from being part of The Wicker Husband cast, he is currently playing Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde at the Arts Theatre. We spoke with Maguire about the show.

BWW Interview: Elliot Levey Talks CABARET at the Kit Kat Club
BWW Interview: Elliot Levey Talks CABARET at the Kit Kat Club
April 20, 2022

Elliot Levey recently won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role Olivier Award for his portrayal of Herr Schultz in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. We spoke with Levey about his career and being nominated.

BWW Review: MAGIC GOES WRONG, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
BWW Review: MAGIC GOES WRONG, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
April 14, 2022

​Mischief Theatre has brought their characteristic “Goes Wrong” spin to several shows on our stages and screens. Their latest collaboration with magicians Penn & Teller, Magic Goes Wrong, is making a stop in Edinburgh at the Festival Theatre as part of their UK tour.

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY, King's Theatre, Glasgow
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY, King's Theatre, Glasgow
March 29, 2022

Hairspray has returned to Glasgow at the nicest “Kings” in town! The show follows the antics of aspiring teen dancer, Tracy Turner, and her dreams of dancing on TV and ending segregation in her 1960s Baltimore community.



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