EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MILK ON THE SIDE: A BARISTA MUSICAL, The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club
Milk on the Side: a Barista Musical is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year which was produced by Short and Sweet Theatre.
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EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LOVE ME LIKE A CHAI TEA LATTE, Assembly Roxy
Love Me Like a Chai Tea Latte is a comedy/theatre show making its Edinburgh Fringe debut this year.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SCATTER: A HORROR PLAY, Underbelly
Horror media, in any form, is often one of the most difficult genres to get right.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: JOHNNY WHITE REALLY-REALLY: AM/PM, Monkey Barrel Comedy (Hive 2)
Unusual comedian Johnny White Really Really is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with new show am/pm.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MICHELLE BRASIER: IT'S A SHAME WE WON'T BE FRIENDS NEXT YEAR, Gilded Balloon At The Museum
In Year 6 Michelle Brasier’s mate uttered nine words that, at 30, still ring in her ears.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LUCY PEARMAN: LUNARTIC, CabVol 1 At Monkey Barrel Comedy
Alternative, kooky character comedy great Lucy Pearman (BBC Three’s Please Help, BBC’s The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk, BBC2’s Mister Winner) is back with her first Edinburgh Fringe hour since 2019’s Baggage.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DIVAS: FROM STAGE TO SCREEN, Studio @ Paradise In Augustines
Don’t be fooled by the gentle, speakeasy vibe of the entrance music: these are certified divas, here to take you through a showstopping mix of music from various films and musicals.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: AYO ADENEKAN: BLACK MEDIOCRITY, Monkey Barrel
Ayo Adenekan makes his highly anticipated Fringe debut with a hilarious and heartfelt show about growing up in Scotland.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KARINE POLWART: WINDBLOWN, Queen's Hall
Too old and unsteady to move, too vulnerable to survive on its own, the lofty Sabal palm of Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden reflects on two hundred years of containment, dislocation and human care, as it outgrows its 19th century glasshouse home and approaches its chainsaw demise, making way for
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: POP OFF, MICHELANGELO, Underbelly
After a smash hit 2024 season and fresh off a 9-week London run, best-pals-turned-bitter-rivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci return to Edinburgh! A bloodthirsty friar is on the hunt for homosexuals in Renaissance Italy just when childhood friends Mike and Leo realise they both like boys.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HOT MESS, Pleasance Courtyard
Hot Mess: a new musical.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP OF FEATHER BOY AND TENTACLE GIRL, Assembly
Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GRACE HELBIG: LET ME GET THIS OFF MY CHEST, Jack Dome at Pleasance Dome
For the past 17 years, Grace Helbig has been building her online presence as a content creator.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DOUGLAS WIDICK: PAPERCLIP, The Penny, Gilded Balloon, Patter House
Douglas Widick’s Paperclip is a witty, genre-bending thrill ride, which imagines a world where the fate of humanity rests in the hands or rather, the wires of Microsoft Word’s long-forgotten writing assistant Clippy.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: CHURCH OF THE CLITORI, The Annexe At Paradise In The Vault
Prepare to be indoctrinated into your new favourite cult! This show is exactly as it says on the tin: a pseudo-religious service with all the elements required to make up (or make fun of) a church.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE DURHAM REVUE: SKETCH MARKS THE SPOT, Underbelly
The Durham Revue's latest may not be their finest hour, but it sure is a fun one.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: AN ADEQUATE ABRIDGEMENT OF BOARDING SCHOOL LIFE AS A HOMO, Underbelly
Like Fleabag meets Normal People, this play from writer/star Ned Blackburn is one of the greatest Fringe shows you will ever see.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DUNHUANG, The Space @ Symposium Hall
I would be unsurprised to learn that Dunhuang was directed by a composer.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ALASDAIR BECKETT-KING: KING OF CRUMBS, King Dome At Pleasance Dome
The King of Whimsy is back at the Edinburgh Fringe…it’s Alasdair Beckett-King with his hour of the silly and the fantastical with King of Crumbs.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MONSKI MOUSE BABY CABARET, Palais Du Variété, Assembly George Square Gardens
Puppets and sparkles, sing-a-longs and a wee dance, Monski Mouse Baby Cabaret is fun for the whole family - the ultimate baby friendly event at the Edinburgh Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ESCAPE ROOM: THE MUSICAL, Just The Tonic At The Caves
Two years since they last met, six friends receive an invitation to compete in “Escape Room: The Musical”.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SUSIE MCCABE: BEST BEHAVIOUR, Assembly
Following her sell out show last year, Susie McCabe is back at the Fringe again with her latest show Best Behaviour.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SHANTIFY, Assembly
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe following it’s debut in 2024, Shantify is a jukebox musical following the lives of 6 men from a fishing town, who are part of a band that take pop songs and ‘shantify’ them
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: A JAFFA CAKE MUSICAL, Pleasance
A Jaffa Cake Musical returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year following a sell out run in 2024.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DIONA DOHERTY: GET YOUR PINK BACK!, Monkey Barrel Comedy
Diona Doherty: Get Your Pink Back is a confident, hilarious and heartfelt Fringe debut.
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