The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Scotland.
MC Hammersmith: Straight Outta Brompton is a delightful hour of freestyle rapping that will leave you in awe of Naameh’s skills and clapping along to his sharp and hilarious raps.
The Trials of Galileo is a beautiful reflection on one man’s struggle between mathematical truth and his devotion to God without being too heavy on either math or faith.
Following the success of Don’t Say MacBeth! and Sex with Friends, GOYA Theatre returns to Edinburgh Fringe with the music theatre piece Actually, Love.
5 stars! Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is a spontaneous musical theatre comedy, featuring professional performers, enviably talented in their creativity skills in improvisation #edfringe #improv #musicaltheatre
Breakups are never fun… but they do lead to fun theatre.
Hutson is musically multi-talented, a master of a myriad of instruments, including a digital sampler, a vocal transformer and various egg shakers and tambourines.
Mamoun Elagab is a geek-chic comedian, with a passion for slang-interpreting, whilst musing the implications of his identity and roots.
Based in a Men's Shed in East Lothian, The Collie's Shed follows four retired miners as they discover how a review into the policing of the '80s mining strikes and a potential Miners' Pardon Bill by the Scottish Government suddenly affects them, their friendships and their relationships.
The performance has a short run-time but it’s powerful, and something Crawford should be incredibly proud of.
The Hunger provides enough detail to shock and withholds just enough to let the audience’s imagination run to its worst conclusions.
An irresistibly charming homage to the magnificent circus horses and the silent movie era.
Watching Lucy and Friends is how I imagine a halluncinatory drug trip.
Over 100 years after Stan & Ollie were first paired on screen together, Jeffrey Holland celebrates the lives and laughs of two of Hollywood's funniest men.
This August, set against the spectacular backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, we will welcome local and international audiences to its new Show, Stories.
As teenagers, Emma, Joe and Polko thought they’d never grow apart.
Stuart McPherson uses his latest hour of stand up to hilariously explore self love and why his generation (and himself) find it so hard to love themselves.
Tamsyn Kelly provides not only a solid hour of stand up but also the best show title of the Fringe.
Fresh from the Soho transfer of his last show Colossal, Patrick McPherson is back at the Fringe with a new one man show.
Derry Girls meets Spring Awakening in this absolute triumph of new musical theatre writing.
What do “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus and the Taliban have in common? According to Horatio Gould, it's more than you might think.
Have you ever used Marketplace to buy something? Have you ever been scammed by someone on there? Have you ever befriended the man who has scammed you, changing the course of your life for the next year? Michelle Brasier has, and she’s ready to talk (and sing!) about it.
Have you ever been sitting in a theatre as an audience member, watching a show, thinking, “I could do better than that!” If you have, The Importance of Being .
Gail can laugh at her life now she's won a BAFTA for 'being mental' (Being Gail Porter, 2020).
Early Morning Productions bring Alan Turing’s story to life in this piece written by Joan Greening with music by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne.
Freya Parker's latest show may get laughs but very rarely more than a chuckle.
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/31) |
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How Not to Make it in America Summerhall (Former Gent’s Locker Room) (8/06-8/31) |
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Woodcutter Triplex Studio @theSpaceUK (Venue 38) (8/07-8/29) |
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Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |
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Sapphire McIntosh: Squeaky Bum Time Unerbelly Bristo Square - Daisy Room (8/05-8/30) |
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Mythos: Ragnarök Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) (8/06-8/29) |
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An A to Z Guide to Dating Underbelly (Buttercup) (8/05-8/31) |
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Overtone Pleasance (Jack Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
