Edinburgh 2022: Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Summerhall Roundhouse
A bloodless refugee drama unsuited to the space in which it is performed.
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Edinburgh 2022: Review: AMY MATTHEWS: MOREOVER, THE MOON, Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore)
Amy Matthews: Moreover, the Moon is an impressive hour of comedy that has a bit of something for everyone.
Review: THE MOULD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, Webster's Theatre, Glasgow
What did our critic think of THE MOULD THAT CHANGED THE WORLD at Websters Theatre?
Edinburgh 2022: Review: LEARNING TO FLY, Summerhall
A new show from James featuring his captivating mix of theatre, comedy and music.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: JAMIE D'SOUZA: STOP DRAWING WILLIES ON MY POSTER, Pleasance Courtyard
Join rising star Jamie D'Souza as he performs his highly anticipated debut stand-up show about the terrible teen emo band he was in and also his first school crush.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: LAND- A SCOTTISH MUSICAL, Gilded Balloon
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensioner and his carer in the 21st.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: IAN LYNAM: AUTISTIC LICENSE, Gilded Balloon
Most people start comedy because they're funny.
Review: PSYCHODRAMA, Traverse Theatre
An alluring homage to Hitchcock's Psycho
Review: WE WERE PROMISED HONEY, Summerhall Roundhouse
A dazzling meditation on human transience
Review: CHARLOTTE JOHNSON: MY DAD AND OTHER LIES, Pleasance Dome
An hour of stand-up from Boris Johnson’s illegitimate daughter, everything about Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies is predictable.
Review: FLAT AND THE CURVES, The Stand
What did our critic think of FLAT AND THE CURVES at The Stand?
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD, theSpace/on demand
What did our critic think of MORE THAN TRACY TURNBLAD at TheSpace?
Review: THE HIPPIE SHAKES, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
What did our critic think of THE HIPPIE SHAKES at Greenside @ Infirmary Street?
Review: SHEWOLVES, Pleasance Courtyard
What did our critic think of SHEWOLVES at Pleasance Courtyard?
Edinburgh 2022: Review: WHO HERE'S LOST?, Pleasance Attic
Ben Moor is an English Wes Anderson.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: TOM DETRINIS: I HATE NEW YORK, Assembly
I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: EULOGY, Summerhall
Performed in total darkness, Eulogy is one of the Edinburgh festival's more eccentric offerings.
Review: DELICIOUS FRUIT, Pleasance Dome
What did our critic think of DELICIOUS FRUIT at Pleasance Dome?
Edinburgh 2022: Review: LOVE THEM TO DEATH, Underbelly
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: ARE YOU BEING MURDERED? EICC
World premiere of a new murder mystery starring Arthur Bostrom ('Allo 'Allo!) set in the golden age of BBC sitcoms, from the acclaimed Father Brown writer David Semple.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: ANIA MAGLIANO: ABSOLUTELY NO WORRIES IF NOT, Pleasance Courtyard
Ania Magliano is the type of comedian so impressive that you wish to see more of her in future.
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MEDEA, The Hub
Each word of Scottish poet Liz Lochhead's razor sharp adaption of Euripides' Medea is forged in fire.
Review: CHLOE PETTS: TRANSIENCE, Pleasance Courtyard
What did our critic think of CHLOE PETTS: TRANSIENCE at Pleasance Courtyard?
Review: AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH, Assembly George Square Gardens
What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH at Assembly George Square Gardens?
Review: SAP, Summerhall
What did our critic think of SAP at Summerhall?
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