EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE NIGHT CHILDREN, Greenside @Nicolson Square
It’s a very American coming-of-age story.
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EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THEM, Pleasance Dome
A frighteningly life-sized portrait of the patriarchy.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE FISH BOWL, Summerhall
Dementia is a scary prospect.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LOOKING FOR GIANTS, Underbelly Cowgate
Echlin is an incredibly gifted writer.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: DISTANT MEMORIES OF THE NEAR FUTURE, Summerhall
David Head crafts an exquisite exploration of the relationship between humanity and technology with a big dash of capitalistic doom.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TEA AND MILK, C Venues
Edith Alibec writes a charismatic personality with a bitter edge and a silver tongue.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: EULOGY, Pleasance Dome
It’s dreamlike and nightmarish.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ADULTS, Traverse Theatre
Amongst a raft of anonymous Air BnBs in Edinburgh, thirty-something Zara is running her own business and trying to make her way in the world.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LIE LOW, Traverse Theatre
Desperate to shake her insomnia, Faye enlists the help of her brother, Naoise, to try a form of exposure therapy.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE GRAND OLD OPERA HOUSE HOTEL, Traverse Theatre
When shy Aaron joins the hotel’s ramshackle team he’s faced with emotionally volatile guests, apathetic staff and inept management.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BEN TARGET: LORENZO, Summerhall
Ben Target is a critically-acclaimed performance artist and multi-award-winning comedian (yawn), but in 2020 he gave this up to become the live-in carer for an irascible octogenarian prankster.
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EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TONY! [THE TONY BLAIR ROCK OPERA], Pleasance At EICC - Pentland Theatre
My salad days were spent growing up as a teen in the Blair era.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WHISKY & WITCHES PRESENTS MYTHICAL BEASTS, The Mother Superior - The Mother Superior Cave
If you have a couple of hours to spare and you want to try smoky, deep, fruity, warming, delicious whiskies, while also listening to folk tales, tasting notes that will blow your mind, and live singing that will haunt your heart and soul - look no further and make sure you get a ticket to Whisky & W
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: RENT, Paradise In St Augustine's - The Sanctuary
If you enjoy RENT then go and see this.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE, Summerhall
“How much time do you spend worrying about your decisions?” This is a show for anxious people.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHASING BUTTERFLIES, Pleasance Dome
Tipping into the contemporary interest in murders, Chasing Butterflies is a compelling, engrossing play that will have you hooked until the very end.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SALTY IRINA, Summerhall
The town where Anna and Eireni are studying has been hit by a number of racially provoked murders.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SUGAR AND BLOOD, ZOO Playground
All in all, the production feels like it’s only at the beginning of its life, as is the company, so there’s plenty of scope to grow and become the big feminist project it strives to be.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WITHOUT SIN, Summerhall
An audience of two steps into a small black box.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ANDRONICUS SYNECDOCHE, ZOO Southside
There’s loads of theatre at the Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ALEXANDER BENNETT: I CAN'T STAND THE MAN, MYSELF, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
How do you deal with self-hatred? Do you go to therapy? Do you talk to your friends about it? Or do you create a one-hour comedy show and put it up at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival? For Alexander Bennett, the third option was the way to go.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: OLLIE HORN: NOT MUCH, Just The Tonic at The Mash House
What’s the worst gig you’ve ever had? I bet that Ollie Horn has had one much, much worse than you.
EDINBURGH 2023: REVIEW: JINGLE STREET, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Big Yin)
Some shows make you smile instinctively, and Jingle Street is one of them.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE LAST SHOW BEFORE WE DIE, Roundabout @Summerhall
With rolling around on the floor, confetti, a paddling pool, and a toothbrush, The Last Show Before We Die is one of the most bizarre shows of this year’s festival.
EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BACON, Summerhall
In Sophie Swithinbank's award-winning Bacon, friendship and love are inextricable from danger, anger, and hurt.
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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An A to Z Guide to Dating Underbelly (Buttercup) (8/05-8/31) |
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Catching a Cheese Pervert: A Priscilla Patton Mystery The Saloon Bar at Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo (8/06-8/27) |
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Surreally Good Summerhall (Former Women’s Locker Room) (8/07-8/31) |
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100 Years of Magic Aberdeen Arts Centre (9/04-9/05) PHOTOS |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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Gallant Pioneers OVO Hydro (8/28-8/28) |
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Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/30) |
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This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |