EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 24 WEEKS, Gilded Balloon
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Review: JACQUELINE WILSON, Edinburgh International Book Festival
an you imagine writing 100 books? Jacqueline Wilson doesn’t have to imagine: she’s done just that! In fact, The Seaside Sleepover is book number one-hundred-and-thirty-something.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: KRYSTAL EVANS- A STAR IS BURNT, Monkey Barrel
Following her critically acclaimed debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal has a brand-new hour about her years in hospitality and finally finding comedy.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: RED LIKE FRUIT, Traverse Theatre
Red Like Fruit is a two-hander exploring questions around consent and the suppression of women’s voices in sexual abuse claims.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LAURA DAVIS: DESPAIR IS BENEATH US, Monkey Barrel 2
Full of juxtapositions and fizzing comedy, Aussie-but-Edinburgh-resident Laura Davis has opened up their heart with witty hour Despair Is Beneath Us.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MURDER AT THE SPEAKEASY II, The Royal Scots Club
Prohibition is in full swing but you're invited to flout the rules at The Snapper…if you have the password, that is.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: BRAVE IRENE, Sanctuary At Paradise In Augustine's
Irene tumbles through the wintry dark, braving the cold, the night and the wind.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: OUT OF THE BOX, Jersey At Underbelly, Bristo Square
Family-friendly clowning is packed with silly audience interaction and goofy gags in this cheerful morning show.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ALICE FRASER: A PASSION FOR PASSION, Friesian At Underbelly, Bristo Square
In a brand new hour for Edinburgh 2025, the erudite and endlessly affable comic Alice Fraser has brought A Passion for Passion to Underbelly Bristo Square this year - a comedy show about writing a book about romance.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WINNIE THE POOH, Forest Theatre At Greenside @ George Street
In a charming tale for the stage, everyone’s favourite characters from the beloved A.
EDINBURGH 2025:Review: THE FARENHEIT ALLIANCE V, Bow At C ARTS | C Venues | C Alto
A restful and contemplative multimedia play for one audience member at a time, The Fahrenheit Alliance V is a unique immersive performance, originally from Japan.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: 1,2,3. SHIT THAT'S MY OCD, Gilded Balloon
I really need to touch that 3 times.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: GOD IS DEAD AND I KILLED HIM, Pleasance Courtyard
How do you rebel against parents who are already rebels? Form a band? Cool.
Review: DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE, Edinburgh International Book Festival
Podcaster, comedian, and bestselling author of The Guilty Feminist, Deborah Frances-White wants to know when we stopped talking and, more importantly, listening to each other.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HOW TO WIN AGAINST HISTORY, Underbelly
Henry Cyril Paget was one of the world's wealthiest men, until he lost it all by being too damn fabulous.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: OHIO, Assembly
When Shaun turned his back on the church, he found a new home in music.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: EMILY WILSON: UNDRESSED, Pleasance
Emily Wilson returns to the Fringe at long last and proves herself, yet again, as one of the funniest acts at this years Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DEVIL'S POINT, TheSpace On The Mile
Devil's Point is an interesting show with plenty of potential, but one which never quite succeeds in engaging us fully.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: CHRISTOPHER MACARTHUR-BOYD: HOWLING AT THE MOON, Monkey Barrel
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd proves himself as one of the funniest men Scotland has ever produced.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LOVETT, Pleasance Courtyard
Newly-widowed Mrs Lovett needs to find a way to survive.
Review: ROLLERS FOREVER, Glasgow Pavilion
When two old friends meet at a haunt from their youth they relive their exciting teenage years in the poptastic seventies.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROBYN REYNOLDS: WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU, Snug Bar At Assembly Roxy
In a perfectly paced show featuring musical numbers and smooth crowd work, Robyn Reynolds details the ups and downs of her life – or rather, brings out the silver lining in the downs.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: JODIE SLOAN: IS SHE HOT? Pleasance Courtyard
In 2023 TikTok sent a notification to millions of users with Jodie's face, and the caption 'Is She Hot?'.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MARGOLYES AND DICKENS: MORE BEST BITS, EICC
After her hit sold-out show at last year’s Fringe, national treasure Miriam Margolyes returns with a brand new piece.
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The Steamie Alhambra Theatre (10/29-10/31) |
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Mythos: Ragnarök Assembly Rooms (Music Hall) (8/06-8/29) |
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Chris Grace: 88% Assembly George Square (8/05-8/31) |
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Sitting (In Silence) Summerhall (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) (8/06-8/31) |
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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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Tell Me Summerhall (Dissection Room) (8/07-8/31) |
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Overtone Pleasance (Jack Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Jitters Summerhall (Old Lab) (8/06-8/30) |
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