Review: SUE PERKINS: THE ETERNAL SHAME OF SUE PERKINS, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 22, 2026
You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy – but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight....
Review: KIM BLYTHE: COWBOY, Citizens Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 22, 2026
Kim Blythe is a cowboy – not the rugged, western kind but more like a questionable tradesman. Unsure but thriving after a sold-out Fringe run, Kim brings her second show Cowboy to the GICF for one last rodeo as she tries to make sense of it all. If you feel like you’re constantly winging it thro...
Review: SCOTS, Pavilion Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 19, 2026
The musical history lesson no-one asked for but everyone needs! SCOTS is the story ofScotland. Its past, present and future. Its people and places, triumphs and failures. All told by a figure who has seen it all......
Review: JOY, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 17, 2026
Joy, a self-identified spinster librarian, is sad most of the time. Why would her parents place the burden of such a name upon her?
When a particularly disastrous date leads to her potential beau declaring she needs to find a sense of humour, Joy wonders… what if he’s right? Could finding the f...
Review: THE TRIALS, Tron Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 13, 2026
The not-too-distant future. A world where the air is unbreathable. A jury of twelve angry teenagers. A chance to put the adults on trial for the devastating damage they have done to the planet.
Can they deliver justice, or are they just out for revenge?...
Review: ONE DAY: THE MUSICAL, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 12, 2026
Emma walks into Dexter's life on the night of their graduation. One unsuspecting day that changes them both forever. But where will they be on this day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows?...
Review: THE SWANSONG, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 12, 2026
A desperate young woman and a smooth-talking swan go on an extraordinary flight across Edinburgh’s starlit city skies and pulsing basement bars in this uplifting new musical featuring original songs, and live music on stage with Dale Parker on piano, and musician Rachel Duns (Scottish Jazz Awards ...
Review: WOMAN IN MIND, Theatre Royal
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 12, 2026
Directed by Michael Longhurst (Constellations, Caroline or Change, and former Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse) this spellbinding revival explores one woman’s fractured reality with heart and humour....