Sep 4, 2019
Review: You're Safe 'Til 2024 (Pleasance Courtyard)
How do you make a show about the environment? In the case of most performances, angrily, pessimistically and equipped with instructions...
Sep 4, 2019
Sound Cistem (Zoo Playground)
Physical theatre has an amazing ability to communicate messages through the bodies of performers. Plaster Cast Theatre’s Sound Cistem...
Aug 27, 2019
Review: Are we not drawn onward to new erA? (Zoo Southside)
Take a close look at that title. Notice anything about it? Are we not drawn onward to new erA?, much like its namesake, is a palindrome....
Aug 22, 2019
Review: Standard:Elite (Bedlam Theatre)
Whoever said politics and class couldn’t be fun? In Standard:Elite by Hidden Track, privilege is turned into a game; there are standard...
Aug 21, 2019
Review: We Want You to Watch (theSpace on Niddry Street)
Voyeurism is a difficult topic to challenge through theatre; you can't criticise people taking enjoyment by looking at sexual images,...
Aug 20, 2019
Review: Evaluation (The Greenhouse)
Understandably, the environmental crisis is a focal point of more Fringe shows than ever. But, as with previous years, a lot of companies...
Aug 19, 2019
Review: 8:8 (Summerhall)
It seems that every Fringe there is a competition between a select group of shows to be the most intimate. In Jessica Huber and Kerin...
Aug 18, 2019
Review: High Trees (Greenside at Nicholson Square)
With city-centre space being the rare commodity it is during August, it’s unsurprising that most performers find themselves in black...
Aug 12, 2019
Review: Boulder (Pleasance Courtyard)
I will confess it now: I chose to see this show because the production photo looked interesting. Anyone who says they aren’t even little...
Aug 7, 2019
Review: Romeo and Juliet - One-Man Musical (TheSpace at Surgeon's Hall)
This year there are (at least) five productions of Romeo and Juliet at the fringe. When a show is trying to trying to add a little more...