Aug 14, 2021
Review: Love in the Time of Lockdown (TheSpace @ Surgeons' Hall)
I confess, this year I expected the stages of Edinburgh to be awash with lockdown-related plays this August, but I was wrong. Maybe in a...
Aug 10, 2021
Review: Styx (Assembly George Square)
In Second Body’s theatre-concert Styx, we are told that when we recall an event we are actually remembering the last time we remembered...
Sep 4, 2019
Review: Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats (Summerhall)
Expat (noun): a person who lives outside their native country. In Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit’s self-described documentary...
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...
