Review by Katherine McIntyre Underbelly Circus Hub ★★★★★ In a world that often feels brittle and closed-off, Club Kabarett is a glorious act of defiance—a glitter-drenched, gin-soaked celebration of connection, chaos, and unapologetic joy. Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is more than a show; it’s a living, breathing organism that pulses with life, lust, and radical … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
Created and Performed by Emery Hunter and Bobby Bradley Directed by Neil John Gibson and Jen Bates Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ Revolutionising, modernising, reinventing – however you wish to describe it, it’s tricky to bring an ancient mythos to new audiences, particularly with Scottish folklore. In Dregs, the Selkie myth is … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Dregs
Created by Stolen Table and Pat Rascal Review by Orly Benn Underbelly Cowgate - Iron Belly ★★★★★ Stolen Table and Pat Rascal return to the Fringe, continuing their chain of beautifully unserious and gorgeously absurdist clowning feats to bring us Space Gravy: the freshest chain in an infallible string of good-night-outs. As all good narratives … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Pat Rascal: Space Gravy
Written by Hannah Caplan Directed by Douglas Clarke-Wood Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Former Women's Locker Room ★★★★★ Leaving Hannah Caplan’s debut play ‘This is not about me’, I struggled to admit that it really wasn’t. That is, about me. Tying together some classic thematic threads of the coming-of-age genre, the relatability and insight … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – This Is Not About Me
Review by Mhairi Sime Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ Arrive at the Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Courtyard expecting cheeky reflections on lad culture and you get so much more. Chloe Petts: Big Naturals is a laugh-loaded hour that is as sharp as it is warm. Join Chloe Petts on the hunt for a new role model as they … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Chloe Petts: Big Naturals
Produced by Show And Tell Review by Aislinn McSharry ★★★★ A raucous, laugh-out-loud theatrical experience, Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel is an absolute delight; Camaraderie between the audience and actors makes for an exciting delirium of Austen-inspired chaos, highlighting the unifying power of theatre. The play begins with a clarification that nothing at all has been preplanned … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Written by Alison Skillbeck Review by Moyra Jones Summerhall - Main Hall ★★★★ The lace curtain is drawn across the stage. As the audience drifts in, we find ourselves in suburbia - morning or perhaps edging into afternoon. When the lights go down and Jonny Woo awakes, it’s with a bang, launching straight into an … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Jonny Woo: Suburbia
Written by Courtney McManus Directed by Bec Price Review by Dominic Corr Assembly George Square - Studio One ★★★★ For as much as we may whisper the name of their husband more often, Lady Macbeth will remain one of theatre’s finest characters. The brains behind the crown and dagger. The nuanced, and throned heart of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence
Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Techcube ★★★★ Biopics being all the rage, MILES. is an unsurprising addition to the Fringe programme. Concerning itself with the man behind the music, Oliver Kaderbhai’s script exposes this legend for all shades of his, very fallible, character. Embodied brilliantly by twenty-one-year-old Benjamin Akintuyosi, it is hard to leave … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – MILES.
https://youtu.be/C-Cv_jexIA0 Created by Mele Broomes Review by Marina Funcasta Assembly @ Dancebase ★★★★ At no point do I remember the beginning of Mele Broomes’ show: her dancers, scattered across the stage, move as if they had always been there, floating. Transfixing us from the moment we enter the room, Broomes’ ensemble appeared to the audience … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – through warm temparatures
