https://youtu.be/DvEgMH3LcMI Created and Performed by Dougie Mackay and Jemima Thewes Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ In A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun, ancient myth collides with ecological urgency in a richly textured hour of storytelling, shadow puppetry, and live music. Performed by Dougie Mackay and Jemima Thewes, this Fringe offering is a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun
Review by Katherine McIntyre Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Sometimes, the smallest sections make the biggest noises. Tragic to see in some radical political sectors, encouraging in other respects. Spoken Word may be the smallest of the Festival Fringe’s offerings – but it’s by far the most accessible and welcoming. In a festival bursting with theatrical … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Loud Poets
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
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
Written by Conor O'Dwyer Directed by Jen McGregor Review by Dominic Corr Assembly Roxy - Snug Bar ★★★★ It seems all too easy to be a ‘bad person’ in someone’s eyes. A bad pal, a bad student, a bad son. But to be all of these and more in your own eyes is something else. … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Homo(sapien)
https://youtu.be/XTLRwxzwyCA Directed and Set Design by Yaron Lifschitz Choreographed by Yaron Lifschitz, Bridie Hooper & Circa Ensemble Composed by Gluck Libretto by Calzabigi The Edinburgh Playhouse ★★★★ Rising from the pits of Hades and defying both mortal realms and gravity—literal and emotional—Orpheus and Eurydice at the Edinburgh Playhouse is a breathtaking fusion of opera and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Orpheus and Eurydice, The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Ailsa Dixon Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ As the world burns, and finds itself in the grasp of men, it is all too often the women who have ‘seen’ what is coming, as all too often, they were the ones who saw it in the past. Ailsa Dixon brings a haunting … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Cassandra
Written by Lubna Kerr Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ For a lot of us, lunchtime at school was bliss. Pals, away from class, and a handful of snacks which would bring euphoria with the inevitable crash. For a lot of us though, there was one ruler of this domain: the bully. Lubna Kerr’s … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Lunchbox
Written, Directed, Composed & Performed by Karine Polwart Composed & Sound Desigb by Pippa Murphy Review by Katherine McIntyre Raw Materials ★★★★★ An elegant and astonishing stand-out for this year’s festival season, in Raw Materials Windblown, Karine Polwart delivers a luminous, lyrical tribute to the long-silenced Sabal palm of Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden. Performed at … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Windblown
