Written by Gabriel Jason Dean Directed by Ari Laura Kreith Review by Dominic Corr Traverse Theatre ★★★★ There’s a quiet, persistent tremor running through RIFT, Gabriel Jason Dean’s play at the Traverse Theatre for the 2025 Travfest season. It’s not the kind that splits the earth open, but the kind that unsettles the ground beneath … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – RIFT
Created and Performed by Lucy Beth Review by Dominic Corr The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★ A bold reclamation of voice, Lucy Beth’s Ma Name is Isabelle offers agency to a woman long silenced in the traditional bothy ballad Bogie’s Bonnie Belle. Told entirely in Doric, the dialect of North East Scotland, Beth’s solo performance is … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Ma Name is Isabelle
Written by Clare Fraenkel Directed by Lowri James Review by Dominic Corr ZOO Southside ★★ Someone has finally found the sole-benefit of Brexit: Clare Fraenkel’s I Was German, a deeply personal and historically rich piece, is born out of Fraenkel’s journey to reclaim German citizenship following Brexit. As a piece of theatre, it unfortunately struggles to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – I Was a German
https://youtu.be/dgdNV1YKGgY Created by Theatre of Widdershins Review by Dominic Corr The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Theatre of Widdershins’ Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown, performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a triumph of intimacy, imagination, and enchantment. In a festival bursting with spectacle, this quietly dazzling show reminds us of the elemental power of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Snow White Red Rose Bear Brown
https://youtu.be/_LX1-xBvoRA Directed, Dramaturgy and Set Design by Stef Aerts, Joé Agemans, Thomas Verstraeten & Marie Vinck (FC Bergman) Review by Dominic Corr The Royal Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ In a festival season brimming with bold statements and theatrical invention, Works and Days by Belgian collective FC Bergman stands out as a masterwork of visual storytelling and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Works and Days
Book by Rae Binstock Music & Lyrics by Brandon James Gwinn Direction and Choreography by Paul McGill Written by Dominic Corr Gilded Balloon - Big Yin ★★★ Midnight at the Palace, playing at the Gilded Balloon Patter House, is an unruly tribute to the legendary drag ensemble The Cockettes—those glitter-drenched, gender-bending pioneers of 1960s San … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 – Midnight at the Palace
Book by Maureen Chadwick Music & Lyrics by Kath Gotts Written by Dominic Corr Assembly Rooms - Music Hall ★★★★ In the extensive repertoire of ‘reality shows turned into musicals’, Maureen Chadwick’s Footballers’ Wives The Musical may, on reflection judgementally, not initially be on the top of most folks lists. If subtlety is your thing, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 – Footballers’ Wives The Musical
Written By Karis Kelly Adapted by Katie Posner Traverse Theatre ★★★★ What’s for lunch? Well, nothing better than a warm bowl of generational trauma. Bitter, but addictive. Winner of the 2022 Women’s Prize for Playwriting, Karis Kelly’s Consumed, now playing at the Traverse Theatre, is a pitch-black comedy that brings four generations of women together … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 – Consumed, Traverse Theatre
Written by James Graham Directed by Andrew Panton The Festival Theatre ★★★★ Make It Happen, debuting at the Edinburgh International Festival, is a searing, frequently exhilarating piece of ensemble drama that balances razor-edged satire with surreal intensity. Directed with flair and no shortage of ambition by Andrew Panton, it dares to grapple with avarice, self-mythologising, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Make It Happen, Festival Theatre
Review by Marina Funcasta Tickets available here ★★★★ Dovecot’s latest exhibition, presenting itself as “magical” and “playful”, promises a vibrant overview of 60 years of IKEA’s textile design. These terms specifically stood out to me for their enigmatic quality, appealing to the sort of whimsy found in a toy shop at Christmas. And yet, organising … Continue reading Have A Gander at IKEA: Magical Patterns – Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
