Directed by Dan J. Bryant Review by Aislinn McSharry Sanctuary at St. Augustines ★★★★ EUSOG's (Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group) rendition of Stephan Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along is engaging, exquisite, heartfelt, and undeniably charismatic. An enthralling musical theatre experience at this year's Fringe, it is to be cherished.   Sondheim's musical follows the central friendship between Franklin, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – EUSOG: Merrily We Roll Along

Written by Sophie Fisher Review by Aislinn McSharry Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★★ A one-woman play detailing the trials and tribulations of casting calls, acting aspirations, and general social survival in the face of all this, Sophie Fisher's An Ode to the Casting Director is hilarious, heartfelt, and completely captivating.    Dismal auditions of hoarse battle cries, to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – An Ode To The Casting Director

https://youtu.be/MPrFkFIyyDo Written by Jack Parris Review by Moyra Jones Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ You walk in, receive a lanyard, and are welcomed to the panel. On stage, two desks are set up where Adam Boothroyd and Mike Coxhead boredly play instruments behind their computers. It’s the perfect set-up to lay down the kind of absurd energy … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager

Written by Ellie Keel Directed by Matthew Iliffe Review by Moyra Jones Summerhall - Tech Cube 0 ★★★★ SKYE: A Thriller, Ellie Keel’s debut play, follows the story of a family grappling with trauma, set thirty years after a life-changing incident. Annie, played by Dawn Steele, recounts the events in an interview with a crime … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – SKYE: A Thriller

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