Viewer beware, you're in for a scare... Preapre for a selection of the Festival's spookiest, creepiest, and also funniest shows. From ghouls to Traitors, spirits to serial killers, our team shines a light on the Festivals forgotten genre with our Top Horror Picks.
With a song in our heart, the team has been hard at work figuring out which of the year's many (many) showtunes, powerballads, and shows with songs make the cut for Top Musical Picks at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Two men need to look after a tiny seed; it is their job to nurture this small life and help it blossom. But as every new parent knows, this is no easy task.Co-produced with Catherine Wheels, in association with Randers Teater, In Time is a playful, gentle, and highly visual show that, through humour and absurdist touches, … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival – A Chat with Andy Manley, co-creator of In Time with Teater Refleksion, and De Røde Heste
Boys Don’t Dance is a poignant dance theatre show by award-winning queer and disabled choreographer Marc Brew, reflecting on his journey as a boy who defied society’s expectations to embrace his love for dance. The performance unfolds through a tapestry of memories, shedding light on the loneliness of being the only boy in a rural … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival – A Chat with Marc Brew, creator of Boys Don’t Dance
Created by Hayley Earlam, Brrr will be presented at Edinburgh International Children’s Festival before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Made in Scotland Showcase. If you wouldn’t mind giving us an introduction to yourself, the creatives involved in the show, and the show itself. My name is Hayley Earlam and I’m … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival – A Chat with Hayley Earlam, creator of Brrr
Toto Kerblammo!, directed by Tim Crouch, is an immersive play for ages 10 and up, blending live action and award-winning binaural sound to explore themes of love and despair through the story of a girl and her dog. Audiences don headphones, enhancing the emotional experience as they witness a narrative about hope and healing.
Written by Arthur Miller Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £18.50 ★★★★ When a text’s relevance continues to pierce through to the contemporary world, the necessity to ‘update’ or bring the piece’s setting to the modern day can often feel hollow or listless. For Jemima Levick’s superb opening production for The … Continue reading Review: A View from the Bridge – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton Story by Patricia Resnick Directed by Ellie Jackon and Max Middleton Musical direction by Benji Castella McDonald and Eric Rogers Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £12.50 ★★★★ One of musical theatre’s most beloved, performed, belted out, and toured, the Edinburgh University Footlights theatre company opened their 2025 season … Continue reading Review: 9 To 5 – The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Directed by Freya White Produced by Claudia Moya Gil Choreography by Rosalyn Harper Review by Dominic Corr Tickets available here ★★★★ It seems everyone is here to see the stars this evening; friends, family, colleagues, strangers, and, of course, the press. But the stars we’re seeing aren’t … Continue reading Review: Singin’ In The Rain – The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/IBBsMZWeGbA Created by Emma Martin ★★★★ Not even in their own heads can they find solace - no, in this world where a young boy seeks to escape the trauma and harshness of the every day, even retreating inside his mind comes with risk. Venturing into his head, through a land where growing up is … Continue reading Birdboy – Traverse Theatre
