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
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
Written by Madison Mayer Composed by Aila Swan Directed by Emory Kemph Review by Mhairi Sime ★★★★ Go along expecting a sparkly and fun cabaret, and you’ll find something sharper. Bombshell, presented by Cross the Pond Theatre, follows three showgirls, who mix feminist pop musical energy with sharp topical bite as they perform in a struggling nightclub … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – BOMBSHELL
Created by Hani Dance Review by Marina Funcasta Assembly @ Dancebase ★★★★★ Inlet is, to put it simply, a beautiful show. In what feels like an unfurling, we witness our dancers evolve from primitive to civilised states. The word unfurling is ironic, though, seeing as their bodies quite literally become bound up - by costume, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Inlet
Written by Emma Howlett Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Anatomy Lecture Theatre ★★★★★ Washed with urgency, bodies take up the tightly packed seats of Summerhall’s Anatomy Theatre; having just been made to stand for twenty minutes because of a blaring fire warning, the audience is restless. Confronted with white boards, it feels like we … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Aether
Created by Casey Jay Andrews and Jack Brett Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Dissection Room ★★★★★ Casey Jay Andrews and Jack Brett’s recent Fringe production is an understated masterpiece. Far from literal quietness, The Quiet Earth Beneath is navigated by Brett’s earthly echoes which anchor Andrews’ patient storytelling. The quietness is, instead, metaphorical. Entering … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Quiet Earth Beneath
Review by Marina Funcasta Just the Tonic at the Caves ★★★ Witnessing the success of Adam Kay, the emergence of Dr Benji Waterhouse comes at no surprise. Breaking through the taboo of combining humour and the unknown sides of mental health, as Waterhouse himself acknowledges at the beginning of his show, humour becomes a very … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Benji Waterhouse: Second Opinion (WIP)
Written by Izzy Radford Review by Marina Funcasta Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★ This show largely does what it says on the tin: One Day meets Sliding Doors with a dash of Julia Davis’ Nighty Night? It’s almost a foolproof recipe. Guy meets girl at a birthday party, where for four consecutive years they are … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Seating Plan
