Lead Performance by Julia Taudevin Bouffon Direction by Tim Licata The Tron Theatre ★★★★ With current polling across the UK set for an profoundly unsettling tipping of the scales for the next general election, it’ll take more than a spoonful of sugar to make this much needed medicine go down – as a revolting death rattle … Continue reading Review: Auntie Empire at Summerhall, Edinburgh – A Darkly Comic, Bouffon-Laced Reckoning
Performed and created by Ninon Noiret Directed by Ninon Noiret and Camille Marmié The Studio ★★★★ For one evening only, Manipulate plays host to a few side-walkers, as a strange, gallows-rich humour, and tender pulse runs through The Studio Theatre as The Raft of the Crab delivers a fusion of puppetry and physical theatre that … Continue reading Review: The Raft of the Crab – The Studio, Edinburgh
Written by Alan Bennett Directed by Lauren Green ★★★★ Taking one of Alan Bennett’s most wonderfully character-driven texts, there’s a restless and enviable intellectual energy that hums through Bedlam Theatre as Theatre Paradok’s staging of The History Boys delivers a sharp, heartfelt, and sturdy revival of Bennett’s beloved play. Directed by the superbly talented (and … Continue reading Review: The History Boys – Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Artistic Direction and Choreographed by Carlos Acosta Scenography by Nina Dunn with Tyler Forward and Andrew Exeter Review by Dominic Corr The Festival Theatre ★★★★ While winter seems to be in the death-throws of a final bout of chill; a vibrant theatrical warmth fills The Festival Theatre Edinburgh as Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana bursts … Continue reading Review: Carlos Acosta’s Nutcracker in Havana – The Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Directed and Choreographed by Matthew Bourne Orchestrated by Terry Davies Review by Dominic Corr The King's Theatre ★★★★ For a tale draped in crimson and ruby, the overwhelming shade of The Red Shoes tale has always been that of a symbolic sharpness of emerald: a green with envy that cuts through any of the gorgeous … Continue reading Review: The Red Shoes – The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Co-directed by Katherine Lyle & Andrew Friedman Review by Marina Funcasta Drayton Arms Theatre ★★★★ Petit Léopard takes its time to charm, but much like a guarded cat, once let in by Capucine Earle’s performance, we are caught by her defiance - hook, line and sinker. Anchored in the beloved, post-feminist ‘Messy Woman’ genre, Earle’s … Continue reading Review: Petit Léopard – Drayton Arms Theatre, London
Contemporary Ritual Theatre, the bold Great Yarmouth company redefining performance as communal rite, makes its Scottish debut this September with SALT - a haunting tale of faith, obsession, and supernatural song set against the unforgiving backdrop of the 18th-century East Norfolk coast. Following a sell-out tour in England, the production charts a ten-date journey through … Continue reading Have a Gander at SALT – Scottish and National Tour
Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Dissection Room ★★★★★ In both style and substance, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD screams feminism. Loudly. But a messy, chaotic, hilarious kind – precisely what trio, Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory, try to distance themselves from in the opening of their performance. A proper, organised three-act play, they … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Philosophy of the World
https://youtu.be/nmtgb6YvEhg Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Main Hall ★★★★★ Lit with four LED lamps, the Main Hall at Summerhall is almost unrecognisable: smoke wafts from beneath the seats, Suburban Knight’s album, Nocturbulous Behaviour, blasting in the audience’s ears. And in the corner of the stage, there are three hidden bodies which bounce in unison: … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Written by Cal Ferguson, Mhairi McCall and Lewis Lauder Directed by Jo Rush Underbelly - Cowbarn ★★★ The ambition behind Mary, Queen of Rock! is undeniable with local musical theatre company Pretty Knickers attempting to fuse one of the most famous faces from Scottish history with the swagger of rock opera. The result is a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Mary, Queen of Rock!
