'A true Fringe experience, this show is absolutely bonkers. Frequent character breaks only make it more likeable, as the performers happily share in the ridiculousness of it all. Helicops 1: Find Your Wings! knows exactly what it is and commits wholeheartedly to its wonderfully chaotic world.'
In a comedic exploration of hypermasculinity, "Last Orders" showcases a grieving family's misadventures in a bar. The all-female cast delivers humor through clever writing and lively performances.
Boogie on the Bones, set in post-Stalin Moscow, explores rebellion against state control through the Stilyagi subculture. The production resonates today, highlighting struggles for self-expression amid authority's constraints.
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
Created by Yoon Junghwan, Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse Review by Orly Benn The thought of walking into Summerhall’s Main Hall 2 weeks after the end of the Fringe is somewhat akin to meeting your mum’s new partner not too long after the separation of your parents, stunted with memories of previous glories. However, this … Continue reading Review: TETHER (Work-In-Progess) – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking hip-hop musical comedy with the life (or myth) of 13th-century Scottish legend and … Continue reading Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Wallace – Traverse Theatre
Created by Martha Pailing, Recipient of Keep It Fringe Fund Review by Orly Benn Summerhall - Former Women's Locker Room ★★★★★ In a show whose title is characteristically angry and impulsive, Martha Pailing’s Chat Shit Get Hit is remarkably sensitive, thoughtful, funny, and clever. Beginning with a very memorable impression of her parents’ dog, Huwie, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Chat Sh*t, Get Hit
Review by Aislinn McSharry Jack Dome at Pleasance Dome ★★★ Enthusiastically and engagingly, comedian Grace Helbig not only uncovers experiences with being a YouTuber in the 2010s, but also shares her navigation of breast cancer after being diagnosed at 37. Let Me Get This Off My Chest revels in dark comedy to explore the emotional journey of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Grace Helbig: Let Me Get This Off My Chest
https://youtu.be/MDgQaLXkbx0 Musical Direction and Conducted by Miles Lallemant Review by Aislinn McSharry The Royal Lyceum Theatre ★★★ A mesmerising visual and auditory experience held at The Lyceum for the Edinburgh International Festival, Book of Mountains and Seas is a stunning collaboration of theatrical mediums, creating a storytelling experience. A vocal-theatre work, inspired by the ancient Chinese compilation "Book of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Book of Mountains and Seas
Created by Audaciously Tenacious CIC Review by Aislinn McSharry Bedlam Theatre ★★★★ Purgatory rebranded as a noughties fever dream crossed with a messy teenage sleepover: Audaciously Tenacious CIC's Perfect Dead Girls is an engaging, enthralling exploration of girlhood, underscored with a harsh, macabre questioning of the many facets of existence. Two girls are trapped in the state … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Fatal Flower
