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
https://youtu.be/z55G52DsoYk Written by Jessica Toltzis Directed by Eli Pauley Review by Eve Nugent Paradise in the Vault ★★★★ “Never underestimate the power of a lesbian in love”. That is the bold promise emblazoned on the Edie poster – and this moving one-woman show delivers it in full. Jessica Toltzis takes to the intimate Annexe stage … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Edie
Created by Richard Jordan Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - The Attic ★★★★ Who is Truman Capote? Where can one find Truman Capote? Where can one find someone similar to Truman Capote? Bob Kingdom asks such questions in this beautiful one-man show as he embodies – in the truest sense of the word – … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Truman Capote Talk Show
Written by Katia Haddad Directed by Guy Retallack Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ It is the summer of 1992 – one year after Ukraine has gained independence from the Soviet Union. One fateful night, the lives of Galina, an ambitious student from Moscow, and Steven, a smooth-talking Ukrainian naval officer, are crucially brought … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Maruipol
Created by Third Floor Theatre Review by Eve Nugent ZOO Playground ★★★★★ Upon entering the auditorium of Zoo Playground 1, the audience finds themselves plunged into the tank of Coral and Gil – a married pair of French angelfish, struggling to get along under the claustrophobic pressures of their new home. In hope of saving … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – TANKED
Written and Directed by Brooke Jessop Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - Cellar ★★★★ A warm light fades up on Andrew, sprawled across the sofa in his baggy jeans, white vest, and small hoop earrings. He is fast asleep, arm dangling, surrounded by his mess – until his boyfriend Julian struts in, passionately dancing … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Paradok Platform 2025: Unwelcome
Written by Alfie Jones Directed by Alice Harding Review by Orly Benn Underbelly George Square - Buttercup ★★★★ In a visual age of mass media consumption and production, Alfie Jones’s ‘This Blighted Star’ is immeasurably pertinent as a modern analysis of surveillance, mass media safety, social conspiracy, and celebrity idolatry. Jones’s play, expertly directed by … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – This Blighted Star
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
Written by Jenna Stones Songs by Lucia Ireland Review by Aislinn McSharry Leith Arches ★★★ Bawdy, bold and imbued with deeper social commentary, DollsnRags Debut Fringe Show Happy Ending Street, is an impressive display of new Scottish theatre, expertly and engagingly performed. Detailing the lives of three sex-workers in 1890s Edinburgh, Pearl (Lucia Ireland), Bonnie (Jenna Stones) and Frances (Braegha Sturrock) plan to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Happy Ending Street
