Written by Daisy Hall Directed by Jessica Lazar Review by Jack Quinn ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall: Tickets ★★★★ Bells can be heard ringing from the Summerhall courtyard, is it the final call for a show, or perhaps noise bleed from Paines Plough’s Roundabout which is host to the premiere of Daisy Hall’s Bellringers, shortlisted for the Women’s Playwrighting … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Bellringers

https://youtu.be/vErjoKgSYjc Produced by Gendermess Productions Review by Jack Quinn George Assembly Square Gardens: Tickets ★★★★★ These friends may be messy, but this show is nothing but slick and sensationally performed. Oozing with vulnerability and originality, Messy Friends showcases cabaret, drag, burlesque, mime, performance art, and ultimately, a fantastically good time, all performed by a charismatic and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Messy Friends

Written and Directed by Sergio Blanco Translated and Performed by Daniel Goldman Review by Jack Quinn Summerhall - Red Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ Taking our seats in the Red Lecture Theatre, we enter Sergio Blanco’s workspace. He sits at a table littered with books, a microscope, a laptop, a pad, a rib bone, stationery, headphones, and a … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Divine Intervention

Written by Danielle James Review by Jack Quinn Greenside @ George Street: Tickets ★★★★ It starts - as many plays about student house-shares at the Edinburgh fringe do – the regretful morning after the hazy night before. Bonnie, our central hungover protagonist, floats between shaking her flatmates for information in her quest to establish what … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Covenant

Written by Danielle James Review by Jack Cuinn Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose: Tickets ★★★★ A bold and passionate piece of work, Knives and Forks blends conversations around illness narratives, female friendships, and, essentially, love. Danielle James’ script is a provocation for a performance that enables naturalistic performances from Ianthe Bathurst and Thea Mayeux, who play Iris and … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Knives and Forks

Written by Brian Watkins Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Cairns Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★★ Everything is as it should be. She was born to be a weather girl, and she is, so everything is fine, right? Shining as bright as her perfect pearly whites, Julia McDermott gives a strong central performance as Stacey, the … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Weather Girl

https://youtu.be/P0um46zZbbQ Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Summerhall - Anatomy Lecture Theatre: Tickets ★★★★ James Rowland welcomes audience members into the Anatomy Lecture theatre for what he announces is (on the performance I saw) his 103rd performance in this space. He warns us of a partial nudity warning as he turns around, revealing … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show

Produced by Kobold Blue Productions Review by Jack Cuinn Underbelly - Bristo Square: Tickets ★★ A woman enters the stage with chalk in hand, tracing a line around its circumference, creating an initial sense of ritualistic anticipation. Yet, when the lights come up, it becomes clear that she has merely marked the playing space, which, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Things Between Heaven and Earth

Produced by Worklight Theatre Review by Jack Cuinn Pleasance Dome - Jack: Tickets ★★★ It’s the Economy, Stupid, a phrase coined by Jim Carville in 1992 for the recession, may resonate a little too close to home to the many fringe artists embarking on the streets of Edinburgh who have taken significant financial risk to … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – It’s the Economy, Stupid!