Developed with and inspired by the stories of women from Street Soccer Scotland, Same Team is a powerful drama full of strong performances and plenty of heart. Photo credit: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse, Same Team charts the success of a plucky Scottish Women's football team as they travel to... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: I’m Almost There (Summerhall) ★★★★
Written and performed by Todd Almond, I'm Almost There charts an absurdist, quirky odyssey towards love and decent coffee. Todd Almond in I'm Almost There. Photo credit: Mihaela Bodlovic. After meeting the man of his dreams at a "big gay brunch" in a triplex in Tribeca, all Todd Almond's character has to do to clinch... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Little Squirt (Summerhall) ★★★★
Full to the brim with catchy tunes, comedic lines and almost through-sung, Darby James' Little Squirt is the perfect offspring of solo theatre and cabaret. You might expect a one-man-musical about sperm donation to be full of smutty seaman gags - and you would be right. What is unexpected about Little Squirt, however, is how... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Every Brilliant Thing (Summerhall) ★★★★★
Touching, uplifting and thoughfully created, this 10th anniverary production of Every Brilliant Thing is as meaningful now as when it was first staged. Jonny Donahoe in Every Brilliant Thing. Photo credit: Mihaela Bodlovic. Skillfully written and expertly performed, this is a truly collaborative piece from Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe. The story follows our unnamed... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Good Boy (The Space @ Surgeons’ Hall) ★★★★
Plumbing the depths of misogyny, abuse and control, Good Boy is a sobering look at the power dynamics that occur within intimate relationships. James Farley in Good Boy. Photo credit: Alex Walton. Young, naive and dating for the first time, Boy is looking for love. What he finds is a whole lot of conditions -... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Pop Off, Michelangelo! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Bold, brash and unapologetic, Pop Off, Michelangelo! shows the Renaissance period as it has never been seen before. Written by Dylan MarcAurele and directed by Joe McNeice, this is pure fun, musical silliness, with an extra helping of camp. Aidan Maccoll and Max Eade in Pop Off, Michelangelo! Photo credit: Steve Ullathorne. With a strong... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: The Gospel of Joan (Crawford) (The Space @ Venue 45) ★★
When five women find themselves in hell, doomed to play poker with Joan Crawford for the devil's delight, they begin to realise they are actually in a battle to save one of their souls. The Gospel of Joan (Crawford). Photo credit: teatrito. Boasting a cast of eight colourful characters, The Gospel of Joan (Crawford) is... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Pillock (Assembly Rooms) ★★★★
Funny, fearless and forthright, Jordan Tweddle's Pillock is a darkly comic tale of ADHD, loneliness and the perils of dating. Photo Credit: AD Zyne Written and performed by Tweddle, and directed by Scott Le Crass, Pillock hits you hard the moment the lights go up. Trying to navigate life while struggling with neurodiversity and lactose... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Tending (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★★
Touching and vital, Tending gives voice to the countless nurses who are the backbone of the National Health Service (NHS). For anyone who has never worked in the NHS, it can be hard to grasp what the staff experience. Aside from being the biggest employer in Europe, the health service has also been described as... Continue Reading →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 Theatre Review: Lessons on Revolution (Summerhall) ★★★
Drawing on Britain's colonial past and the history of protests at the London School of Economics (LSE) in the late 1960s, Lessons on Revolution is a thought-provoking documentary play that is well performed and thoroughly researched. Gabriele Uboldi in Lessons On Revolution. Photo credit: Jack Sain. The staging is thoughtful, despite the cramped quarters, with... Continue Reading →
