Edinburgh International Festival 2025 Theatre Review: Cutting The Tightrope (Church Hill Theatre) ★★★★★

Bold, confronting and performed with sincerity and skill, Cutting the Tightrope is a rebellious collection of short political plays that packs a serious punch. Photo credit: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan In January 2024, Arts Council England (ACE) released updates to their guidelines, warning that organisations and artists making “overtly political or activist” statements could breach funding... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2025 0

Edinburgh International Festival 2023 Theatre Review: As Far As Impossible (Lyceum Theatre) ★★★

Captivating verbatim accounts of international humanitarian workers are thoughtfully woven together in this documentary-style theatrical experience. Natacha Koutchoumov, Baptiste Coustenoble, Beatriz Brás and Adrien Barazzone in As Far As Impossible. Photo Credit: Andrew Perry. Drawn from interviews with humanitarian workers, and primarily performed and captioned in English and French (with some Portugese), As Far As... Continue Reading →

August 26, 2023 0

Edinburgh International Festival 2023 Theatre Review: Trojan Women (Festival Theatre) ★★★★

Dramatically performed by the National Changgeuk Company of Korea, and directed by Ong Keng Sen, this epic production of Trojan Women blends the classical with the modern. Trojan Women. Photo Credit: Jess Shurte. Adapted after Euripides by Bae Sam-sik, the eight-strong chorus remains central to this production. Working with red balls of wool that are... Continue Reading →

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