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 →
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Theatre Review: Good Morning, Faggi (Summerhall) ★★★★
This charismatic, coming of age journey is skillfully performed and deftly devised. It challenges the audience to consider how liberals centre themselves in coming-out narratives, and question if tolerance is enough to end systemic oppression. Axel Ingi Árnason and Bjarni Snæbjörnsson in Good Morning, Faggi. Photo Credit: Leifur Wilberg. Good Morning, Faggi is the kind... Continue Reading →
