Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Cecilia Gentili’s Red Ink (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★★★

Following its acclaimed Off-Broadway run, Cecilia Gentili's Red Ink bursts on to the Edinburgh stage, starring Chiquitita as the legendary trans activist and truth teller. Chiquitita in Cecilia Gentili's Red Ink. Photo credit: Oscar Diaz Cecilia Gentili's legacy lives on in both her autobiographical play and her chosen family. Originally from Argentina, she first travelled... Continue Reading →

August 27, 2025 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: The Monkeypox Gospel (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★★

An unvarnished account of the experiences that led to his debut article for The New Yorker magazine, The Monkeypox Gospel is a compelling, enlightening and expertly recounted piece of podcast theatre. Photo credit: Michael Aiden In the summer of 2022, Ngofeen Mputubwele is conflicted about the global Monkeypox outbreak (later renamed MPox). He knows that, as... Continue Reading →

August 27, 2025 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: Eggs Aren’t That Easy to Make (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★

A queer romcom about life, love, friendship and sperm donation, Eggs Aren't That Easy To Make is a light, airy piece with many strong moments. Rachel Andrews and Esther Carr. Photo credit: Fabi Waters Best friends Claire and Dan make a drunken pact: if she is in a lesbian relationship when she is older, she... Continue Reading →

August 27, 2025 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Theatre Review: How to Win Against History (Udderbelly) ★★★

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Henry Cyril Paget's birth, How to Win Against History returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a production that is daring, dazzling and diamante-studded. Photo Credit: Pamela Raith Photography This camp musical romp tells the story of Paget's life, from childhood to becoming the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, and ending... Continue Reading →

August 19, 2025 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Theatre Review: Fabulett 1933 (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★

Written and performed by Michael Trauffer, Fabulett 1933 invites the audience to join him in a pre-war Berin cabaret club. A vital exploration of queer history, this is an important piece, created and presented with sincerity and heart. Michael Trauffer in Fabulett 1933. Photo credit: Georgina Bolton King. Starting with some archival footage, and introduced... Continue Reading →

August 26, 2023 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Theatre Review: Boy Out The City (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★

In this solo show about isolation, homophobia and mental health, Declan Bennett draws on his journals and personal experiences to weave a compelling tale. Declan Bennett in Boy Out The City. Photo Credit: Roberto Ricciuti. After the worst St Patrick's Day on record, Declan decides to escape the London lockdown and move to Oxfordshire with... Continue Reading →

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Theatre Review: It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★★★★

A sharply-pointed satire that is not afraid to make the audience uncomfortable, It's a Motherf**king Pleasure takes aim at assumptions about disability, ableism, and the knots people tie themselves in trying to always say the "right" thing. Aarian Mehraban, Samuel Brewer and Chloe Palmer in It's a Motherf**king Pleasure. Photo Credit: Alex Brenner. This show... Continue Reading →

August 20, 2023 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 Theatre Review: My Dad Wears a Dress (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★

Maria Telnikoff's heartfelt one-woman show encourages the audience to look at the trans experience from a different perspective. Funny, thoughtful and sincere, this play draws on real-life experience and challenges the heteronormative. Maria Telnikoff in My Dad Wears a Dress. Photo credit: Caitlin Van Bommel. Written and performed by Telnikoff, it is clear that our... Continue Reading →

August 12, 2023 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 Theatre Review: Unfortunate – The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch (Underbelly) ★★★1/2

Ursula is here to spill the tea on what really went on under the sea. Splash-landing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this down and dirty Disney parody is full of show-stopping songs, magical puppets and delightfully filthy humour. Elliotte Williams-N’Dure as Ursula. Photo credit: Underbelly. Following in the footsteps of Cruella and Elphaba, everyone’s favourite... Continue Reading →

August 22, 2022 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 Theatre Review: Bad Teacher (Underbelly Bristo Square) ★★★

Written and performed by Erin Holland, Bad Teacher is a quick-witted one-woman show about the trails and tribulations of a twenty-six-year-old teacher. Penned by and with teachers, this piece is in-your-face and unapologetic as it reflects some of the realities of the English education system. Erin Holland. Photo credit: Queens of Cups. Evie works at... Continue Reading →

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