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11/08/2025

Written by Indra Wilson Co-directed by Cora Bissett and Niloo-Far Khan Review by Orly Benn Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - Big Yin ★★★★ The care and generosity of Indra Wilson’s performance begins in the queue entering Gilded Balloon’s ‘other yin’, where patrons are handed silver-star stickers to use in acts of personal remembrance and celebration of lost loved ones. It is immediately clear that Wilson’s…...

Experience Indra Wilson's poignant performance in _Float_, blending themes of grief, love, and human connection at Gilded Balloon.

11/08/2025

Join Polly and her diverse regiment in Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment at the Edinburgh Fringe for an anti-war, gender-bending adventure!

at Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment

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11/08/2025

Written by Indra Wilson Co-directed by Cora Bissett and Niloo-Far Khan Review by Orly Benn Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose - Big Yin ★★★★★ Fringe heroes Xhloe and Natasha return to the too-busy, too-expensive, over-saturated Auld Reekie Edinburgh Fringe with all three of their previous shows to remind us why Fringe is worth it and why we should all try to do what we have always thought about doing....

Experience the creativity of Xhloe and Natasha in 'And Then The Rodeo Burned Down' at Edinburgh Fringe. A theatrical masterclass awaits!

11/08/2025

Created by Theatre of Widdershins Review by Dominic Corr The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Theatre of Widdershins’ Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown, performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a triumph of intimacy, imagination, and enchantment. In a festival bursting with spectacle, this quietly dazzling show reminds us of the elemental power of storytelling—how it can coax out wonder, empathy, and joy with the simplest of tools: a puppet, a voice, and a forest made of dreams....

Created by Theatre of Widdershins Review by Dominic Corr The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Theatre of Widdershins’ Snow White Rose Red Bear Brown, performed at the Scottish Storytelling Centre…

11/08/2025

Created by Emily Carding Review by Marina Funcasta The Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ Not a gamer myself, I can’t help but sense a childish trepidation any time a board game or card game are mentioned; keeping up with the rules, the competition, the stakes – it’s a lot to bear in mind. You can imagine my initial reservations, therefore, towards…...

Discover the whimsical fusion of Shakespeare and Monopoly in Emily Carding's captivating show, Timonopoly, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

11/08/2025

Written by Ro Bright Directed by Kitan Petkovski Review by Eve Nugent Assembly Checkpoint ★★★★ The audience is invited to sit around small circular tables at the foot of the stage in Assembly Checkpoint – an exciting, intimate atmosphere is immediately established. Upstage centre sits a silk pink screen embroidered with a red ribboned heart, glamorous suitcases draped with a cropped blonde wig, and an austere cello waiting to be played....

Experience the dazzling cabaret show 'Sugar' at Assembly Checkpoint, blending humor, music, and a powerful message of self-acceptance.

11/08/2025

Written and Performed by Jasmine Thien Directed by Max Percy Review by Eve Nugent Underbelly Bristo Square, Friesian ★★★ I Dream in Colour, performed on the intimate Friesian stage at Underbelly Bristo Square, is a moving semi-biographical one-woman show about a blind woman “fighting for the right to exist”. Writer Jasmin Thien draws upon her own experiences when starring as Sophie – a feisty, funny and richly spirited character, refusing to be defined by her condition....

Discover 'I Dream in Colour,' a heartfelt one-woman show exploring identity and disability, performed by Jasmine Thien at Underbelly Bristo Square.

11/08/2025

Directed, Dramaturgy and Set Design by Stef Aerts, Joé Agemans, Thomas Verstraeten & Marie Vinck (FC Bergman) Review by Dominic Corr The Royal Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ In a festival season brimming with bold statements and theatrical invention, Works and Days by Belgian collective FC Bergman stands out as a masterwork of visual storytelling and philosophical depth. Staged at the…...

Experience FC Bergman's 'Works and Days'—a visual feast exploring modernity's crisis at The Royal Lyceum Theatre. A must-see this festival season!

09/08/2025

Created by Wright&Grainger Review by Eve Nugent Summerhall - Dissection Room ★★★★★ To a sold-out auditorium, Wright&Grainger present their beautifully original show Orpheus: an innovative and modern retelling of the classic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Performed on the funky traverse stage in the Dissection Room at Summerhall, the duo breathe vibrant new life into this ancient tale – it’s clear every audience member is eager to share in this unique fusion of music, poetry and storytelling....

Created by Wright&Grainger Review by Eve Nugent Summerhall – Dissection Room ★★★★★ To a sold-out auditorium, Wright&Grainger present their beautifully original show Orpheus: an innova…

09/08/2025

Review by Eve Nugent Assembly George Square Studios - Studio Five ★★★★ Oozing with charisma is Ismael Loutfi in his stand-up comedy titled Heavenly Baba. Across one hour, he shares the unique story of his father – a Syrian-born immigrant to the United States and devout Muslim whom Loutfi affectionately calls “the most religious man in the world…...

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09/08/2025

Created by Louisa Marshall and Amber Charlie Conroy Review by Aislinn McSharry Summer Hall - Former Gents Locker Room ★★★★★ Provocative, confrontational, a fierce whirlwind of orchestrated unpredictability: Lousia Marshall and Amber Charlie Conroy's Clean Slate dissects relationships between men and women, focusing on the "weaponised incompetence" that creates unwilling housewives out of supposed equal partners. The play starts at the end, a woman breaking up with her boyfriend, frustrated with his domestic ineptitude....

Experience 'Clean Slate' at Summerhall, a provocative play exploring male incompetence in relationships. Join the emotional journey today!

08/08/2025

Created and Performed by Lachlan Werner Review by Moyra Jones Pleasance Dome - 10 Dome ★★★★★ Lachlan Werner takes the stage like an angelic vision, with his perfectly coiffed blonde hair and feathery leotard. We’re immediately transported into the world of the Wonder Twunk - a delightful fusion of t***k and hunk. Co-written by Werner and Laurie Luxe, the story follows Jack, the strongest boy in the world, as he discovers his true identity and destiny....

Created and Performed by Lachlan Werner Review by Moyra Jones Pleasance Dome – 10 Dome ★★★★★ Lachlan Werner takes the stage like an angelic vision, with his perfectly coiffed blonde hair and …