‘It feels like a moment’: Eve Allin responds to Theatre Uncut’s first female-only play series and discussion panel.
Reviews
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: The Welcome Revolution at Zoo Southside
By Ava Davies
A very specific idea of Britishness: Ava Davies writes on a show that meets injustice with sugar-coated tweeness.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: F**k You, Pay Me at Assembly Rooms
Until 25th August
By Eve Allin
A massive middle finger pointed high into the air: Joana Nastari’s solo show is a story of sex work that demands attention.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Century Song at ZOO Southside
Until 18th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
‘We can only bear witness’: Hailey Bachrach on an emotive journey through the history of Black women in the Americas.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Underground Railroad Game at Traverse Theatre
Until 26th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
Guilt and Complicity: Hailey Bachrach on how a play about American slavery translates for an Edinburgh audience.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Extinguished Things at Summerhall
Until 26th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
After a captivating start, Hailey Bachrach is left cold by this story about neighbours and homecomings.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Katie & Pip at Summerhall
Until 12th August 2018
By Eve Allin
“Can dogs count to one million?”: Eve Allin writes a jagged, dog’s-eye response to the story of a girl and her best friend.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Review: May I Speak About Dance? at Summerhall
Until 12th August
By Alice Saville
Boaz Barkan’s performance-lecture explores the struggle to put dance into words.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: An Elephant in the Garden at Underbelly
Until 27th August
By Hailey Bachrach
A slightly jumbled jumbo: Hailey Bachrach is unconvinced by a one woman adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s elephant tale.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Class at Traverse Theatre
Until 27 August 2018
By Crystal Bennes
Language is the weapon of choice: Crystal Bennes reviews a school-set play about learning difficulties and parent-teacher confrontations.
7 August 2018
Features • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Power Play: Addressing Gender Inequality at the Fringe
By Eve Allin
Taking over an Edinburgh flat, Power Play are making space for female-led theatre at the fringe. Here’s Eve Allin on her visit.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Cock, Cock… Who’s There? at Summerhall
Until 26 August 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Claim, revel, destroy, subvert, love: Rosemary Waugh reviews Samira Elagoz’s verbatim show about rape and men’s reactions to her.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Come to Daddy at Summerhall
Until 12th August 2018
By Ava Davies
Inheritance, rejection, stasis: Ava Davies reviews Living House Theatre’s playful take on art and history.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: The Political History of Smack and Crack at Summerhall Roundabout
Until 26th August 2018
By Eve Allin
Voices have to be heard: Eve Allin on why this well-meaning political piece doesn’t tell the whole story.
6 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: Dracula by Let Them Call It Mischief
Until 27th August
By Crystal Bennes
Just plain fun: Crystal Bennes on a riotously camp version of Bram Stoker’s blood-sucking horror classic.