A surfeit of bluster: Tom Moyser writes on an overblown homage to Lovecraft.
Reviews
17 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: Erewhon at Summerhall
Until 26th August
By Lilith Wozniak
Both old-fashioned and futuristic: Lilith Wozniak writes on an atmospheric staging of Samuel Butler’s 19th century science fiction novel.
17 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: Sparks at Pleasance Courtyard
Until 26th August
By Hannah Greenstreet
Gentle and gently devastating: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Jessica Butcher’s exploration of a mother-daughter relationship.
17 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Colin Cloud Psycho(Logical) at Pleasance Grand
Until 27 August 2018
By Francesca Peschier
There is a serious gap in the magic circle regarding Slytherin representation: Francesca Peschier reviews a show by the Sherlock Holmes of magicians.
17 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: The Sauna at Summerhall
Until 26 August 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
One woman and an elf: Rosemary Waugh reviews a Finnish play about the sauna.
16 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: No Kids at Pleasance Courtyard
Until 27 August 2018
By Brendan Macdonald
A conversation: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ad Infinitum’s new show about fatherhood.
16 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Expendable Chapters at Greenside at Infirmary Street
Until 18 August 2018
By Crystal Bennes
Unmoored: Crystal Bennes reviews a play loosely based on Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar.
16 August 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: A Skull in Connemara at Olympia Theatre, Dublin
15 August - 1 September 2018
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews Martin McDonagh’s bleak comedy about ‘pioneering gravediggers, alcoholic priests and corrupt police’.
16 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018 • Reviews
Edinburgh Review: Flight at Summerhall
By Ben Kulvichit
Flight is a ‘perfectly programmed high-art theme park ride.’
16 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018 • Reviews
Edinburgh Review: What Girls Are Made Of at Traverse
By Hannah Greenstreet
What Girls Are Made Of looks back on a teenage brush with stardom with adult wisdom and a 90s soundtrack.
16 August 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews
Review: Backbone at Southbank Centre
By Freddie Machin
Gravity and Other Myths’ new physical theatre piece Backbone showcases the beauty of working together.
16 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: Finding Fassbender at Pleasance
Until 27th August
By Hannah Greenstreet
Hannah Greenstreet writes on Lydia Larson’s hilarious monologue about “the fantasy lives we build to survive”.
16 August 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Emilia at Shakespeare’s Globe
10 August – 1 September 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Reclaiming a poet: Rosemary Waugh reviews Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play about Emilia Bassano.
15 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: It’s True, It’s True, It’s True at Underbelly
By Hannah Greenstreet
Visual richness: Hannah Greenstreet writes on the images of Breach Theatre’s show, which dramatises the story of baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.
15 August 2018
Reviews
Edinburgh Review: Pickle Jar at Underbelly Cowgate
By Hannah Greenstreet
Pickle Jar is a one-woman show about rape culture, grief, and misplaced guilt.