Lost in the woods: Rosemary Waugh reviews Brad Birch’s new play blending gothic horror with domestic drama.
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
23 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Cosmic Scallies at Summerhall
Until 26th August
By Louise Jones
More than a forgotten town? Louise Jones reviews Jackie Hagan’s quiet celebration of the people of Skelmersdale.
23 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe/EIF Review: Siren and Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid
Until 27th/28th August
By Joy Martin
Poignant depths and comedic shallows: Joy Martin reviews two aquatic tales of loneliness and longing.
22 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: (FEAR) at Zoo
Until 28 August 2017
By Eve Allin
Beware of icebergs: Eve Allin reviews Mr and Mrs Clark’s new show about all the things that scare us.
21 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Fall at Assembly Hall
Until 27 August 2017
By Geoff Mills
#RhodesMustFall: Geoff Mills reviews the Baxter Theatre’s play about student demonstrations at the University of Cape Town.
21 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Testament of Mary at C Venues
Until 28 August 2017
By Geoff Mills
A radical reenvisioning: Geoff Mills reviews a stage adaptation of Colm TóibÃn’s story of Jesus, from Mary’s perspective.
21 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Last Queen of Scotland at Underbelly Cowgate
3 - 26 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
From Africa to Scotland, and back again: Rosemary Waugh reviews Jaimini Jethwa’s new play about the expulsion of Ugandan-Asians by Idi Amin.
20 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Celebration at ZOO venues
By Alice Saville
Let’s celebrate: the debut show from Emergency Chorus is a gawky, joyful evocation of the present moment.
20 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Scene at St Augustines
By Alice Saville
A metatheatrical unpicking of race and queerness: Eve Allin on an “intimidatingly clever” love story.
20 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Wild Bore at Traverse Theatre
By Joy Martin
Talking out your ass: Joy Martin on a critic-baiting performance by Zoë Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott.
20 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lula del Ray at Underbelly
Until 28 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Starry-eyed: Rosemary Waugh reviews Manual Cinema’s intergalactic coming of age story.
20 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Out of Love at Summerhall Roundabout
Until 27 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
BFFs: Rosemary Waugh reviews Elinor Cook’s new play about female friendship.
18 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Black Cat at Underbelly
Until 20th August
By Geoff Mills
Diabolical depths: Geoff Mills discovers the depravity of man in this 21st Century take on an Edgar Allan Poe story.
18 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Frankie Vah by Luke Wright at Underbelly
Until 27th August
By Joy Martin
‘Lushly, transportingly poetic…’ Joy Martin has her heart broken at Luke Wright’s powerful solo performance.
18 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: I Am Faransis W. at Summerhall
Until 27th August
By Chris McCormack
Modern miseries and contemporary unrest: Chris McCormack reviews a new take on Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck.