All a bit shallow: Crystal Bennes feels there’s something missing in Richard Marsh’s messianic poetry play.
Edinburgh Fringe 2017
10 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Salt at Summerhall
Until 26th August 2017
By Hannah Greenstreet
How do you mourn someone you have never met? – Hannah Greenstreet reviews Selina Thompson’s powerful interrogation of the legacy of slavery.
10 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Black Catfish Musketeer at Summerhall
By Alice Saville
Suitable for lactose intolerances: Dylan Coburn Gray’s new romcom about online dating is sharp, satisfying and utterly cheese free.
10 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Secret Life of Humans at Pleasance Courtyard
By Crystal Bennes
The trouble with human progress: Crystal Bennes reviews New Diorama Theatre’s inspired take on Yuval Harari’s Sapiens.
10 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Action at a Distance at Zoo
Until 22nd August 2017
By Crystal Bennes
The suffering of one or the agony of the many? Crystal Bennes on the complex moral dilemmas of Argonaut’s new play.
9 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Tobacco at Assembly George Square
Until 27 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Lighting up: Rosemary Waugh reviews a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco.
9 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Education, Education, Education at Pleasance Dome
Until 27 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Snap your shag bands and dance to Steps: Rosemary Waugh reviews the Wardrobe Ensemble’s new show about New Labour.
9 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: LANDS at Summerhall
Until 20th August 2017
By Hannah Greenstreet
Puzzling but enjoyable: Hannah Greenstreet on Antler’s bouncing tragi-comedy.
8 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Brutal Cessation + Dust
Until 28th/27th August
By Hannah Greenstreet
Watching through my fingers – Hannah Greenstreet on Milly Thomas’s new plays and theatre’s duty of care.
8 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist
Until 28th August 2017
By Hannah Greenstreet
“A surprisingly tender theatrical experiment”: Hannah Greenstreet reviews YESYESNONO’s exploration of intimacy.
8 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Mies Julie at the Assembly Rooms
3 - 27 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
‘Excellent’, ‘astonishing’, ‘devastating’ and all the rest: Rosemary Waugh reviews the return of Yael Farber’s Mies Julie to the Edinburgh Fringe.
8 August 2017
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Edinburgh Fringe Review: Adam and Eve at Traverse Theatre
Until 27th August 2017
By Hannah Greenstreet
Lyrical, joyous and vital – Hannah Greenstreet on the National Theatre of Scotland’s two stories about trans experience.
7 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Shape of the Pain at Summerhall
until 26 August 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
Have you tried…? Rosemary Waugh reviews Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe’s show about living with chronic pain.
6 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: The B*easts at Underbelly
By Hannah Greenstreet
Monica Dolan’s one woman show is a deliberately un-sensationalised exploration of how children are sexualised.
6 August 2017
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Mouthpiece at Summerhall
By Hannah Greenstreet
Dissonance and vocal fry – Hannah Greenstreet on a performance that explores gendered speech.