Review: ALL MOUTH: A QUEER COMEDY SHOW, The Rum Shack
by Mary Baillie - March 05, 2025
The Rum Shack’s queer comedy night is the best kind of silly — hosted by the fabulous Kate Hammer, it brings together a beautifully diverse lineup of queer comedians showcasing chaotic joy....
Review: DOOKIN' OOT, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 02, 2025
From her Easterhouse cooncil flat, terminally ill Diane dreams of a peaceful end in the hills of snowy Switzerland, but her state pension just won’t cover it....
Review: LARRY DEAN: DODGER, Pavilion Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - March 01, 2025
Join the thrice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, two-time star of Live At The Apollo for a hilarious new show about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty....
Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 27, 2025
Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone ar...
Review: PRIDE & PREJUDICE (*SORT OF), Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 25, 2025
How many ways can you re-tell Jane Austen? Isobel McArthur continues to prove it is more than possible to stage a show bursting with silliness, satire and the sharpest wit without losing the essence of Austen's beloved work....
Review: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A MUSICAL, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 19, 2025
Celebrating 40 years of iconic and chart-topping compilation albums, this brand-new musical comedy has an unbeatable 80s soundtrack and show-stopping direction and choreography by Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood....
Review: KINKY BOOTS, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 12, 2025
After inheriting his family's failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business....
Album Review: THINGS THAT COME AND GO, Hadley Fraser
by Cindy Marcolina - February 07, 2025
It’s a meticulously organised ten-track album. The songs are famous, but not so excessively that the line-up comes off as a redundant rehashing of standards or a vanity project. The piece has a consistent cohesion to it - sonically but also narratively, with the numbers living inside a bubble of mel...
Review: The Pictish Trail, Mackintosh Church
by Natalie O'Donoghue - February 03, 2025
Throughout his career, Johnny Lynch (aka Pictish Trail) has furrowed his own path. The Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop artist has created a unique back catalogue of recordings and performances, while refraining from the blueprint of the predictable singer-songwriter....