Scotland Theater Reviews Page 14

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SEANCE, Pleasance Dome, Potterrow Plaza, Container 2
by Kat Mokrynski - August 25, 2023

Have you ever used a Ouija Board to communicate with spirits? Even though I am on the fence on whether or not spirits exist in this world, I try to keep an open mind and have gone on several adventures to try to find ghosts. When I saw the description of DARKFIELD’s show, Séance, I was immediately d...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WE MUST DO THIS MORE, Royal Scot's Club
by Fiona Scott - August 21, 2023

Six years after debuting at the PBH Free Fringe, We Must Do This More returns to the Edinburgh Fringe, this time playing at the Royal Scot’s Club. The show is an autobiographical piece that explores the highs and lows of female friendship over a year in the life of one Mhairi McColl....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE CLIMATE FABLES, Greenside @ Nicholson Square
by Fiona Scott - August 21, 2023

You have the opportunity to see two shows written and directed by Padraig Bond, on alternating days by coming along to The Climate Fables. On this particular day, Debating Extinction, a retelling of Rapunzel through a dystopian climate lens, was the show in question....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TEMPING, Assembly George Square Studios – The Cubicle
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

In this extraordinary immersive show for one participant at a time, you’ll find yourself a temp for Sarah Jane, an absent actuary. As you negotiate her tasks, understanding and mysteriously precarious position, you’re the main character of her story – but how good will you be at her job?...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: AIONOS, ZOO Playground
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

Aionos, as theatre, aims at something unique. It blends VR, streaming and in-person performances to open up the medium. Unlike in gaming, live performers take on avatars with which VR players can interact. Unlike in traditional shows, performers based anywhere can interact with audiences based anywh...

Film Review: THEATER CAMP
by Abbie Grundy - August 21, 2023

The kind of movie that theatre kids (and theatre adults) everywhere will resonate with....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PAUL MERTON'S IMPRO CHUMS, Pleasance Courtyard - The Grand
by Stefanie Lyons - August 21, 2023

Paul Merton needs no introduction. He's the star of Have I Got News For You, countless Radio 4 panel shows and other TV productions. His shows at the Fringe are the stuff of legend so to have him back with his brilliant Impro Chums - Suki Webster, Richard Vranch, Kirsty Newton and Mike McShane - is ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SOLVE ALONG A MURDER SHE WROTE, TheSpace @ Symposium Hall - Amphitheatre
by Stefanie Lyons - August 21, 2023

Full disclosure: I saw Solve Along A Murder She Wrote in London a number of years ago. As soon as I saw it was on at the Fringe I elbowed my way through the other BW reviewers, pushed a couple of them over, stepping over their bodies, shocked looks on their faces ignored, just so I could get to the ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: 1984, Assembly Roxy
by Mary Baillie - August 21, 2023

In a world where social media stalks our every move, comment and click online to manipulate personal preferences, it seems pertinent to bring George Orwell's famous novel to the stage. Unfortunately, this production misses the mark....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ABBEY'S BOX, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Mary Baillie - August 21, 2023

Abbey Glover embraces her Fringe debut with a playful, poetic and poignant solo show exploring relatable topics through a refreshing new lens. ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: FOUR FELONS AND A FUNERAL, Pleasance Courtyard
by L Gourley - August 21, 2023

Four Felons and a Funeral is a wonderful representation of found family, queer love and joy, whilst also exploring grief and marginalisation. A powerful and fun production that delivers in every aspect....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: KIRAN DEOL: JOYSUCK, Gilded Balloon Teviot
by Mark Carnochan - August 21, 2023

Kiran Deol delivers a solid hour of stand up...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MARC JENNINGS: AWAY FROM HERE, Monkey Barrel
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2023

Following a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in 2022, Scottish Comedian of the Year winner and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns with his most personal show to date....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE BEATLES WERE A BOYBAND, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2023

The cosy, safe world of three flatmates is rocked by a woman's murder. Now Violet's scared walking home from her late shift. Daisy's become an accidental activist drawing unwanted attention from the manosphere. And Heather just wants to get on with her life. After all, who really needs to change to ...

Review: LET'S TALK ABOUT CONSENT, Edinburgh International Book Festival
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2023

Explore the thorny and pertinent issues faced by young people around consent. Hear from Scottish novelist and playwright Alan Bissett about his new book, Lads: A Guide to Respect and Consent; Screenwriter Emma Dennis-Edwards, who has written episodes of Casualty, EastEnders, and most recently factua...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BUFF, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2023

After a bad break-up from a six-year relationship, a plus-sized, gay, primary school teacher decides to sublet his flat to a buff Instagram model. Funny yet poignant, this solo-performed play tackles body image pressures, social media jealousy, and one man's journey to self-acceptance whilst navigat...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WONDER DRUG, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2023

Charlie has cystic fibrosis, a condition that causes a build-up of mucus. Lovely. But with a new girlfriend and a Wonder Drug called Kaftrio coming soon, what can stop him now? A rollicking course of intravenous antibiotics set to 80s bangers!...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: PERFECT PAIRING: A WINE-TASTING DANCEGUSTATION, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

The premise of the show may have been one of the most unusual I’d ever encountered. Could it really be what it sounds like? Is there any way that’ll work? Short answers: yes and yes....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: 24, 23, 22 at Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 20, 2023

As the show begins, Brendan is breathing his last breath. Boom, goes his heart beat, boom, goes the rushing blood. The following hour of theatre explains how he got to this point, and how his life became intertwined with that of Fran. Fran, whose story is told in parallel, begins having a bad day at...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BUFFY REVAMPED, Pleasance at EICC - Lomond Theatre
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

If you’re a Buffy fan, go and see this show – and you likely won’t need the rest of this review to convince you. Just go....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SHAKESPEARE FOR BREAKFAST, C ARTS Aurora
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

This perennial favourite seasons one of the bard’s most audience-pleasing works with irreverence, humour – and pastries!...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: A HIGHLY SUSPECT MURDER MYSTERY, TheSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
by Hannah Hirst Dunton - August 21, 2023

These two dastardly doses of death and drama execute both victims and performances with panache....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JESUS, JANE, MOTHER & ME, Pleasance
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2023

Meet Daniel Valentine, the ultimate superfan whose life has been devoted to his two favourite things, Jesus... and Jane. Daniel's mother is a superfan too, but then one day her actions cause it all to go horribly wrong....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: JAMES ROWLAND: PIECE OF WORK, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 20, 2023

James has been touring his storytelling theatre shows for half his adult life. This year was different. Returning home after his first stint away he received a letter that exploded his life and the tour became a search: for the person who sent it, for a sense of home, and to maybe save a life....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LADY DEALER, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2023

For Charly, every day is the same. They used to be different, when there was Clo, but there isn't Clo anymore and she doesn't want to dwell on that. She just wants to chug coffee, blast Beastie Boys and deal drugs. Simple. But when Charly suffers a power cut, she's forced back into the real world; a...