Scotland Theater Reviews Page 18

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MC HAMMERSMITH: STRAIGHT OUTTA BROMPTON, Monkey Barrel Comedy, Monkey Barrel 1
by Kat Mokrynski - August 15, 2023

MC Hammersmith: Straight Outta Brompton is a delightful hour of freestyle rapping that will leave you in awe of Naameh’s skills and clapping along to his sharp and hilarious raps....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE TRIALS OF GALILEO, Greenside @ Infirmary Street
by Kat Mokrynski - August 15, 2023

The Trials of Galileo is a beautiful reflection on one man’s struggle between mathematical truth and his devotion to God without being too heavy on either math or faith. Hardy feels as though he is born to play Galileo....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ACTUALLY, LOVE, Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)
by Helen Smith - August 14, 2023

Following the success of Don’t Say MacBeth! and Sex with Friends, GOYA Theatre returns to Edinburgh Fringe with the music theatre piece Actually, Love. A funny, touching two-hander that interrogates how art and identity intersect, it will definitely make you laugh and may even make you cry. ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL, The Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 14, 2023

5 stars! Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is a spontaneous musical theatre comedy, featuring professional performers, enviably talented in their creativity skills in improvisation #edfringe #improv #musicaltheatre...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BREAK UP WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND, Pleasance Courtyard
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 14, 2023

Breakups are never fun… but they do lead to fun theatre. In Break Up With Your Boyfriend, heartbreak leads us on a sleepover odyssey of wine, yoga, red flags, and hinge dates. Company Scylla’s Bite have created a warm, touching hour of theatre that will resonate with many....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MATTY HUTSON: DON'T HOLD BACK, The Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 14, 2023

Hutson is musically multi-talented, a master of a myriad of instruments, including a digital sampler, a vocal transformer and various egg shakers and tambourines. ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MAMOUN ELAGAB: WHY I LOVE WHITE PEOPLE, The Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 14, 2023

Mamoun Elagab is a geek-chic comedian, with a passion for slang-interpreting, whilst musing the implications of his identity and roots. Fun, current, understated and confident, Elagab is a rising star in the comedy arena, with a promising future....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE COLLIE'S SHED, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2023

Based in a Men's Shed in East Lothian, The Collie's Shed follows four retired miners as they discover how a review into the policing of the '80s mining strikes and a potential Miners' Pardon Bill by the Scottish Government suddenly affects them, their friendships and their relationships. Journey wit...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MARI CRAWFORD: BIPOLAR BADASS, Paradise In The Vault
by L Gourley - August 14, 2023

The performance has a short run-time but it’s powerful, and something Crawford should be incredibly proud of. It’s educational but also uplifting to hear her journey go from her lowest points to a point of not only self-acceptance but one of pride. Those with similar experiences will undoubtedly fee...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE HUNGER, Assembly George Square Studios
by L Gourley - August 14, 2023

The Hunger provides enough detail to shock and withholds just enough to let the audience’s imagination run to its worst conclusions. It’s well-directed and well-written, never in danger of being a simple re-hashing of a formulaic zombie horror. ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: CHEVALIER: HOBBYHORSE CIRCUS
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2023

An irresistibly charming homage to the magnificent circus horses and the silent movie era. Inspired by the history of traditional horse circuses, the skilful ringmaster performs acrobatics, juggling and balancing with an amazing cast of hobby horses. As the horses take centre stage, part of the stor...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: LUCY AND FRIENDS, Pleasance Courtyard
by Mary Baillie - August 14, 2023

Watching Lucy and Friends is how I imagine a halluncinatory drug trip. From smothering her body with tomato puree to exposing naked truths (literally) to maiming a piñata and cutting a strip-pole with a disc saw, Lucy challenges the limits of art in an absurd combination of comedy, theatre and perfo...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: ... AND THIS IS MY FRIEND MR. LAUREL, Pleasance Courtyard
by Mark Carnochan - August 15, 2023

Over 100 years after Stan & Ollie were first paired on screen together, Jeffrey Holland celebrates the lives and laughs of two of Hollywood's funniest men....

EDINBURGH 2023: THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO, Edinburgh Castle
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2023

This August, set against the spectacular backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, we will welcome local and international audiences to its new Show, Stories....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: POLKO, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2023

As teenagers, Emma, Joe and Polko thought they’d never grow apart. Then time passed. When Emma returns to the suburb of their childhood 10 years later she discovers nothing, and everything, has changed. Joe is stuck, living with his mum while working part-time in a hotel; and Polko has vanished, lea...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: STUART MCPHERSON: LOVE THAT FOR ME, Monkey Barrel
by Mark Carnochan - August 14, 2023

Stuart McPherson uses his latest hour of stand up to hilariously explore self love and why his generation (and himself) find it so hard to love themselves....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: TAMSYN KELLY: CRYING IN TK MAXX, Pleasance Courtyard
by Mark Carnochan - August 14, 2023

Tamsyn Kelly provides not only a solid hour of stand up but also the best show title of the Fringe....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE WAY WAY DEEP, Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 13, 2023

Fresh from the Soho transfer of his last show Colossal, Patrick McPherson is back at the Fringe with a new one man show. The Way Way Deep dives into male friendship and self-identity with the writer/performer’s trademark storytelling flair. McPherson is a master storyteller, holding the audience’s a...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: WE'LL HAVE NUN OF IT, Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 12, 2023

Derry Girls meets Spring Awakening in this absolute triumph of new musical theatre writing. Performed by a talented young cast, this is a show that deserves a very long life. We’ll Have Nun Of It follows a year in the life of four close friends at an Irish Catholic boarding school in the 1960s. Each...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: HORATIO GOULD: SWEET PRINCE, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker 3
by Kat Mokrynski - August 14, 2023

What do “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus and the Taliban have in common? According to Horatio Gould, it's more than you might think....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: MICHELLE BRASIER: REFORM, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room
by Kat Mokrynski - August 14, 2023

Have you ever used Marketplace to buy something? Have you ever been scammed by someone on there? Have you ever befriended the man who has scammed you, changing the course of your life for the next year? Michelle Brasier has, and she’s ready to talk (and sing!) about it....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING . . . EARNEST?, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beyond
by Kat Mokrynski - August 14, 2023

Have you ever been sitting in a theatre as an audience member, watching a show, thinking, “I could do better than that!” If you have, The Importance of Being . . . Earnest? might be the show that you have been looking for....

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: GAIL PORTER: HUNG, DRAWN AND PORTERED, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 13, 2023

Gail can laugh at her life now she's won a BAFTA for 'being mental' (Being Gail Porter, 2020). She's been famous, homeless and sectioned with two guys both claiming to be Jesus. She's even lost her hair, but no need for sympathy, she gets so many travel upgrades as people assume she's dying. By shar...

Review: EDINBURGH 2023: REVIEW: ALAN TURING - A MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY
by Helen Smith - August 12, 2023

Early Morning Productions bring Alan Turing’s story to life in this piece written by Joan Greening with music by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne. From his visionary work in computing to his appalling treatment by the authorities for being gay, it explores Turing’s experiences and legacy. ...

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: FREYA PARKER: IT AIN'T EASY BEING CHEEKY, Pleasance Courtyard
by Mark Carnochan - August 14, 2023

Freya Parker's latest show may get laughs but very rarely more than a chuckle. In spite of this, her brand of humour may very well find an audience at this years Fringe....