Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 28

Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE DEAD DUCKS, Just The Tonic At The Caves
by Mark Carnochan - August 24, 2022

The Dead Ducks return to the Fringe and Edinburgh is all the better for it....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: CERYS BRADLEY: SPORTSPERSON, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 24, 2022

Sportsperson is written and performed by Cerys Bradley (Soho Theatre Young Company, Amused Moose semi-finalist, 2020). It's a show about playing sport and fitting in and how Cerys is quite bad at both of those things. It's also a show about being non-binary, embarrassed about wearing lycra and how s...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: BROTIPO, Assembly Gardens
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 24, 2022

Crazy Canadian circus for the young, premiering in Edinburgh after visiting 16 countries! The art of giving each other a chance and collaborating when the right time comes is what the Brotipos will have to learn! Two clowns touch the hearts of the audience and make them laugh through their quarrels,...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: DAVE CHAWNER: MENTAL, Cabaret Voltaire
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 24, 2022

A show about mental health, not just mental illness. From number-one, best-selling author, award-winning comedian and presenter Dave Chawner....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN, Pleasance Dome - KingDome
by Stefanie Lyons - August 23, 2022

Dice rolling! Voting! Mad phone tapping! Shots and beer chugging! This show has it all. ...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: JULIE JAY: OOPS, THIS IS TOXIC, Gilded Balloon
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 23, 2022

This dark-comedy love letter to Britney Spears is a nostalgia-fest for anyone who has ever dropped to that Hit Me Baby One More Time beat and for anyone who came of age against the pernicious backdrop of 90s/00s misogyny....

Review: GODOT IS A WOMAN, Pleasance Dome
by Alexander Cohen - August 23, 2022

Waiting for 'Waiting for Godot'...

Review: MY LOVER WAS A SALMON IN THE CLIMATE APOCALYPSE, Pleasance Courtyard
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 22, 2022

What did our critic think of MY LOVER WAS A SALMON IN THE CLIMATE APOCALYPSE at Pleasance Courtyard?...

Review: SHE WOLF, Assembly Roxy
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 22, 2022

What did our critic think of SHE WOLF at Assemly Roxy?...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE VAMPYRE, The Space
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2022

It is 1871 and the seductive Vampyre Carmilla has chosen her next victim, the gentle and innocent Laura. Can the love of the young doctor and her father be enough to save Laura from Carmilla's clutches? And will anyone listen to the fears and predictions of villager Susan when she encounters her in ...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: RACHEL JACKSON: ALMOST FAMOUS, The Stand
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2022

Rachel Jackson is an award-winning, Scottish comedian with TV credits such as The Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV) and Edinburgh Unlocked (BBC). Almost Famous is about all the times she thought she was so damn close… The Rock tweeted her three times ffs! Also deals with her debilitating illness, OCD, but ...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: SAM MORRISON: SUGAR DADDY, Gilded Balloon Teviot - Balcony
by Stefanie Lyons - August 22, 2022

Nothing I can write will truly describe the brilliance of this stand-up show. There simply isn't enough hyperbole. ...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: BRITANICK, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 23, 2022

Best Sketch Show (Time Out New York). BriTANicK is the comedy duo of Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. They have written for Saturday Night Live and It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, were named Variety's Top 10 Comics To Watch and spent six years as the official voices of Cartoon Network. Their onli...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: JESSICA FOSTEKEW: WENCH, Monkey Barrel
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2022

A new show about private things, public things and trying to wrap your big sexy arms around time to keep it still. You’ve seen Jessica on Live at the Apollo and QI, amongst other telly shows....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: SVENGALI, Pleasance Courtyard
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2022

Success demands sacrifice. So does Svengali. Gripping, intimate monologue exposing the dark heart of a dynamic of power, desire, and control. A promising young woman rises to supernatural heights on the tennis circuit under the hypnotic thrall of a master coach. Mentor and protégé battle for dominan...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: THE GIRL WHO WAS VERY GOOD AT LYING, Summerhall
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 22, 2022

Catriona has a history of making stuff up. But she’s getting better. When an attractive American tourist arrives, she decides to show him around her Northern Irish town. And she might blur the line between fact and fiction, just a little... Soon she's telling him about cannibal peasants, human roost...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: BILLY KIRKWOOD: ENERGETIC, The Beehive Inn
by Mark Carnochan - August 22, 2022

Billy Kirkwood: Energetic does exactly what it says on the tin and more....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: BLANKET BAN, Underbelly Cowgate
by Alexander Cohen - August 22, 2022

An angry yet artless examination of Malta's ban on abortion....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: JESUS, JANE, MOTHER & ME, Pleasance Dome
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 21, 2022

What did our critic think of JESUS, JANE, MOTHER & ME at Pleasance Dome?...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: A LITTLE LIFE, Festival Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - August 21, 2022

An unflinchingly unrelentingly brutal production, a Little Life is not for the faint of heart. But it deserves to be seen nonetheless....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: LUCID, ZOO Playground
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 20, 2022

What did our critic think of LUCID at ZOO Playground?...

Review: KATHY AND STELLA SOLVE A MURDER, Summerhall
by Bryony Rae Taylor - August 20, 2022

What did our critic think of KATHY AND STELLA SOLVE A MURDER at Summerhall?...

Edinburgh 2022: Review: BILAL ZAFAR - CARE, Underbelly, Bristo Square - Jersey
by Stefanie Lyons - August 22, 2022

Bilal Zafar is natural, easy-going and full of his own brand of chilled out sarcasm. ...

Review: BROWN BOYS SWIM, Pleasance Dome - Jack Dome
by Stefanie Lyons - August 22, 2022

I had an idea it was about two boys learning to swim but I had no idea how thoughtful, moving and funny it would be....

Edinburgh 2022: Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Summerhall Roundhouse
by Alexander Cohen - August 22, 2022

A bloodless refugee drama unsuited to the space in which it is performed....