Reviews
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ReviewsThe Shawshank Redemption @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
David Esbjornson’s take on the novella and film is buoyed by stellar performances all around, offering the glimmers of hope audiences expect from this beloved tale Read more »| 23 Jan 2026 -
ReviewsBirds, Beasts, Banter: Scottish Christmas Theatre round-up
We take a tour of Glasgow and Edinburgh’s family Christmas theatre offerings with an actual child in tow Read more »| 17 Dec 2025 -
ReviewsLa bohème @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Scottish Opera's La bohème dazzles with a delicious sense of excess, and uses its enduring story to draw compelling parallels to the contemporary Read more »| 02 Dec 2025 -
ReviewsThe Gateway Writing Festival @ Studio Theatre, Edinburgh
The Gateway Writing Festival offers an exciting and surprisingly broad showcase of new theatrical talent Read more »| 17 Nov 2025 -
ReviewsFiddler on the Roof @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
This new touring production of Fiddler on the Roof is an emotionally resonant revival of a classic Read more »| 26 Sep 2025 -
FestivalsPickled Republic @ Summerhall
Ruxandra Cantir's solo show is a charming, weird, and timely reflection on society, via some truly unique characters Read more »| 27 Aug 2025
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FestivalsEIF: Figures in Extinction @ Festival Theatre
Nederlands Dans Theater's EIF co-production with Complicité examines how artists, and by extension people, can meaningfully exist in the face of extinction and mortality. Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsClub NVRLND @ Assembly Checkpoint
In its perhaps overly successful attempt to replicate a club environment, elements of the immersive Club NVRLND get lost in the fray Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsBalfour Reparations @ Summerhall
Farah Saleh's genre-bending piece is timely, memorable and innovative Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsVENUS 2.0 @ ZOO Southside
An ever-changing cabaret of dance, theatre and puppetry retells the life of suffragette-turned-fascist Mary Richardson Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsLost Lear @ Traverse Theatre
Venetia Bowe shines in this intensely moving and astonishingly clever production about an actress lost in her memories Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsConsumed @ Traverse Theatre
Karis Kelly's Consumed is a fantastically paced and multi-layered tale of intergenerational trauma in one Northern Irish family Read more »| 25 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsThis Sh*t Happens All The Time @ Assembly George Square
Amanda Verlaque's true story about queer love calls up powerful queer narratives that remain pressing today Read more »| 21 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsDeliverance @ Traverse Theatre
Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir's innovative at-home experience is an innovative exercise in reflection Read more »| 21 Aug 2025 -
FestivalsEIF: Cutting the Tightrope @ Church Hill Theatre
Cutting the Tightrope confronts political censorship in art through a range of new short plays Read more »| 19 Aug 2025