Reviews
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FestivalsA Joke @ Assembly Rooms
When you dissect a joke, you slaughter it. So surely the same can be said if we delve into the heart of humour? Perhaps not… Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsOn the Exhale @ Traverse Theatre
A mother’s grief sends her down a dark and terrible path in this play responding to the American gun violence epidemic Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsWar With the Newts @ Summerhall
An almost absurd satirical sci-fi novel from the 1930s is an unexpectedly perfect lens through which to view our current, turbulent times Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsWhat Girls Are Made Of @ Traverse
Sugar. Spice. All things nice? Cora Bissett's new play is a candid, punchy and exhilarating piece of autobiography Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsThe Fishermen @ Assembly George Square
Two towering performances bring a Booker-shortlisted Nigerian novel to vivid, unforgettable life Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsBottom @ Summerhall
A funny, scrappy and deeply moving show exploring gay sexual politics and the anxiety of online dating. Read more »| 07 Aug 2018
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FestivalsWaiting for Godot @ Royal Lyceum Theatre
Druid's take on Samuel Beckett’s 1953 breakthrough play and existential masterpiece Waiting for Godot is a cruel and comic delight Read more »| 07 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsNina’s Got News @ Pleasance Dome
Awkward staging and laddish gags let down Frank Skinner's first foray as a playwright Read more »| 07 Aug 2018 -
ReviewsThe Last Ship @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Sting’s musical docks in the Scottish capital, bringing Geordie sunshine before finding a sunset into which to sail, leaving us all the better for the experience Read more »| 19 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsBaba Yaga @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Windmill Theatre and Imaginate's new take on the classic Slavic fairytale is bright, colourful and totally absurd Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsSunshine on Leith @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This new revival of the Edinburgh-set, Proclaimers-scored musical is an infectious and joyous production, featuring illuminating performances and very familiar tunes Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
ReviewsMa, Pa and the Little Mouths @ Traverse Theatre
This collaboration between the Tron Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland has produced a dark, surreal and excessively absurd play. Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
ReviewsGut @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Frances Poet's first full-length play packs a visceral punch, taking on issues of trust, fear and creeping unease Read more »| 17 May 2018 -
ReviewsCreditors @ Lyceum, Edinburgh
David Greig's adaptation of August Strindberg's Creditors is a surprisingly current look at the pain that relationships can cause Read more »| 10 May 2018 -
ReviewsWar Horse @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Reader, I’ve fallen in love... with a horse called Joey, in the National Theatre's thunderous production of War Horse Read more »| 08 May 2018