Reviews
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FestivalsThe Bear @ Pleasance Courtyard
This stage version of Raymond Briggs’ children's novel is all heart with misplaced ambition Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsSquare Go @ Summerhall
A riotous night of school boy insults, theatrical wrestling and perceptive insights on male aggression Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
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Meek @ Traverse Theatre
Penelope Skinner’s dystopian drama looks impressive, but doesn’t do a whole lot we haven’t seen before Read more »| 08 Aug 2018 -
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 -
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On 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 -
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War 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
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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 -
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The 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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Waiting 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 -
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Nina’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 -
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The 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 -
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Baba 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 -
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Sunshine 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 -
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Ma, 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