Reviews
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FestivalsNot Our Crime, Still Our Sentence @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
The debut production by new Scottish theatre company Under the Rug has plenty of heart but feels unfinished Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWeathervanes @ Summerhall
Weathervanes is a reimagining of what is considered beautiful and holy – the immersive experience attempts to welcome the audience into a space of psychic healing Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsA Spectacle of Herself @ Summerhall
Laura Murphy's one-person show is a kaleidoscopic mix of clowning, aerial rope, comedy and self-expression that manages to be direct and abstract all at once Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsEIF: Trojan Women @ Festival Theatre
This Korean adaptation of Euripides' classic play is a sweeping epic that showcases pansori Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsVanya is Alive @ theSpace, Symposium Hall
A one-person show presented by exiled anti-war Russian theatremakers, Vanya is Alive is unsettling, heart-breaking and remarkably compelling Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsStuntman @ Summerhall
Impressive physical work meets tenderness in this exploration of masculinity and the theatre of violence Read more »| 10 Aug 2023
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FestivalsLie Low @ Traverse Theatre
The UK premiere of Lie Low captures shame, interrogates culpability, and holds a mirror up to the fraught dynamics of accountability Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsDid You Eat? @ Greenside Infirmary Street
Zoë Kim's solo show Did You Eat? is a bold, direct look at growing up in a Korean-American family, delivered with warmth and dedication Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsAndronicus Synecdoche @ ZOO Southside
Song of the Goat's bold, multi-disciplinary work sacrifices intersectionality in its exploration of power and sexual violence Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsThe Kaye Hole @ Assembly Checkpoint
The fiercely talented Reuben Kaye is back with another round of The Kaye Hole's diverse after-hours cabaret Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsEIF: Dusk @ Lyceum Theatre
Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy's UK debut skilfully merges cinema and theatre to confront themes of exploitation, xenophobia, and the reemergence of fascism Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsCasting the Runes @ Pleasance Courtyard
Box Tale Soup's bone-chilling M.R. James adaptation is full of invention, and horrifically captivating Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsBeautiful Evil Things @ Pleasance Dome
In a riveting, energetic and vulnerable monologue, Deborah Pugh transforms into the decapitated Medusa in Beautiful Evil Things Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWild Onion @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Wild Onion offers a roughly chopped exploration of grief and friendship Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWithout Sin @ Summerhall
A one-of-a-kind show that brings two audience members together, Without Sin calls down a lightning strike of human connection Read more »| 07 Aug 2023