Tom Scott

Mhairi Black: Politics Isn’t for Me – Gilded Ballon

This show is an absolute joy. Tumultuous applause greets Mhairi Black’s entrance. From then until the show ends 70 minutes…

1 year ago

The Edinburgh Seven – Greenside @ Riddle’s Court

The Edinburgh Seven were the first women to go to medical school in Scotland - and indeed the whole UK.…

1 year ago

Sessions – Zoo Playground

What should we do with violent young men? Lock them up and ‘throw away the key’? Or try to rehabilitate…

1 year ago

Me For You – Pleasance Courtyard (The Green)

‘Me for You’ is a fascinating play about two women who are in love. It has a sparkling, very funny…

1 year ago

Eleanor – the Space @ Niddry Street

Eleanor, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, was a socialist and feminist activist. But this play concentrates mainly on her…

1 year ago

Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl – Assembly Rooms

A twenty something New Yorker is painfully shy. On first seeing us, she struggles to get a word out. She…

1 year ago

A Fire Ignites – The Space @ Surgeons’ Hall

The ‘fire ignites’ following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran in 2022. She had been arrested by the Morality…

1 year ago

Sell Me: I Am from North Korea – Pleasance Courtyard (Below)

Jisun is poor. She sells apples at a market in North Korea. Sometimes she even kills squirrels to eat. But…

1 year ago

‘Born in the USA (Leaving Vietnam’ – C Arts (studio), Edinburgh

This engrossing one man show tells the story of Jimmy Vandenburgh, a decorated marine who finds it difficult to come…

1 year ago

Lie Low – Traverse Theatre

‘Lie Low’ is a theatrical jewel. This is theatre at its best, a production which deals with serious issues but…

2 years ago