REVIEWS

When We Were Young – theSpace on the Mile

When We Were Young performs for the first time at the Edinburgh Fringe this month, produced and written by Liam…

1 year ago

Echoes of Empire – Courtyard Theatre

When it comes to post-colonial mood music, Britain is in a league of its own. The symphonic sound of English…

1 year ago

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, but Banjos Saved My Life – Summerhall

Tomatoes, the staple foodstuff of his Italian upbringing on the Canada/America border, were almost the undoing of Keith Alessi. They…

1 year ago

One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Squirrels in London (And I Want Them All To Love Me) – Canal Cafe

Written and performed by Zoë Clayton-Kelly with a running time under an hour and no particular destination to reach in…

1 year ago

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England – Underbelly Bristo Square

Why? Exactly. Was this act a bare-faced illustration of the hideous nationalistic spirit that took England out of Europe (dragging…

1 year ago

To Whom Should I Complain – Just the Tonic at the Caves

An about-to-be-nun takes to the stage at a comedy club. She just needs to make a point about that last…

1 year ago

The Cadaver Palaver– Summerhall, Anatomy Lecture Theatre

Clad in fine tweed and leather brogues, one man band, writer, director and performer Bennett Cooper Sullivan certainly looks and…

1 year ago

Stamptown – Pleasance Courtyard Beyond

Hosted by comedian Zach Zucker, Stamptown is a chaotic late-night variety show which will not be to everyone's taste. There…

1 year ago

Frankenstein Afterglow – theSpace on the Mile

Frankenstein: Afterglow is a neon-gothic mixture of poetry and puppetry set after Frankenstein and the Monster's final book confrontation in…

1 year ago

Darkfield: Eulogy – Summerhall

Set in a shipping container outside of Summerhall this liminal experiment uses binaural sound and haptic feedback to provide an…

1 year ago