REVIEWS

Hole! – Underbelly Bristo Sq.

If it is done with enough passion, commitment and sheer musical ability, apparently you really can make a musical about…

2 weeks ago

Two Little Pigs – Pleasance Courtyard

There is a problem before Two Little Pigs has even begun. Sitting in the front row of The Green at Pleasance Courtyard,…

2 weeks ago

Top Gunchained – Guilded Balloon Teviot

It is not the most promising of starts. A double-height room, plastic seats laid out on the flat and an…

2 weeks ago

The Ghost of White Hart Lane – Underbelly Bristo Sq

There was an odd triptych of personal coincidences waiting for me in The Ghost of White Hart Lane. I live in…

2 weeks ago

Mysteries of the Picts – Sauna Theatre Summerhall

There is something wonderfully Fringe about sitting in a sauna with 47 other souls while being invited to contemplate whether…

2 weeks ago

Haribo Kimchi – Studio Theatre

Jaha Koo's gentle, curious piece didn't particularly move or affect me while I was watching it. Yet the following morning…

2 weeks ago

Scaramouche Jones – Assembly Bijou

Where on earth is everybody? Justin Butcher is giving what is arguably the finest one-man performance I have seen at…

2 weeks ago

The Great Shakespeare Showdown – theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall

The Great Shakespeare Showdown is a brisk, crowd-pleasing slice of Fringe theatre that knows exactly what it is: a daft,…

3 weeks ago

Dust – Pleasance Courtyard

Dust travels through time and space, waltzing, dodging and diving through the life of a working-class man. It is the…

3 weeks ago

Trainspotting Live – Pleasance @ EICC

Trainspotting Live has a reputation to behold, with nine years of sell-out Fringe runs and Irvine Welsh himself saying it’s…

3 weeks ago