Reviews

A theatre ticket can be an oddly emotional purchase. When prices rise, audiences understandably compare the cost with a cinema ticket, a streaming subscription…

Theatre has always had to create the next generation of audiences. Nobody is born knowing that sitting in a darkened room with hundreds of…

Photo by Mike Kwasniak L.P. Hartley’s famous observation that “the past is a foreign country” hangs heavily over Ben Musgrave’s adaptation of The Go-Between.…

What could be better than a night out at your local pub, watching live music with free beer and crisps thrown in for good…

Magic Mike Live is the ultimate show for a girls’ (or boys’) night out and is 90 minutes of unforgettable entertainment that’s equal parts empowering…

SIX the Musical has six queens. Bliss the Musical has four princesses. But I’d like to bet they’re going to give Henry VIII’s former…

This is a show which makes the climate crisis hot! Everyone should want to be part of fighting to save the planet if it…

While thousands of people sit sweating on buses stuck in traffic jams, quaff pints of beer in plastic glasses or down another burger, a…

I could listen to Olivier Award winner Nichola McAuliffe all day. Her talent for speaking regional dialects is a wonder to behold, and so…

Scaramouche Jones cuts a tragic, almost grotesque, figure as he drunkenly stumbles onto the stage in, appropriately, the Bijou Spiegeltent, feeding my lifelong fascination…

Anything with Cora Bissett’s name on it gets my vote. And as she both wrote and directed this show her genius runs right through…

I don’t think I’ve ever encountered anyone as famous as Alan Cumming. His books are in my bookcase; his face stares out at me…

Jono Darby should be applauded, not just for playing 28 characters in Emily Steel’s tender, heartfelt account of an aspiring Australian actor trying to…

The Scottish Storytelling Centre is a bit off the beaten track as regards other Fringe venues, but the well established Theatre of Widdershins has…

I well remember falling in love with an acorn when Half a String brought their puppet show, Breathe, to the Fringe two years ago.…

A New Chapter for a Familiar Name For more than two decades, we’ve had the privilege of reviewing productions at ATG theatres across the…

Don’t be like me and see Cathy and After Party consecutively. While both can be classed as comedies they each portray families at their…

Elaine C Smith is up there with Billy Connolly when it comes to making Scots laugh, so when young writer Eilidh Loan’s grandmother insisted…

EDINBURGH FRINGE: Bog Witch at the Traverse, Traverse 1 (1 hr 20 mins)***** Bog Witch is the show everyone is talking about. If I…

Don’t take your children to see this off-Broadway show. For their illusions about fairytale princesses riding off into the sunset to live happily ever…

Sally begins her story by saying that she fell down a hole in the street. And for a second, being an Edinburgh resident, I…

Gyles Brandreth is in the pink – literally! He is dressed in pink trousers and trainers atopped by one of his famous (this time,…

The first show of my 2026 Fringe – and it couldn’t have got off to a better start. For although they are just starting…

The theatre world never stands still, and this week’s latest videos showcase just how varied live entertainment has become. From legendary music and theatrical…