Region: Edinburgh

Gyles Brandreth is in the pink – literally! He is dressed in pink trousers and trainers atopped by one of his famous (this time, pink) jumpers bearing his name…as if you didn’t know who he was. Because this man is one of the country’s most prolific public figures and is superb at everything he does. […]

The first show of my 2026 Fringe – and it couldn’t have got off to a better start. For although they are just starting out in the world, National Youth Theatre alumni Alfie Wickham, Noah Manzoor and Kai Porter, present an extraordinary exploration of adolescence which will appeal to young and old alike. Based on […]

The Grand Old Lady of Leven Street is not a character, nor is it the title of a play. It is what Edinburgh locals fondly call the 120-year-old King’s Theatre which last night reopened after a four-year refurbishment costing more than £40 million. It was a night everyone involved should be proud of. All the […]

Until last night I was only vaguely aware of The Karate Kid film series which goes back as far as 1984. I just didn’t think it would be of any interest to me. But The Karate Kid – The Musical has changed all that. Not…

Hailed by director Joanna Bowman as ‘one of the great playwrights of the 21st century’, Lynn Nottage’s play would stand out as a searing social study of the marginalised in America whenever it was written. But for it to have premiered off-Broadway just before Donald…

I’ve never got football…until now. While, to my mind, it consists of 22 men being paid huge amounts of money to kick a ball for hundreds if not thousands of fans, some of whom go on to cause havoc in surrounding streets, Ron Ferguson’s story,…

I didn’t know I liked country music… until now. From the opening bars of a show which charts the lives and music of Johnny Cash and his second wife, June Carter, I was tapping my toes and already fully invested in the two hours of…

That one woman can have us hanging on her every word for just over an hour, with nothing more than a bed full of cushions as the only distraction, is some feat. Jessica Hardwick is to be applauded for her emotional, sensitive and sometimes funny…

Even before I set foot in the Festival Theatre for The Red Shoes’ first night in Edinburgh I had goose bumps – just by looking at the images sent to me for my review. Matthew Bourne (direction and choreography) and Lez Brotherston (set and costumes)…

Alan Cumming is the brightest star in the firmament! His multi-award-winning career has seen him do everything from starring in London’s West End, on Broadway, in Marvel films, and in long-running American TV series, to running a New York nightclub, writing books which exude warmth,…