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In the rehearsal room with 'Hekabe': A review
Rating: **** “The gods have had enough of happy violent men!” cry the chorus of Trojan women, towards the end of the production Hekabe,...
Flora Leask & Lauren Galligan
Aug 16, 20233 min read


Water Fruit Loops - A Review
Rating: *** It’s the first day of the Fringe, you’ve barely survived your journey down Lothian Road, attempted to confidently navigate...
Siobhan Wild
Aug 10, 20233 min read


'Looking For Fun?' - A Review
Rating: ***** This Fringe, Edinburgh is once again inundated with performers eager to display their hard work. The sheer volume of...
Emily Procter
Aug 10, 20232 min read


'I'll Be Your Mirror': A Review
Rating: **** The ‘I’ll be your mirror’ exhibition took place on the 28th of June. It was set in Leith’s industrial and open plan...
Rosie McCann
Aug 9, 20233 min read


'Hersterectomy' by The Counterminers: A Review
Rating: ***** Those who were around for the Fringe of 2022 may recognise some of the cast and crew of this year’s The Counterminers’...
Lauren Galligan
Aug 8, 20233 min read


A Crime in the Land of 7000 Islands: A review
Rating: ** I didn’t enjoy reading A Crime in the Land Of 7000 Islands, although I did get the point of it. More of a fantastical mystery...
Rosie McCann
Jul 24, 20233 min read


'AI and Popular Culture': In Conversation with Dr Lee Barron
Image provided by Lee Barron. The Broad’s Creative Director Flora Leask chatted with Dr Lee Barron about his new non-fiction book AI and...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20234 min read


'AI and Popular Culture' by Dr Lee Barron: A Review
Image sourced from https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/ai-and-popular-culture/?k=9781803823300 Academic Elana Gomel writes that...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20232 min read


The Human Voice, Pedro Almodóvar: A Review
‘I’d get nervous whenever I’d see a knife… It scared me to imagine I might be sticking a knife in your chest’. This quote is one of the...
Julián Camilo Corzo Ochoa
Mar 7, 20234 min read


Translations: A Review
Rating: ***** With troublesome Brexit deals and the tumultuous relationship between England and Northern Ireland hot in the press, it...
Emily Procter
Mar 5, 20232 min read


‘Shen Yun, 5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization Reborn’ - A Review
Edinburgh Playhouse, 12th January 2023 Rating: * Shen Yun, the dance troupe of the Chinese American Falun Gong organization, tour the...
Owen Thomas Webb
Feb 11, 20236 min read


Jesus Christ Superstar: A Review
Closing night at one of the most talked about shows in town. Rating: ***** I took my seat at the closing night of The Edinburgh...
Erin Aitken
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Hangmen: A Review
Rating: **** Passers-by would have heard laughter coming from the Wee Red Bar mid-November, along with sounds of fighting, drunken...
Flora Leask
Nov 24, 20223 min read


Posh: A review
Rating - ***** Upon hearing that a play called Posh was being put on by Edinburgh students I was apprehensive, thinking Edinburgh —...
Jasmine Owen-Moulding
Nov 17, 20223 min read


New Brighton (2022): A Review
Image permissions from Helen Trevorrow and Red Dog Press We are grateful to Red Dog Press for giving us the opportunity to review New...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20223 min read


In conversation with Helen Trevorrow, author of 'New Brighton'
We are grateful to Red Dog Press for giving us the opportunity to review New Brighton and putting us in touch with Helen Trevorrow. Thank...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20226 min read


Encanto: Columbia gets the Disney Treatment.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When Disney’s Encanto was released in 2021, I was deeply curious to watch it. Having witnessed first-hand...
Flora Leask
Jun 26, 20223 min read
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