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Fringe 25: Dr Orr
Rating: ★★ Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Festival offering this year follows a female surgeon stepping into the shoes...
Kristy Galbraith
Aug 303 min read


Fringe 25: Unwelcome
Rating: ★★★★ Having been thoroughly impressed by previous shows put on by The University of Edinburgh's Theatre Paradok, I went into...
Sorcha Kelly
Aug 293 min read


Fringe 25: Talking Cakes with Peter Bakes
Rating: ★★★★ I wasn’t sure what to expect walking into Peter Sawkin’s debut Fringe Show. A bit of family-friendly fun from the youngest...
Molly Barrow
Aug 252 min read


Fringe 25: Pussy Riot
Rating: ★★★★★ On what was otherwise an ordinary Tuesday evening in Edinburgh, four members of Pussy Riot shook Summerhall to its very...
Molly Barrow
Aug 233 min read


Fringe 25: Hole!
Rating: ★★★★★ I went into this year’s Fringe feeling pretty cynical. Too many people and too many shows, most of which were starting to...
Emma Wilson
Aug 182 min read


Fringe 25: The Truth About Trees
Rating: ★★★.5 ‘How can we make them look when they don’t want to see?’ The Truth About Trees from Apropos Theatre is a heartwarming and...
Benjamin Freckelton
Aug 162 min read


Fringe 25: The General Will
Rating: ★★★.5 “What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding; what if laughter were really tears?” The quote from Kierkegard is...
Robbie Morris
Aug 73 min read


Fringe 25: Sins of the Mother
EUTC, Sins of the Mother Rating: ★★★★ ‘…you have one fucked up family, Mark.’ SPOILER FREE BITESIZE The Edinburgh University Theatre...
Benjamin Freckelton
Aug 33 min read


Ethel Cain’s New Single 'Nettles': Revisiting Preacher’s Daughter
'Nettles', Ethel Cain (Spotify, 2025) Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Content Warning: this article mentions transphobia, homophobia, sexual violence,...
Molly Barrow
Jun 74 min read


Review: Play On
Rating: ★ ★ ★ There are blossoms on the Meadows, the nostalgic smell of disposable BBQs is lingering in the air, and Newington’s pubs are...
Molly Barrow
May 52 min read


Review: Princess Ida
Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, Princess Ida Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group's modern feminist and queer...
Juliette Pepin
Apr 83 min read


A Review of ‘Forever Is A Feeling’ by Lucy Dacus
Forever Is A Feeling , Lucy Dacus (Spotify, 2025) Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Lucy Dacus’s fourth album is an introvert’s answer to BRAT summer: a...
Molly Barrow
Mar 303 min read


Review: Down the Hatch
Down the Hatch , Edinburgh University Footlights Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★.5 Edinburgh University Footlights’ showchoir production, Down the Hatch...
Srishti Ramakrishnan
Mar 283 min read


Review: Shut Up, Shakespeare!
Shut Up, Shakespeare! Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Society’s annual...
Sophie Wheeler
Mar 62 min read


Review: Road
Road , Edinburgh University Theatre Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Walking into the Bedlam Theatre on Thursday night, one couldn’t help but...
Neve Cassidy
Mar 63 min read


Review: 9 to 5: The Musical
9 to 5 The Musical, Edinburgh University Footlights Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Before a single coffee was brewed or typewriter clacked, Edinburgh...
Sophie Wheeler
Feb 144 min read


Review: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing , Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5 Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado...
Kristy Galbraith
Feb 74 min read


Review: The End of the Line
The End of the Line , Theatre Paradok Rating: ★ ★ ★. 5 The End of the Line introduces us to six almost-strangers, the last people on the...
Isabella Lapadula
Nov 17, 20243 min read


Review: The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Band , Bedlam Theatre What makes a 1960s play about closeted gay men resonate so deeply in 2024? When I heard that Bedlam...
Alex Stevens
Nov 4, 20244 min read


Review: Mother Clap's Molly House
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Conor O’Cuinn’s rendition of Mother Clap’s Molly House by Mark Ravenhill transforms Bedlam Theatre into a raunchy...
Jasmine Owen-Moulding
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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