Illustrations by Grace McKenna Choosing a seat when buying theatre tickets can become a deliberation that lasts many hours. Do I splash out for the front row of the dress circle and guarantee a good view? Do I save money and sit in the gods, knowing I’ll at least be able to hear the show wherever I am? Or do I want to be at the front row of the stalls, almost on the performers’ laps? I have spent hours scrolling through aviewfrommyseat.com  trying to make up my mind while squ

Rating: ★★ Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Fringe Festival offering this year follows a female surgeon stepping into the shoes...

Rating: ★★★★ Having been thoroughly impressed by previous shows put on by The University of Edinburgh's Theatre Paradok, I went into...

Rating: ★★ SPOILER-FREE BITESIZE: Nothing itches my brain like a new take on dystopia, or using dystopia as a means for new ideas, but...

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...

EUSOG, Merrily We Roll Along Rating: ★★★★ EUSOG’s 2025 Fringe outing is an entertaining though at times unambitious staging of Sondheim’s...

Rating: ★ ★ ★ There are blossoms on the Meadows, the nostalgic smell of disposable BBQs is lingering in the air, and Newington’s pubs are...

Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group, Princess Ida Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group's modern feminist and queer...

Down the Hatch , Edinburgh University Footlights Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★.5 Edinburgh University Footlights’ showchoir production, Down the Hatch...

Shut Up, Shakespeare! Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Society’s annual...

Road , Edinburgh University Theatre Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Walking into the Bedlam Theatre on Thursday night, one couldn’t help but...

9 to 5 The Musical, Edinburgh University Footlights Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  Before a single coffee was brewed or typewriter clacked, Edinburgh...

We asked the cast and crew of '9 to 5' about their show: the process of bringing it to life, the challenges they faced, and what they're...

Much Ado About Nothing , Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ .5 Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado...

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...

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...

Rating: ★★★★ The Paint Job, directed by Alice Humphries, is aptly situated amongst the walls of paintings in ECA’s cafe, The Wee Red Bar,...

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ The Last Dinner Party is playing on the speakers as you enter, the cast are intermingling on stage with the audience, and...

Thursday 12th October 2023, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Rating: ★ ★ Attending Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre...

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ As 18th century Suffolk awaits Halley’s comet, twelve women hold the fate of Sally Poppy in their hands. Sentenced to...