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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


Rotten Tomatoes
Illustrations by Grace McKenna I did not want to bring her to the backyard. Because it overflows with rotten tomatoes.  I was addicted...
Jannath Fazli
Aug 292 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


That Sydney Sweeney Campaign: American Eagle’s Marketing Misfire
Illustrations by Grace McKenna ‘Sydney Sweeney has great jeans/genes.’ It’s a tagline that’s ricocheted across social media, sparking...
Keya Desai
Aug 253 min read


Fringe 25: 113
Rating: ★★ SPOILER-FREE BITESIZE: Nothing itches my brain like a new take on dystopia, or using dystopia as a means for new ideas, but...
Benjamin Freckelton
Aug 244 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: Cody and Beau: A Wild West Story
Rating: ★★★★ When I went to see Cody and Beau: A Wild West Story at theSpace @ Niddry Street, I had my notebook and pen at the ready...
Gabrielle Collins
Aug 163 min read
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