REVIEW: CRUEL INTENTIONS (Assembly George Square Gardens) ★★★★★
Based on the French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, Cruel Intentions was released in cinemas in 1999, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reece Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. It tells the story of upper class, sex obsessed, siblings Sebastian and Kathryn who make a bet as to whether or not Sebastian can get a self proclaimed virgin until […]
REVIEW: LOBSTER (Underbelly, Bristro Square) ★★★★★
In 30 years, the cultural change in courtship has been enormous. Today, overwhelmed by technology, are we losing sight of what human connection truly is…? Based entirely on real-life experiences, this hilarious, romping, multimedia exposé of modern dating scrutinises the deeper, brutal side of love and life, challenging our preconceptions of women and dating, sex […]
REVIEW: TOM HOUGHTON: THAT’S WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR (Pleasance Dome) ★★★
Tom Houghton is playing his show What I Go To School For every day at the Pleasance Dome. Tom is a self-confessed posh twat, being in the 7% minority of people who were privately educated. His show parodies the quirks and eccentricities particular to growing up with such privilege. He also highlights how such upbringing […]
REVIEW: SOOZ KEMPNER: MEGA DRIVE (Globe Bar) ★★★★★
Sooz Kempner is a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is always on my must-see list each year. This year she returns with her show Megadrive at the Globe Bar, every day at 1pm as part of the Free Fringe; it does not disappoint! Sooz lands here in Edinburgh supercharged with popularity after recently […]
REVIEW: AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH (Voodoo Rooms) ★★★★★
Singer/songwriter Kate Bush was the first woman in history to have a self-penned number one single in 1978 with ‘Wuthering Heights’. Since then she has gone on to release twenty-five top forty singles across five decades. Running Up That Hill, Baboushka, The Man With The Child In His Eyes and Don’t Give Up (a duet […]
REVIEW: FOR ALL I CARE (Summerhall) ★★★★
Alan Harris’s play For All I Care comes to Summerhall as part of the ‘This is Wales Edinburgh Showcase’. Written for the NHS70 celebrations, it explores the care system from the points of view of two women; Nyri, a mental health nurse, and Clara, one of her patients. Nyri is managing her uncommunicative teenage son, […]
REVIEW: HENRY BOX BROWN (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Henry Box Brown tells the story of a slave from Virginia who was put in a box and posted to his freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. Henry survived to tell his tale, write his autobiography and became an anti-slavery campaigner. His story is told with a mix of Gospel, R&B and spirituals by a cast […]
REVIEW: TINA T’URNER TEA LADY AND FREAKS! (Frankenstein Pub) ★★★★
West End Wilma award nominated comedian Tracey Collins has hit the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year with her new show Tina T’urner Tea Lady and Freaks! Already an established character act as Tina T’urner Tea Lady (a homage to a Tina Turner obsessed fan who runs a tea shop), Tracey Collins now brings three new […]
REVIEW: WEST END PRODUCER – FREE WILLY (Assembly George Square) ★★★
Amongst the 3,000 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, masked West End theatre and Twitter phenomenon ‘West End Producer’ makes his performance debut with his show ‘Free Willy The Musical’. The anonymous man of theatreland (or ‘WEP’ as he is known), first became known for writing about theatre and then for running two […]
REVIEW: FRISKY AND MANNISH’S POPLAB (Assembly George Square Gardens) ★★★★★
I first fell in love with Frisky and Mannish seven years ago and they were one of the first acts I ever reviewed on this blog. Back then I said “if you don’t fall in love with Frisky and Mannish, then you can’t have much of a sense of humour” and I stand by that […]