REVIEW: AGATHA IS MISSING! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Agatha Christie has gone missing, presumed dead, and everyone in the audience is a suspect. It falls to super sleuth Miss Clarissa Marbles to lead the investigation to get to the bottom of this interactive murder mystery. The context having been set, Miss Marbles sets about interrogating members of the audience; each of whom are […]
REVIEW: HOLLY MORGAN: IS A WITCH. GET HER! (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Witches be trippin’. Witches be cray. Witches be just nice old ladies who live independently in a woodland retreat. All too often, I find I get mislead in to seeing shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival because the poster or show title leads me to believe it is about something that it turns out to […]
REVIEW: WATCHING GLORY DIE (Assembly Rooms) ★★★
Watching Glory Die is a short play based on the tragic true story of a young Canadian woman who was imprisoned for throwing apples at the postman, shockingly let down and abused by the penal system which brings about a rapid deterioration of her mental health and ultimately leads to her suicide, whilst in solitary […]
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 […]