When I sat down at Summerhall this afternoon, I had no intention of writing this review. As a shadowing venue tech, I was there to observe experienced technicians, and learn more about technical staging. I had the pleasure of sitting in on some great shows, but by the end of this one, I knew I... Continue Reading →
The concept is really in the name here: it’s a musical, and it’s improvised. Showstopper! The Improvised Musical takes audience suggestions and turns them into a fully fledged musical on the spot. With co-creator and director Dylan Emery taking the stage as ‘The Writer’, he receives an urgent call from ‘the producers’ requesting a brand... Continue Reading →
I love a show that gets meta, and this is certainly a show about a show. There is something enjoyable about watching theatre that acknowledges it’s own theatricality, and The Spy Network makes good use of this concept to tell the story of one of Scotland’s most famous historical figures. Written by Neil Edwards and... Continue Reading →
Giving the audience the power to decide how an entire murder mystery will unfold is a bold move, but it is exactly the format Murder, She Didn’t Write takes. Now in its 12th year at the Edinburgh Fringe, Degrees of Error’s show borrows a 1930s Agatha Christie-style mystery format and puts it into the hands... Continue Reading →
Vincent van Gogh is a man who is synonymous with the idea of a tortured genius. Thus, it can become difficult to separate the man from the mythology surrounding him. Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds written and directed by Paola Veneto, attempts to do exactly that, presenting a more complicated portrait of an artist whose... Continue Reading →
What if science finally conquered death? Lifelong, the latest collaboration between playwright Lynda Radley and Pepperdine Scotland, takes this seemingly utopian premise and asks even darker questions: who gets to decide who lives, who benefits from scientific progress, and what happens when the pursuit of a longer life comes at the cost of living freely?... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to be a young woman in our world? And what if that young woman was, in fact, a monster? For the 25 year old at the centre of Succubus, getting older means discovering she is developing not only physically, but also a hunger that cannot be satiated. She must navigate her... Continue Reading →
What starts as an internet rabbit hole you might find yourself in at 3am becomes a funny, fascinating, and surprisingly wholesome hour in Depths of Wikipedia. Internet archivist and comedian Annie Rauwerda brings her viral social media project to the stage, taking audiences on a journey through the strange corners of the world’s largest crowdsourced... Continue Reading →
There are some shows at the Fringe that require complex, detailed reviews, because there is so much to say about them; and then there is Lost in Translation. The review is simple: go see it! The premise is brilliantly simple. Take an iconic and well-known film, such as Twilight as I enjoyed at my performance,... Continue Reading →
Here to prove that Dungeons & Dragons isn’t all complicated rules and crunchy math, Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy delivers exactly what it says on the box. This ragtag group of drama kids who have been playing D&D together for years bring their tabletop adventures yet again to the stage, typically with a... Continue Reading →
Richard MacLean Smith brings his hit podcast Unexplained to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time, adapting it’s regular format for the stage. For this show, Smith explores the mystery surrounding three lighthouse keepers who disappeared from the remote Flannan Isles in the year 1900. For fans of the podcast, the show is immediately recognisable,... Continue Reading →
