Edinburgh Festival
It may only be one month of the year, but we always have some of our team eager to head North and see what’s happening. So we thought we should collect all of our Edinburgh content into one convenient place for you.
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Review: Verity Sharpe: Landlord’s Wet Dream, Assembly Bristo Square
A mix of stand-up and poetry; it's the latter when Verity Sharpe comes fully alive.
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Review: Otuz Bir, Venue 13
Tackling female violence with a talking vagina might seem tasteless, but Otuz Bir proves that anything is possible.
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Review: A Vacuum at the Centre, Paradise in the Vault
There are moments of brilliance, but all too often this show descends into uncontrolled chaos that overshadows all the good.
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Review: B*tch Eat Dog, Greenside @ George Street
A chaotic puppet sketch show with lots of great moments throughout that suggest there is plenty more to come from this team.
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Review: Sexatron, Greenside @ George Street
Poorly produced, and you sense half of it is made up as they go along. But it's just so damn funny, you can forgive all that.
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Review: Danger Plan!, Hoots @ Potterrow
Anxiety and the need to plan to the nth degree form the basis of Sophia Wolbrom's show, told with richness, humour and a few cracking songs.
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Review: How to Poop in an Outhouse at –58°C, Greenside @ George Street
A fascinating tale of how Kona Morris found herself living in a remote Alaskan village that could do with jazzier presentation to make it stand out.
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Review: One Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar, Greenside @ Riddles Court
Two of Poe's lesser-known works. The stories may not be Poe's greatest, but the commitment to the performance makes them shine.
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Review: My Beautiful Brain!, theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall
Hannah Rose Curtis explores her struggles with dyslexia and how theatre allowed her to shine.
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Review: Epic Economics: What Would You Protest About Today?, Paradise in the Vault
A highly entertaining and important whistlestop tour through centuries of economic thought.