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: Steve Burns: Alive, Underbelly Cowgate
Steve Burns is a masterful storyteller. This room at Underbelly is full of adoring fans, but you can hear a pin drop as he speaks from a huge video screen behind the iconic Thinking Chair from TV children’s show Blue’s…
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Review: Desperate Wee Gay Boy, Underbelly Cowgate
A glorious, crude riot of a show as Ollie trawls through a night of hedonistic behaviour.
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Review: Do Better: A Dramagedy, Olive Studio at Greenside @ George Street
A deeply moving show that uses magic and laughter to find a path forward through grief.
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Review: Only Bones, Assembly Roxy
A wibbly wobbly man does remarkable things with his body in a delightfully extraordinary performance that includes knee-synching to song… Weird maybe but truly breathtaking!
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Review: Stitch in Time: A Knitting Cabaret, theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
Songs, history and wool make for a charming hour of performance.
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Review: Book of Shadows, Underbelly Cowgate
Fabulous fantasy adventure and predictably awesome shadow puppetry, delivered in a brand-new mystical show from Mochinosha.
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Review: SeedHeart, Pleasance Courtyard (Below)
A charming suitcase puppetry show demonstrating the consequences of capitalism.
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Review: Ed Gaughan: The Emperor, Just the Tonic at The Caves
A side-splitting, ridiculous hour of clever, crafted comedy and music from an absolute master.
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Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Innsmouth Crown, theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall
This take on the Sherlock Holmes canon lacks enough energy or cleverness to make it stand out.
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Review: Bombs Over Byker, Greenside @ Riddlers Court
A truly incredible solo performance, but one that’s just a little too frantic to sit back and take it all in.