Enjoy Your Meal   3***

Enjoy Your Meal at Summerhall has all of the ingredients for a truly standout Fringe experience – immersive staging, food and drink served live and a performer willing to take creative risks. Unfortunately, while the concept is fresh, the … Read More

Well Behaved Women – 4****

Well Behaved Women is a brisk and buoyant new comedy that gleefully dismantles the preconceived idea of Victorian womanhood. Set in 1883, it follows three young women—Marianne, an Irish maid determined to be taken seriously as a writer; Emma, a … Read More

Down to Chance   4****

Down to Chance is a taut, engaging two-hander set against the backdrop of the 1964 Alaskan earthquake, playing out beautifully in a compact, intimate venue that was packed to capacity for this performance.

At its heart … Read More

Seating Plan 4****

Seating Plan is a clever fast paced rom com. There is well written dialogue between the characters of Mavis and David played by Izzy Radford and George Airey. The story takes place over a period of five years and this … Read More

BED: A One Man Show 4****

So, here’s how it kicks off: Ben Donaghy, practically welded to his bed, gets yanked out of sleep by his alarm. Not exactly leaping into action — nah, he sort of drags himself into the spotlight and delivers a set … Read More

This Is Not About Me – Hannah Caplan and Douglas Clarke-Wood for WoodForge 4****

This Is Not About Me  is a sharp, tender and often very funny two-hander that thrives on the crackling chemistry between Amaia Naima Aguinaga (Grace) and Francis Nunnery (Elis). The pair play long-time friends – and sometime lovers – whose … Read More

Managed Approach – 4****

Managed Approach at the Gilded Balloon Patter House is an intimate, unsettling piece that takes us right into Abby’s bedroom in Holbeck, Leeds – a place with a double-edged history. Not only was Holbeck the site of the UK’s … Read More

Fuselage -Lareau Creative / Suzanna Rosenthal Productions 5*****

 Fuselage is a deeply moving piece of theatre by actor and playwright Annie Lareau, telling her own very personal story of Pan Am Flight 103 and the lives it touched, rather than the statistics of its tragedy. Set both before … Read More

Cabin Fever  – Fresh Ink Theatre Company 4****

Cabin Fever delivers an enjoyable and high-energy hour of airborne comedy. Playing to a full house – and with next week already sold out on the back of last year’s success – Aurelia Harris-Johnstone and Beth Miles keep the laughs cruising at a steady … Read More

Confessions of a Lunatic 4****

Step inside Confessions of a Lunatic, a fresh reimagining of Dracula that boldly transports the story to 1893 Scotland. The action opens in a Dundee sanatorium where Renfield, still haunted by the spirit of Dracula, is under the watchful eye … Read More