After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss 5*****

Some Fringe shows shout their worth from the rafters; others hum their way into your bones. After the Service: Tales of Love and Loss does the latter—and once it’s there, it stays. In a festival year swarming with work about … Read More

22: Brooke’s Time Space Sequins 4****

New York Performer/Comedian Brooke has landed and she has a story to tell so make the most of that party invite and let her take you into her space time continuum, but buckle up and make sure there is plenty … Read More

Antigone 3***

After a 2024 Fringe run, Mythography have returned this year with their production of Antigone. Based on Jean Anouilh’s 1940s adaptation of Sophocles’ classic play, the performance captures the hopelessness and destruction of the famous tragedy.

The creative … Read More

Tall Tails – 5*****

Somewhere on a small, uninhabited beach off the coast of Florida, five female friends arrive to attend a retreat for chronic people pleasers. When they discover that their self-appointed wellness guru (who has more red flags than a semaphore convention) … Read More

Fly, You Fools! – 4****

Recent Cutbacks, the theatre collective behind the smash hit show Hold On To Your Butts are back again with a new low budget cinematic summary to go alongside it, this time it’s every nerd’s favourite date night movie, Jackson’s Lord of the Rings: … Read More

Animal Farm   4****

Animal Farm delivers a riveting 75 minutes of solo theatre, building on Guy Masterson’s celebrated adaptation of Orwell’s novel. Performed by Sam Blythe with remarkable energy and precision, the show grips the audience from its first moments and never lets … Read More

A Gambler’s Guide to Dying   4.5****

Gary McNair’s ‘A Gambler’s Guide to Dying’ returns to the Fringe to a sell-out crowd and a standing ovation, marking its tenth anniversary with the energy of a story that still feels alive. It all begins in the Gorbals … Read More

Niusia – 4*

Beth Paterson’s warm, grounded presence draws you in from the moment she steps on to the stage. In Niusia, she offers a deeply personal and beautifully crafted homage to her grandmother — a Holocaust survivor, a fiercely intelligent woman, and, in … Read More

Rift – 5*****

Rift is a raw, taut, and emotionally charged two-hander that doesn’t flinch — and is elevated by two extraordinary performances.

Matt Monaco is mesmerising as a member of the Aryan Brotherhood, locked up and locked in with his rage, regret, … Read More

Standing in The Shadows of Giants – 5*****

In Standing In The Shadows of Giants, Carl Barât’s sister, Lucie, steps centre stage with fierce honesty, pitch-black humour, and a phenomenal singing voice. She’s upfront from the start – this isn’t an insight into life with the Libertines, although they … Read More