Scotland Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 6

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: THE LAST FORECAST BY BRIDIE GANE, Assembly @ Dance Base 1
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Creator and Choreographer Gane, was influenced by the history of lighthouses in Scotland, the survival of the natural world and climate change. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: IIIII – ABOUT THE ART OF LETTING GO, Underbelly Circus Hub On The Meadows
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Sandra Hanschitz & Joel Beierer perform in IIIII - The Art of Letting Go at The Underbelly Circus Hub on The Meadows at The Beauty, a circus show showcasing the Cyr wheel....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: PILLOCK, Assembly Rooms
by Olivia Woods - August 21, 2024

Jordan Tweddle is a fool to fall in love with....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: SAWDUST SYMPHONY, Zoo Southside
by Olivia Woods - August 21, 2024

These three are masters of manipulation, and they have us in the palm of their hand. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: COLIN HOULT: COLIN, The Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 22, 2024

Hoult is a superb character comedian, well known for ‘star of stage and screen’ Anna Mann. He is an accomplished comedy script writer, former winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Comedy and is known for his excellent acting TV work on well-regarded shows....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ABBY WAMBAUGH: THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF 17 SHOWS, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

For Wambaugh’s debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, the shows premise is the offering of a top 17 set of ideas for beginning a comedy show. This provides a light-hearted exploration of varied comedic styles, of which all work superbly....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: LIL WENKER: BANGTAIL, Pleasance Courtyard
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

Lil Wenker is a London-based, Gaulier trained clown from Minnesota and the co-founder of Chekhov’s Gum. Directed by Cecily Nash, Bangtail is the epic tale of a cowboy in search of his purpose and career....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL, Gilded Balloon at The Museum
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical by Alexander S. Bermange, directed and choreographed by Matthew Parker, features four sublimely talented performers; Luke Harley, Sev Keoshgerian, Jessi O’Donnell and Julie Yammanee....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: COLIN CLOUD: CONSEQUENCES at Underbelly, McEwan Hall
by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

Colin Cloud, sits blindfolded on centre stage in a luxurious armchair, calm and emanating mystery. He returns this year to his home country for a run on the Fringe. It's no doubt very different kind of crowd than he may have become accustomed to, but one he is entirely comfortable with and rather fo...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: TOM BRACE: THE RIDE 4D, The Pleasance Dome
by Christiana Rose - August 19, 2024

Tom Brace: The Ride 4D opens with Brace bounding onto the stage, setting up the premise for the hour of magic and dreams. He introduces us to ‘Tomland’, a theme park he claims is entirely his own creation, with a wink and a nod to certain other famous theme parks....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: RACHEL FAIRBURN: SHOWGIRL, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Christiana Rose - August 19, 2024

Fairburn fulfils the show’s title by appearing in a fabulous sequin jumpsuit and fluorescent tassels, entering to warm and rapturous applause. The set begins and the laughs are instantaneous in response to Fairburn’s winning, vibrant personality and blunt outlook of no-nonsense social commentary, wh...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: CHEMO SAVVY, Gilded Balloon At The Museum, Auditorium
by Fiona Scott - August 19, 2024

What did our critic think of CHEMO SAVVY at Gilded Balloon At The Museum, Auditorium?It may feature some famous faces from River City, but you haven’t seen a hospital like this! In tribute to their colleague Andy Gray, Scottish comedy stars Grant Stott, Jordan Young and Gail Watson star in the tongu...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: HOW I LEARNED TO SWIM, ROUNDABOUT @Summerhall
by Fiona Scott - August 19, 2024

Written by Somebody Jones, the piece explores the relationship a black woman has with swimming, and how she overcomes her fear to access the water. A stereotype sadly rooted in statistics, this piece brings to light a perspective that should be heard....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: I'M ALMOST THERE, Summerhall, Main Hall
by Fiona Scott - August 19, 2024

Fans of the Gossip Girl TV adaptation may recognise the show’s writer, Todd Almond, as he sits down at the piano. He begins to skilfully accompany himself while telling us about an unconventional day where a character, we presume is largely based on himself, reluctantly goes to a friend’s brunch and...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: BELLRINGERS, ROUNDABOUT @Summerhall
by Fiona Scott - August 19, 2024

We hear a crash of thunder and two caped figures run into the centre of the Roundabout Theatre to escape from the rain. Here is where Bellringers begins, a 65-minute thriller about what might happen in a bell tower at the end of the world....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: ALOK: HAIRY SITUATION, Bristo Square
by Mary Baillie - August 21, 2024

After a sold-out 2022 show at the Traverse, celebrated comedian ALOK returns to Edinburgh with an introspective solo show challenging traditional ideas of beauty, gender and identity. ...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: FOUNTAIN OF YOU, Assembly Rooms
by Mary Baillie - August 21, 2024

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland brings Tasha Gordon-Solomon and Faye Chiao's new play Fountain of You to the Fringe, diving deep into the perils of female ageism. The plot follows Kristen (Matrya Wróbel), a once-thriving actress deemed 'too old' for Hollywood after her 35th birthday. In a desper...

Edinburgh 2024 Review: PLEWDS, Summerhall
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 18, 2024

“Being queer is the best, right?” In Kathrine Payne’s debut solo show plewds, all is not as it seems.  Slowly, the show’s sparkly pink facade begins to splinter and crack, and a darker truth makes its way to the surface. Told through character comedy, clowning, audience interaction, and movement, th...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: LOVE BEYOND, Assembly
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2024

A love story. But not a typical one. Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new home, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him....

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: RAT MASS at C ARTS, C Aquila - Temple
by Kat Mokrynski - August 24, 2024

Rat Mass is, not surprisingly, exactly what the title says it is - a ritual in honour of rats. The show, put on by The Church of Ratology, comes from Chicago, Illinois, where a hole shaped like a rat made headlines earlier this year....

Review: WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, Pavilion Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 19, 2024

When We Were Young takes the audience back to 1990s Glasgow where gang culture was at its worst and takes them on a nostalgic and emotional rollercoaster, as they follow the lives of one of the many young teams who polluted the street corners of the city....

Review: A BOTTLE OF WINE AND PATSY CLINE, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 17, 2024

Oran Mor are pleased to bring back, due to popular demand, their hit show ‘A Bottle of Wine & Patsy Cline’! This show tells her life story and the songs that made her a legend!...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: NINA ROSE CARLIN: SEEKING REPRESENTATION, TheSpace At Surgeons' Hall
by Kat Mokrynski - August 24, 2024

Seeking Representation takes audience members on a journey to Hollywood with Carlin, who, with a guide on how to make it in the city that she found in the back of a car, is ready to be a star. The guide Carlin finds has six simple steps - The Old Fashioned Way, Find A Place to Live, Find An Agent, G...

Review: EDINBURGH 2024: STEFANIA LICARI: TRUST ME I'M A COMEDIAN, Underbelly, Bristo Square
by Christiana Rose - August 16, 2024

Licari sets a joyful tone immediately upon entry, welcoming her audience as they enter indulging in some dancing to the music, to which she shouts in explanation “I’m Italian!” We learn of Licari’s love for running, rule-breaking, feminism and English men....

Edinburgh 2024 Review: THE MOSINEE PROJECT, Underbelly Cowgate
by Katie Kirkpatrick - August 15, 2024

As slick and suave as its performers’ suits, The Mosinee Project is a curious little piece of documentary theatre. It takes as its subject an experiment carried out in the American midwest in 1950: to demonstrate the threat of communism, agents staged a faux communist takeover of the small town of M...