brewhemia 2
Brewhemia 1
Every Word Was Once an Animal
Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase
Stamptown Comedy Night
We Were Promised Honey!
Bloody Mary: Live

Latest Reviews

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4/5

Masterclass

Who gets to make art, to take up space, to command an audience, to have their work celebrated…? And at what cost? This is the central question at work in Adrienne Truscott’s and Brokentalkers' bold and beguiling piece of feminist meta-theatre.
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4/5

Every Word Was Once an Animal

Much of this year’s Fringe programme seems to be concerned with what theatre is. What are its boundaries? What does it ask of an audience, and what is promised in return?
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4/5

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Comedy is in Zach Zucker’s bones. By turns irresistibly charismatic and irrepressibly silly, he powers his way through slapstick, songs and everything in between in this high-kicking and high-octane hour.
5
5/5

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees

As warm and witty as she is righteous and rigorous, Novak is truly a comic of considerable gifts.
5
5/5

Daniel Silver: Looking

Sculptors being interested in the human body is not new. However, Daniel Silver’s exhibition at Fruitmarket manages to explore and question the subject matter in novel and affecting ways.
5
5/5

Niki King: Time

An extraordinary voice well-known to jazz, soul and blues lovers nationally and internationally, singer/songwriter Niki King takes to the stage previewing songs from her upcoming album Time.
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4/5

The Incident Room at Pleasance Courtyard

The five-year manhunt for the serial killer dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper is meaty fodder for deliberation, having...
5
5/5

Rite of Spring at the Festival Theatre

Since The Rite of Spring – created by Stravinsky and Nijinsky – scandalised Paris in 1913, there have been...
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2/5

Lou Sanders – Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy

Comedians mentioning reviewers in their sets is never a particularly good omen. Lou Sanders name-checks us lot three...
4
4/5

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase

Comedy is in Zach Zucker’s bones. By turns irresistibly charismatic and irrepressibly silly, he powers his way through slapstick, songs and everything in between in this high-kicking and high-octane hour.
4
4/5

Stamptown Comedy Night

Welcome to Stamptown, the grotesque and absurd late-night playground of Jack Tucker and friends.
5
5/5

Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees

As warm and witty as she is righteous and rigorous, Novak is truly a comic of considerable gifts.
3
3/5

Bloody Mary: Live

Daddy issues are nothing new, as this inventive take on Mary Tudor’s story makes clear. Here, Mary is depicted as a Gen Z Valley Girl.
4
4/5

Masterclass

Who gets to make art, to take up space, to command an audience, to have their work celebrated…? And at what cost? This is the central question at work in Adrienne Truscott’s and Brokentalkers' bold and beguiling piece of feminist meta-theatre.
4
4/5

Every Word Was Once an Animal

Much of this year’s Fringe programme seems to be concerned with what theatre is. What are its boundaries? What does it ask of an audience, and what is promised in return?
4
4/5

We Were Promised Honey!

A powerfully performed hour of storytelling, in which the audience are enticed to help writer and performer Sam Ward steer on a journey towards the end of civilization.

Briefs: Sweatshop

Show up, clock in, get in formation and be ready to claim time and a half, because...

Karen from Finance is Out of Office

Pack-up your calculators and set your automatic email reply–because with a whole bunch of annual-leave up her...

Life’s a Drag

Winner of Best Cabaret & Variety Show at Fringe World 2022 Life’s A Drag takes you on a reality shaking rollercoaster ride of...
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5/5

Daniel Silver: Looking

Sculptors being interested in the human body is not new. However, Daniel Silver’s exhibition at Fruitmarket manages to explore and question the subject matter in novel and affecting ways.

The bold and the beautiful

Art producer Michael Whitham looks ahead to the return of Edinburgh Art Festival in 2022 and chooses...

Blunderland

BLUNDERLAND is an acid trip down the rabbit hole for a variety show unlike any other! This...

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

‘A comedy star!’ (Times). Fast, on the edge and brutally funny. Australia’s favourite comedian Reuben Kaye is...

Aidan Sadler: Tropicana

Join queer cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they take you on the award-winning journey to Tropicana! Nothing is safe from...

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

Kate Butch, the Comic Sans of Drag, is back in Edinburgh. She’s written a musical based on the...
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5/5

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret at Assembly

Those familiar with Monski Mouse will know her Baby Disco show is a total delight and an essential Fringe...
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4/5

Kid X at Assembly Roxy

Kid X is a collaborative piece of theatre with Bassline Circus and MHz in association with Feral [Scotland]....
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5/5

Fiddlers on the Ramp, Roman Eagle Lodge

How do you take your folk music? Nostalgic, with a whisky, or anarchic, with Irn-bru? Fiddlers on...