Theatre
Evan Beswick: Well, you can't say you've not been warned: Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical is pretty damn gay. Told through original songs as well as snippets of fam...
Adrian Choa: When excitingly flicking through the glossy pages of the Fringe Catalogue one is frequently met with the listing of an Oscar Wilde play. These product...
Lyle Brennan: Two centuries after Nikolai Gogol’s birth and two years after Fail Better first adapted his classic short story, this account of mental decline ...
Joe Bunce: The Boy Friend, Sandy Wilson’s classic pastiche of relationships in the roaring twenties, is an oft-performed classic in the world of amateur th...
Ella Peterman: Collabor-8 Productions premiere at the Fringe with their harrowing and thought-provoking play Hangover. The play opens on a typical morning for the ch...
Ben Judge: Part Star Trek spoof, part verbatim theatre—using extracts from interviews with real people affected in some way by mental illness—and qui...
Sara D'Arcy: Metamorphosis depicts a hard-working young man, Gregor Samsa, who is transformed into an insect after the pressure of work and supporting his family b...
Sara D'Arcy: Arranged by Norwegian choreographer, Ina Christel Johannesson, A Visitation is a dramatic piece of dance loosely featuring a supernatural plot in whic...
Sarah Clark: Impressively energetic, this hotchpotch of a play written and directed by Nicholas Moran is too ambitious; styles clash and weaken an already ambiguou...
Lewis Porteous: The promotional materials for Alan Ferrett's new play would have audiences believe that it “explores the dark ambiguities of belief and exposes ...
Lyle Brennan: In this incredibly resourceful adaptation of Ron Butlin’s 1987 novel, Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre group provide a beautiful yet unbe...
Comedy | Theatre
Lyle Brennan: Attempting to talk to six performers from as many different shows in a single sitting is, at best, a challenge. Having just stepped off the set of the...
Ben Judge: It’s her special day, but Frances’ new husband is ruining it. His wedding speech is just so boring. Who cares about the two different type...
Ben Judge: Lead up a dank, heat-damaged staircase—an eerie reminder of the of the fire which consumed the Gilded Balloon’s old address on the Cowgate...
Ben Judge: Nursing a latte, and a slight hang-over, one might expect a theatrical production with a late-morning start to ease its audience in a bit. After a few...
