Latest Features & Reviews
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Review: The Plot
An intriguing tangle of misguided loyalties and thwarted ambition is weighed down by a dense script
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The Very Best of the Edinburgh Festivals (2026)
Our continually updated round-up of all the four and five star shows seen by our writing team
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Interview: Eilidh Loan and Elaine C. Smith on Cathy
Cathy, a new play from Eilidh Loan about her grandmother, has taken the Fringe by storm. We speak to her and its star, Elaine C. Smith
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Review: When Prophecy Fails
groupwork’s UFO tale in the 1950s American midwest gives the eerie, hypnotic feeling of being in a cult
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Review: Mere Mortals
Stunning execution turns San Francisco Ballet’s simple concept into something enthrallingly beautiful
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Review: Little Animals
Motherland’s Paul Ready makes his playwriting debut with a climate tale, but it’s the technical execution that truly excels
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Review: Lions
Physical comedy duo Lightning Rod Special find the funny in the grieving of their fathers
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Review: Clown Show
Studied haplessness makes for a brilliant, satirical, physical comedy from Geoff Sobelle and co.
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Review: If I can’t Dance I’m Not Coming
This Metropolis-inspired dance piece possesses a bold conceptual premise, but lacks exposition
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Review: Border Bodies
T.F. Dance Company’s exhilarating dance piece Border Bodies explores the politicisation of movement
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Review: Marc Jennings: If & When
Marc Jennings shows why he’s one of the most versatile and strongest all-round stand-ups in Scotland
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Review: New York City Dreams
New Yorker Meka Mo’s debut hour is a charismatic if slightly unfocused hour