Congratulations Izzy & Fraser at Flagstone Theatre, and all involved with “Beastie”

It's press night for Black Hole Sign @ntsonline.bsky.social here in #Glasgow at the @trontheatre.bsky.social This absurdist piece takes a scapel to explore the NHS's future and the human truths within the institution 🏥 Catch it until Oct 4th, then at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social from Oct 8th

'Dive into the stylish world of _The Talented Mr. Ripley_ at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre, where Ed McVey delivers a captivating performance.' The Talented Mr. Ripley at The Festival Theatre https://corrblimey.uk/2025/09/19/review-the-talented-mr-ripley-the-festival-theatre-edinburgh/

Review: Beastie – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh Written by Izzy Gray With Original Music by Quee MacArthur Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ The adage that the monster within us is the most dangerous of all is far from a unique concept, but to see it utilised…

Review: TETHER (Work-In-Progess) – Summerhall, Edinburgh Created by Yoon Junghwan, Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse Review by Orly Benn The thought of walking into Summerhall’s Main Hall 2 weeks after the end of the Fringe is somewhat akin to meeting your mum’s new partner not too long after the…

Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Wallace – Traverse Theatre Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking…

We're back, baby 🪿 After a bit of a shaky start to the year, the team return with full feathers and beaks for our usual weekly #WhatsOn. First up, #Edinburgh. Expect some major touring musicals, the return of @PlayPiePint at the @traversetheatre and some new writing.

'Explore the vibrant legacy of Robert Burns through the lens of 'A Toast Fae the Lassies' at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. A must-see!' A Toast Fae The Lassies runs at Pitlochry Festival Theatre https://corrblimey.uk/2025/09/06/review-a-toast-fae-the-lassies-pitlochry-festival-theatre/

'Discover the allure of jazz, dreams, and tragedy in this new adaptation of The Great Gatsby at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, a must-see!' The Great Gatsby runs at The Pitlochry Festival Theatre https://corrblimey.uk/2025/09/05/review-great-gatsby-pitlochry-festival-theatre/

Back in @pitlochryft.bsky.social for a double-bill day! First up, A Toast Fae The Lassies. Running in the gorgeous srudio space, this new bit of writing is already a successful sell-out!

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Philosophy of the World Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Dissection Room ★★★★★ In both style and substance, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD screams feminism. Loudly. But a messy, chaotic, hilarious kind – precisely what trio, Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Main Hall ★★★★★ Lit with four LED lamps, the Main Hall at Summerhall is almost unrecognisable: smoke wafts from beneath the seats, Suburban Knight’s album, Nocturbulous Behaviour,…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Balfour Reparations Concept and Choreography by Farah Saleh Review by Aislinn McSharry Summerhall - Techcube 0 ★★★★ A site of political discourse, Balfour Reparations tells a fictional future of British politics: thought-provoking and poignant, it is…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Pussy Riot: Riot Days Review by Libby Hutton Summerhall - Dissection Room ★★★★★ ‘Pussy Riot was never a punk band’ states Alexander Cheparukhin, producer of the show. I am standing in a crowded audience on the final night of an 11-day run, preparing myself…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Diona Doherty: Get Your Pink On! Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - Beyond ★★★★ At 14:55, in her magnificent pale pink suit and with a slick-back bun, Diona Doherty waltzes onto the Monkey Barrel 2 stage in style. This award-winning Irish comedian…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – LOLA: A Flamenco Love Story Written and Directed by María García Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★ “In every new beginning there is magic” Suzanna Rosenthal Productions presents LOLA: A Flamenco Love Story. Stepping into LOLA: A Flamenco Love Story is like being…

Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2025 – The Golden Goose Awards Presenting: The Golden Goose For one time only (until next year), we ditch our trademark crimson and don the finest of guilded feathers to celebrate our top choices for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. We'll be crafting a…

Review: Edinburgh International Festival 2025 – Faustus in Africa! Directed, Designed, and Animated by William Kentridge Translated by Robert David Macdonald Review by Dominic Corr The Lyceum Theatre ★★★★ Thirty years after its original incarnation, Faustus in Africa returns with a…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Dylan Adler: Haus of Dy-Lan Directed by Sam Blumenfield Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - Beyond ★★★★ With their shining tickets for Haus of Dy-lan in hand, the audience step into the bright yellow storage bunker in the Pleasance Courtyard, not…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Don’t Tell Dad About Diana Created by Conor Murray and Hannah Power Directed by Emma Finegan Review by Aislinn McSharry Underbelly Cowgate - Belly Dancer ★★★★★ A hilarious love letter to friendship, growing up, and most importantly, to Princess Diana, Conor…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Refuse Written by Lucy McIlgorm Directed by Anastazie Toros Review by Dominic Corr Studio Five at Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★ The more one thinks about the title, the stronger the production's merits become. There’s a quiet power in REFUSE—a…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Bacchae Written and Performed by Ewan Downie Directed by Ian Spink Review by Dominic Corr Assembly Roxy ★★★★ There’s a feral pulse running through The Bacchae at Assembly Roxy, a solo retelling that trades grandeur for grit, myth for muscle. Ewan Downie…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – BAIRNS Written and Performed by Annie Davison Directed by Daniel Bainbridge Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ There’s a particular thrill in watching a performer sprint headlong into their own chaos—and Annie Davison does so with wit, warmth,…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Ria Lina: Riabellion Review by Eve Nugent Monkey Barrel Comedy ★★★★ Performing to a sold-out cave in Cabaret Voltaire, the magnificent Ria Lina makes a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Fringe at long last with Riabellion – a sharp, exceptionally polished…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Hot Mess Written and Directed by Ellie Coote Review by Dominic Corr Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★★ There’s a moment in Hot Mess—a pop musical about the climate crisis masquerading as a romcom—where Earth, played with volcanic intensity by Danielle Steers (The…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Eggs Aren’t That Easy to Make Written by Maria Telnikoff Directed by Lauren Tranter Review by Orly Benn Underbelly Bristo Square - Jersey ★★★★ ‘Would you let your best friend be your sperm donor?’. This is the tagline that Big Sofa and the Counterminers are…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Sophie’s Surprise 29th Review by Aislinn McSharry Underbelly Circus Hub - The Beauty ★★★★ A circus experience, showcasing a truly phenomenal skill standard, Three Legged Race productions Sophie's Surprise 29th has audiences gasping in awe,…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – EUSOG: Merrily We Roll Along Directed by Dan J. Bryant Review by Aislinn McSharry Sanctuary at St. Augustines ★★★★ EUSOG's (Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group) rendition of Stephan Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along is engaging, exquisite, heartfelt, and…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – An Ode To The Casting Director Written by Sophie Fisher Review by Aislinn McSharry Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★★ A one-woman play detailing the trials and tribulations of casting calls, acting aspirations, and general social survival in the face of all…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour Review by Marina Funcasta Monkey Barrel Comedy ★★★ Soresi is a daring performer: waltzing onto the stage, facing nearly a hundred nodding heads sipping from their plastic pint cups, his charisma wins us over almost…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Truman Capote Talk Show Created by Richard Jordan Review by Eve Nugent Pleasance Courtyard - The Attic ★★★★ Who is Truman Capote? Where can one find Truman Capote? Where can one find someone similar to Truman Capote? Bob Kingdom asks such questions in…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Tell Me Where Home Is (I’m Starting to Forget) Review by Marina Funcasta theSpace@Surgeon's Hall ★★★ From Jonny Woo to Tom at the Farm, the abundance of coming-of-age/coming-out content this Fringe Festival has been truly remarkable. All tales are…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Scatter: A Horror Play Written and Performed by Patrick McPherson Directed by Jonny Harvey Review by Dominic Corr Underbelly Cowgate - Iron Belly ★★★★ There’s a particular kind of silence that falls over an audience when fear is genuine. Not the polite hush…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Aideen McQueen: Waiting for Texto Written by Aviary Talent Review by Moyra Jones Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose ★★★★ Aideen McQueen has an instantly charming stage presence. From the moment you walk into the room, the atmosphere feels warm and welcoming, as…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Britt Migs: Dolphin Mode Directed by Taryn O’Connor Review by Eve Nugent Underbelly Cowgate - Buttercup ★★★ “You’ll never believe how he cheated!” is the six-word summary Britt Migs gave in her interview with Tom Inniss for VoiceMag, and it proves to be the…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time) Written by Joe Kent-Walters Review by Moyra Jones Monkey Barrel ★★★★ Joe Kent-Walters is back with a new show from Frankie Munroe. Following the 2024 hit show Frankie Monroe: Live!!!, Kent Walters…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Mythos: Ragnarök Written by Ed Gamester Review by Dominic Corr Underbelly Circus Hub - The Lafayette ★★★★ There’s a moment early in Mythos: Ragnarök when Loki, played with gleeful irreverence by Ed Gamester, locks eyes with the audience and dares them not…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager Written by Jack Parris Review by Moyra Jones Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ You walk in, receive a lanyard, and are welcomed to the panel. On stage, two desks are set up where Adam Boothroyd and Mike Coxhead boredly play…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – SKYE: A Thriller Written by Ellie Keel Directed by Matthew Iliffe Review by Moyra Jones Summerhall - Tech Cube 0 ★★★★ SKYE: A Thriller, Ellie Keel’s debut play, follows the story of a family grappling with trauma, set thirty years after a life-changing…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Macbeth for Bairns Written by Michel Marc Bouchard Adapted by Armando Babaioff Review by Marina Funcasta Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ Brooke Dunbar sets herself no easy project: notoriously tragic, the story of Macbeth is a hard one to tell without…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun Created and Performed by Dougie Mackay and Jemima Thewes Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ In A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun, ancient myth collides with ecological urgency in a richly textured hour of…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Loud Poets Review by Katherine McIntyre Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★★ Sometimes, the smallest sections make the biggest noises. Tragic to see in some radical political sectors, encouraging in other respects. Spoken Word may be the smallest of the…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Tom at the Farm Written by Michel Marc Bouchard Adapted by Armando Babaioff Review by Marina Funcasta Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★ Armando Babaioff’s adaptation of Michael Marc Bouchard’s 2013 play Tom at the Farm comes to the Fringe Festival with not much to…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett Review by Katherine McIntyre Underbelly Circus Hub ★★★★★ In a world that often feels brittle and closed-off, Club Kabarett is a glorious act of defiance—a glitter-drenched, gin-soaked celebration of connection, chaos, and…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Dregs Created and Performed by Emery Hunter and Bobby Bradley Directed by Neil John Gibson and Jen Bates Review by Dominic Corr Scottish Storytelling Centre ★★★★ Revolutionising, modernising, reinventing – however you wish to describe it, it’s tricky to…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Pat Rascal: Space Gravy Created by Stolen Table and Pat Rascal Review by Orly Benn Underbelly Cowgate - Iron Belly ★★★★★ Stolen Table and Pat Rascal return to the Fringe, continuing their chain of beautifully unserious and gorgeously absurdist clowning…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – This Is Not About Me Written by Hannah Caplan Directed by Douglas Clarke-Wood Review by Marina Funcasta Summerhall - Former Women's Locker Room ★★★★ Leaving Hannah Caplan’s debut play ‘This is not about me’, I struggled to admit that it really wasn’t. That…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel Produced by Show And Tell Review by Aislinn McSharry Leith Arches ★★★ A raucous, laugh-out-loud theatrical experience, Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel is an absolute delight; Camaraderie between…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Jonny Woo: Suburbia Written by Alison Skillbeck Review by Moyra Jones Summerhall - Main Hall ★★★★ The lace curtain is drawn across the stage. As the audience drifts in, we find ourselves in suburbia - morning or perhaps edging into afternoon. When the…

Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence Written by Courtney McManus Directed by Bec Price Review by Dominic Corr Assembly George Square - Studio One ★★★★ For as much as we may whisper the name of their husband more often, Lady Macbeth will remain one of theatre’s…