You don’t have to be a David Bowie fan to understand the huge influence he had on the British music scene, his songs are instantly recognisable and he also enjoyed a successful acting career. His theatrical debut was...
The absolute highlight of any visit to The Edinburgh Fringe has to be the annual production from Young Pleasance, a producing arm of The Pleasance which acts as a launchpad for new talent and ideas. This year’s production;...
The opening scene from the Disney Pixar movie Up is, in my opinion, the epitome of cinematic perfection, an entire story and lifetime told without a word being spoken. Theatre Re’s The Nature of Forgetting is the theatrical...
An intimate venue within The Space at Surgeons Hall, allows us a close up look at a relationship that's on the rocks. Written by Genevieve Joy, Like Blood From a Cheap Cigar, directed by Joseph Reitman, is an...
It’s a brave performer who does a solo theatre show at 11.45pm during Edinburgh Fringe, but the crowds didn’t seem to be deterred for the late night This Is Not Culturally Significant at The Gilded Balloon at The...
Walking in to the venue and I assumed a whole Trailer Park had moved in to C Venues; there were cast members everywhere, hollering in long southern drawls and directing the audience to their seats. The Great American...
Halfway through the Fringe and I’ve forgotten that August in Edinburgh is a marathon not a sprint. So, The Letter Room’s No Miracles Here, could not have come at a better time. With an 11am slot at Summerhall,...
If the 24 hour news channels read all the days big events to the tune of Beyoncé, then current affairs may not be any less awful, but they would certainly be more enjoyable to hear. News Revue takes...
The Young Pleasance have always been a highlight of any visit to Edinburgh Fringe, so, the news that some recent graduates have launched Spies Like Us Theatre Company is particularly good news. Their first production, Our Man in...
You’ll be forgiven for not recognising Venus and Adonis as a work of Shakespeare, but it is in fact his first published poem and was incredibly successful at the time. Although it has fallen in to near obscurity,...
