Archive for August, 2025
Our Martin in the Background
★★★☆☆ Reflective
Billed as “the queer love story Noël Coward didn’t write,” Mark Kydd brings new monodrama Our Martin in the Background for the final week of the Fringe only, on odd afternoons at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
No Room at the Inn
★★★☆☆ Cautionary parable
Kestrel Eye Productions’ No Room at the Inn, playing at theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall in the final week of the Fringe, reflects on bigotry and faith in today’s world.
Balfour Reparations
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking Summerhall (Venue 26): Wed 13 – Mon 25 Aug 2025 Review by Suzanne O’Brien Balfour Reparations, created by Farah Saleh and playing Sunmmerhall for the last two weeks of the Fringe, imagines a hypothetical scenario that raises questions about Britain’s colonial legacy in Palestine and its role in the country’s past, […]
Faustus in Africa! (EIF)
★★☆☆☆ Lacking clarity
Faustus in Africa! may have been a ground-breaking production thirty years ago, but it is not entirely clear why it has been revived now, at the International Festival for four performances at the Lyceum.
Goose’s Quizzes Elimination Game
★★★★☆ Surprisingly addictive!
Pub quiz institution Goose’s Quizzes returns to the Fringe with their Elimination Game running for the full fringe, every night at Assembly Rooms’ Bijou Spiegeltent.
Come From Away
★★★★☆ Inspirational
Captivate Theatre bring a stirring rendition of Come From Away to the Bijou at Assembly Rooms through to the 24th, the Fringe debut of this groundbreaking, heart-wrenching musical.
The Yeomen Of The Guard
★★★☆☆ Assured
Cat-Like Tread return to Paradise in Augustines with an assured and beautifully directed production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard for the final week of the fringe.
Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream
★★★★☆ Haunting and tragic
Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream, from Queer Edinburgh-based company Elastic Fantastic at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall for the final week of the Fringe, is a haunting one-person sci-fi tale which plays with body horror and fascinating visuals to explore bodily autonomy.
King Lear
★★★★★ Unmissable
Pip Utton is back for a thirty-first year at the Fringe with his new monodrama King Lear, at the Pleasance Courtyard for the final two weeks of the fringe only.
Moonswing
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Simply Surreal revive their debut play Moonswing to celebrate ten years as a company. Playing at Greenside’s Riddles Court this is a coherent, touching play with a trio of consummate performances and some subtly powerful stage images.
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