Archive for August, 2025
As You Like It A Radical Retelling (EIF)
★★★★☆ Remarkable
As You Like It A Radical Retelling at the Church Hill in the International Festival is a wonderfully theatrical and challenging piece, dealing with hugely important issues in a way that demands attention.
Dune! The Musical
★★★★☆ Musically powerful
Dune! The Musical, by Dan Collins and PBH’s Free Fringe at the Voodoo Rooms throughout all three weeks, is a well crafted, high-octane production with an appeal beyond its obvious audience.
Unravel
★★★☆☆ Dense
Mon Espoir’s new play Unravel, playing theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall for the final two weeks of the Fringe, is a work with philosophical density and formal surprises. Unfortunately, its perspectives on the subjects tackled are not offered to the audience with clarity.
Time Bends
★★★★☆ Devastatingly beautiful
Time Bends is a beautiful exploration of Queer love, written and directed by William Oliveira, playing theSpace on the Mile for the final two weeks of the fringe.
Plague, Poo n’ Punishment
★★★★☆ Ghoulish fun
Edinburgh Storytellers Ltd bring to life (or afterlife) the horrible histories of Edinburgh in Plague, Poo n’ Punishment, an entertaining romp of some of the city’s hidden secrets at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Shakespeare for Breakfast
★★★★☆ Controlled chaos
A Fringe staple since 1992, C theatre returns with Shakespeare for Breakfast, on every morning of the Fringe at C Aurora on Lauriston Street.
These Mechanisms
★★★★☆ Joyous and inspiring
Choreographer Robbie Synge directs Edinburgh-based performer Christine Thynne in These Mechanisms at Dance Base, her first solo dance show at the age of 80. The pair, who have collaborated previously, present a poetic and energetic movement piece that defies gravity and preconceptions.
Art of Andalucia
★★★★★ Captivating
Art of Andalucia, from the Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company at YOTEL Edinburgh, transports audiences straight into the heart of a Spanish tablao, delivering 80 minutes of pure passion and flamenco artistry.
George, Don’t Do That…The Joy of Joyce Grenfell
★★★☆☆ Rewarding
George, Don’t Do That…The Joy of Joyce Grenfell evokes a vanished social milieu with tunefulness and humour. The show, from Arkle at the Royal Scots Club each afternoon of the Fringe’s final week, is a compilation of the work of Joyce Grenfell (1910 – 1979) – the writer, actor and singer.
The Faustus Project
★★★★★ Insane
Half Trick Theatre’s remount of The Faustus Project, in the Belly Laugh room of Underbelly Cowgate for the full fringe, is an outrageous piece of theatre – utterly fresh yet surprisingly Elizabethan in sensibility.
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