EdFringe 2025
An American Love Letter to Edinburgh
★★★★☆ Instructive
An American Love Letter to Edinburgh is a touching and instructive hour of storytelling by Rick Conte at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, blending the personal and historical to celebrate the storied relationship between the two countries.
Lost Girls / At Bus Stops
★★★★★ Stunning
Filled with humour, lust and longing, Lost Girls / At Bus Stops in the Box at Assembly George Square, is not only a lesbian love story but also a love letter to Edinburgh and the Fringe.
Chatterbox
★★★☆☆ Personal
Chatterbox is an eye-opening, extremely personal hour of storytelling by Lubna Kerr in the Pleasance Courtyard Green, in which she reflects on growing up as a Pakistani immigrant in 1970s Glasgow.
Mary: A Gig Theatre Show
★★★★☆ Ridiculously entertaining
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Venue 24):
Mary: A Gig Theatre Show at the Gilded Balloon Patter House for only one week is an entertaining hour of music and educational storytelling surrounding the life of Mary Queen of Scots and her ladies in waiting, all called Mary.
Sweeney Todd
★★★★☆ Vigorous
Captivate Theatre take on the Famous Spiegeltent with their production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street through the 24th, bringing Sondheim’s chilling musical, directed by Sally Lyall, to life beneath the canopy.
A Bohemian Banquet
★★★☆☆ High-energy
A Bohemian Banquet at the Edinburgh New Town Church is a true feast for the eyes and ears. A high-energy showcase of musical theatre talent, it’s packed with toe-tapping numbers and polished performances.
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, […]
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.
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