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She Burns
★★★★☆ Warming
She Burns from Best Laid Schemes at the Scottish Poetry Library is a tuneful, excellently put-together examination of Robert Burns from a female perspective.
Badgers
★★★☆☆ Complicated
Badgers at the Traverse is a carefully constructed piece whose use of different media does not always support a strong central core.
Amadan and Mortair Kill the King
★★★★☆ Sharp
Amadan and Mortair Kill the King, at Gilded Balloon’s patter house for Week One of the Fringe, is the hilarious writing debut from Alex Bathe and Josh Aitken of the hit Dungeon & Dragons live show, Tartan Tabletop.
Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force
★★★★★ Infectious fun
KQ Productions return to the Assembly Ballroom Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force, a lively new show for 2026 in which magician Kevin McMahon sets out to illuminate the science of our everyday lives using magic, along with a good dash of silliness.
An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest
★★★★☆ Sprightly
Edinburgh Youth Theatre return to the Fringe with another condensed Shakespeare, An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest, which brings Shakespeare’s tale of shipwreck, vengeance, sorcery, and love in under an hour.
We Will Hear The Angels
★★★★☆ Atmospheric
We Will Hear the Angels is a meditation on the mysterious power of music in times of trouble; a meditation whose open-hearted empathy gradually draws the audience into a special communion.
For Dolores
★★★★☆ Vibrant energy
For Dolores at the Traverse is a gloriously chaotic and at times horrifying slice of life, performed with suitable pizzazz.
Water Colour
★★★★☆ Impressive
Water Colour by Milly Sweeney at the Traverse is a remarkably cogent and compelling production.
Supposing:
★★★★☆ Cleverly layered
Supposing:, the new play from Zinnie Harris staged by the Traverse Theatre Company in Traverse 2, is a clever and timely play.
An Infinite Monkey Attempts To Write the Complete Works of Shakespeare
★★★☆☆ Shakespearean smorgasbord
Earnest, jovial, and witty, An Infinite Monkey Attempts to Write the Complete Works of Shakespeare: A Variety Show, at Greenside on George Street, is not quite what it says on the tin.
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