FEATURE: theSpaceUK EdFringe Launch 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutestheSpaceUK held its annual Press Launch on the opening Sunday of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and what an eclectic delight it was.
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REVIEW: A Microscopic Odyssey @ Pleasance
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a story about something so small, A Microscopic Odyssey is certainly one of the biggest successes of this year’s Fringe. Directed by Hope Wishart, this perfect little piece practically explodes with life, love, and everything that’s right about human nature.
REVIEW: Rory Marshall: Thank You for the Opportunity
Reading Time: 2 minutesRory Marshall’s latest stand-up hour Thank You for the Opportunity adds a ripe bunch more to the list.
REVIEW: Badgers @ Traverse Theatre
Reading Time: 3 minutesA folk tale for the modern age, Badgers is told by The Storyteller, portrayed by the writer herself, Malaika Kegode.
REVIEW: Sauna Theatre: Aufguss x The Waves @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 3 minutesListening to Virgina Woolf’s 1931 novel The Waves, you get the very strong sense that Woolf herself likely fancied a good sauna.
REVIEW: Cabbage the Clown: Cinemadrome @ Underbelly Cowgate Belly Button
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor Cabbage the Clown, the Cinemadrome is where young dreams go to die. It is also where she makes a living doing a shite minimum wage job constantly picking up (and doing fun things with) a whole lot of trash.
From tempting us into playing MadLibs to singing a song about getting sucked while dressed as a blue slushie (and then getting sucked, as requested, by a member of the audience), Cabbage the Clown does what she can to make her job - which she repeatedly claims she “loves” - palatable fun and not worth hanging herself over.
REVIEW: Supposing @ Fringe VENUE
Reading Time: 5 minutesA plant - no matter how many fruits it's grown by harvest time - is simply not safe to eat if the soil in which it grows is toxic. In much the same way, the Traverse Theatre’s production of Supposing: is so enfeebled by a poor narrative foundation, it’s likely less worth anyone’s time to pick apart the grittier details and instead focus on the few crumbling pillars beneath.
REVIEW: Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy @ Underbelly Cowgate
Reading Time: 2 minutesDelightfully purple, ecstatically joyful, riddled with IBS flare ups but aware that she’s destined for the spotlight, Georgia Polly-Taylor’s Hot Mess is a new clown on the block.
Review: The Second Best School Shooting at Baby Grand @ Pleasance Courtyard
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Second Best School Shooting is true to its title. Two school shootings in neighboring towns take place on the same day.
REVIEW: The Poltergeist
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a very unique kind of intimacy in Philip Ridley’s one-person plays: the kind that pushes its blade right up to theatre’s jugular and cheekily threatens to bleed it dry if you don’t follow it through to the end.