IN CONVERSATION WITH: Chris Grace
Reading Time: 2 minutesImprov and stand-up have taught me the most about staying micro-focused on the present moment
Tabitha James
I’ve been in love with theatre for as long as I can remember but it was intensified when I joined Bedlam Theatre whilst at University of Edinburgh - the oldest student-run theatre in the UK. With an aversion to the spotlight I became involved in stage management and producing and then discovered reviewing. I’ve been reviewing for over six years now but am still delighted to be challenged and thrilled by shows at every viewing. When not working as a marketeer in my day job, I’m at home with my two demanding Siamese cats - more often than not knitting or with a glass of wine in hand.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: The Shamiltons
Reading Time: 4 minutesBased on a little-heard-of off-Broadway musical called Hamilton, the genuinely gifted cast and mind-blowing quartet The Shamiltones perform an hour of infectiously catchy hip-hop tunes, choreography and dialogue – with a brand-new narrative every evening and all entirely improvised and…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Alice Stanley Jr.
Reading Time: 3 minutesdarkly comic new play confronting one of the most urgent issues of contemporary American life
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Arden Fitzroy
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Arden Fitzroy whose show CVNTCLAVE is coming to Edinburgh Fringe.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Abigail Weinstock
Reading Time: 3 minutesGiraffe is a semi-autobiographical comedy about masking, misdiagnosis and spending 30 years believing something is wrong with you.
REVIEW: Waitress
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmpowering musical bringing a slice of pie and copious energy to the stage on tour Celebrating ten years since it first opened on Broadway, Waitress continues to prove why it has remained such a favourite with audiences. Based on…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai
Reading Time: 3 minutesAward-winning Japanese shadow puppet company Mochinosha / Book of Shadowz return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year to premiere their brand-new show, Book of Shadows.
REVIEW: Relics
Reading Time: 2 minutesA family drama interrogating the age-old question: which is more important – love or lucre? We all know someone, or someone who knows someone, who has become entangled in a clash over a will. There is the…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Mollie Semple
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a critically acclaimed run at Theatre503, Good For Her! powers into The Other Palace for a hotly anticipated return to London. This sharp, subversive solo show from emerging writer-performer Mollie Semple (Dumping, Cockpit Theatre; Persephone, Brighton…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Holli Pandit
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down for a quick chat with Holli Pandi, who is a harpist in the National Open Youth Orchestra and will perform three concerts as part of its #ThisIsOurOrchestra tour: at the Barbican Centre, London on…