REVIEW: The Bodyguard: The Musical
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn entertaining, but fatal blow to the musical theatre scene.
Will Osbon
Writer for A Young(ish) Perspective.
Playwright.
MSc Playwriting & BA (Hons) English Literature
FEATURE: TravFest 2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe attended TravFest 2026’s opening ceremony on the 13th of May and spoke with many of the creatives occupying the Trav this Fringe, and it is easy to see how & why the Trav continues to maintain…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Kenneth Butler
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Kenneth Butler, performer of Asante in 'The Last Black Messiah'.
REVIEW: Three60 World’s Evolution
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter its initial Glasgow showcase in 2022 and its reimagining in 2025, Scottish Street Dance troupe Three60 is now taking “World’s Evolution” on tour.
REVIEW: Ruddigore: The Witch’s Curse
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fun and freaky production that succeeds in what it sets out to do. To take on a Gilbert and Sullivan production as a student group in the medium-sized space of Bedlam Theatre is, at first glance,…
REVIEW: The Boy At The Back Of The Class
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn entertaining and educational piece of children’s theatre that struggles to adapt fully to the stage. The Olivier Award nominated The Boy At The Back Of The Class has taken the festival theatre stage and, in some ways, offers…
REVIEW: Saxophone Dreams with Jess Gillam
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saxophone Dreams as part of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s New Dimensions concert series was an evening of equally educational and emotionally moving orchestral performance.
REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe paradigm of Wildean comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, By Oscar Wilde, is “a trivial play for serious people”. The play follows characters, richly saturated with eccentricity, and their romantic ramblings within the rigidly ritualistic Victorian upper class.
REVIEW: What the Hell? An Incredible Improv Show
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Edinburgh International Improv Festival wrapped up on the 8th of March, and it did so with a handful group improv shows (an appropriate send off for a festival so community led).
FEATURE: Edinburgh International Improv Festival
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Thursday the 5th of March, The Edinburgh International Improv Festival commenced for the eighth-year running. Since 2019, EIIF has welcomed Improv Comedians from all over to the hazardous streets of Edinburgh. And the festival has a great deal of heart.