REVIEW: Count Dykula
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirlock Theatre in association with Soho Theatre have brought this vampiric, musical exploration of queer presentation to the Fringe stage.
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REVIEW: Ezra Collective
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll the Ezra collective fans spread out within the big top and on the grass outside, soaking up the rays and enjoying a cold drink as the support act, electronic jazz DJ Rebecca Vasmant, warmed the audience up.
REVIEW: Unscripted Shakespeare
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew York based improv company Thorn and Petal Stick has been quick to show what they’ve got up their lacey Elizabethan sleeves at this year’s Fringe. And the pleasantest non-surprise of any deliciously good improv show? It’s different every night.
REVIEW: VOYEUR / SAMBA AND LOVE
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis dance piece from São José dos Campos Dance Company was a highlight of my 2025 Edinburgh Fringe. It’s difficult to imagine a universe in which this piece and its brilliant company do not get picked up by the end of this run.
REVIEW: Nina Conti: Who’s Face Is It Anyway
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery performance of Nina Conti’s Who’s Face Is It Anyway will be entirely unique to the audience afforded the pleasure of viewing it - the show is largely unscripted and relies on improvised comedy.
REVIEW: Becoming Maverick
Reading Time: 2 minutesBecoming Maverick is a story like no other. Though inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s novel Rebecca (1938), I was immersed despite having no history with the book – in part to the wonderful script, and in part to the immensely talented Heather Alexander.
REVIEW: Jonty O’Callaghan’s Got Some Notes
Reading Time: 3 minutesJonty O’Callaghan’s one-man sketch show is a wonderfully wry skewering of everyday moments, which has the audience laughing and clapping throughout its 50 minutes.
REVIEW: Edinburgh Days
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew musical Edinburgh Days is making waves this Fringe directed by Bafta, Olivier and Tony award nominee Bob Thomson and musically composed by Brian Spence.
REVIEW: The Forum
Reading Time: 1 minute‘A gut-punching performance that leaves you questioning your own character’
REVIEW: MISS
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bold, hilarious, meticulously executed and beyond thought-provoking