REVIEW: A Covert Affair
Reading Time: 2 minutesSet during the Cold War, A Covert Affair follows two spies who go from collaborators to lovers, willing to sacrifice everything to stay together.
Category New writing
REVIEW: Mouse
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat would you do if your girlfriend broke up with you and, on that very same day, a wizard turned you into a mouse?
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Ben O’sullivan
Reading Time: 3 minutesSilly and surreal comedian Ben O’Sullivan returns to Edinburgh with an absurd show asking the question, Is it possible to seduce someone, even if they know you sleep with a weighted blanket? Ben performs at the Fringe 6th-18th August 19:45 at Cellar at Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull
REVIEW: Blue Mist
Reading Time: 2 minutesOlivier Award-nominated Blue Mist is a sharp, darkly funny story about truth, trust and ambition. Written by Mohamed-Zain Dada, directed by Milli Bhatia.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Paul Coates
Reading Time: 3 minutesBoy In A Box is a fearless exploration of cruelty, culpability and the excuses we make for our own inertia when confronted by the suffering of others.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: DAVID HOARE
Reading Time: 3 minutesA 37 year old teaches you how to live to 100! We sat down with David Hoare to discuss their upcoming performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: JAMIE WOLF
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Psycho, comedy becomes a sharp, vulnerable lens for exploring grief, addiction, mental health and America’s healthcare system. Jamie Wolf’s debut stand up show ‘Psycho’ will be at the Gilded Balloon Teviot – Wee Room at 9.40pm.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Katie Đỗ
Reading Time: 3 minutesTheatre503 - the 'national theatre of debut plays' - premieres love you long time (already) by Vietnamese America writer Katie Đỗ.
REVIEW: Hot Mess
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot Mess is a high-energy original romcom that reimagines the climate crisis as a turbulent love story between Earth and Humanity.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: JORDAN PAUL CLARKE AND MICHA MIRTO
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Raising Gays, writers Micha Mirto and Jordan Paul Clarke explore modern parenthood, allyship and family dynamics through a heartfelt and hilarious new musical set in a small Somerset town preparing for its first-ever Pride parade.