Category: Reviews
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Fringe Review – Mother, Maiden & Crone – The SpaceUK – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Clíona McCann Mother, Maiden & Crone is an offbeat queer reimagining of Macbeth from the witches’ perspective. Set in gay Club Limbo, a jaded drag queen, bimbo shot boy and kleptomaniac DJ are faced with a tyrannical (and deeply…
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Fringe Review – Bill Bailey ‘Thoughtifier’ – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Jessica Rose Kerr Bill Bailey’s latest Fringe outing at the Edinburgh Playhouse is a sharp, confident performance that balances quick-fire wit with moments of genuine thoughtfulness. Having seen Bill Bailey on Strictly, I was eagerly predicting this show –…
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Album Review – Apna ‘Kintsugi’ – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Madi Briggs Album Artwork: Brain Soup Art Following along from previous releases such as ‘Wake Up Call’, ‘Kintsugi’ is the latest project from Glasgow based band Apna. Deriving its name from the Japanese art tradition of repairing broken objects…
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Gig Review – Pete Doherty – La Belle Angelè – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Junior Brother opened the night, and I’ll be honest, it was a slightly strange start. His wiry, experimental Irish-folk style clearly aimed for raw authenticity, but in reality it often felt scratchy is how I could describe it. His voice…
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Gig Review – Sam Fender – Edinburgh Summer Sessions 22/08/25 – 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Words: Toni Faulds Photos: Ryan Buchannan The night opened with Olivia Dean, who came onto stage with such confidence, she had a great energy coming on stage and managed to maintain that during her show. She opened with her hit…
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Fringe Review – Moon Pact Trial – Banshee Labyrinth – 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐
Words: LM (Editor) A last minute decision, and being drawn in by the flyer I was handed while walking past, I decided to give this show about the Occult, a try. Pete Mitchelson plays an actor who joins a theatre…
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Fringe Review – I was a Teenage She Devil – The SpaceUK – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I Was a Teenage She Devil is a 95-minute musical following nerdy Nancy Nelson and her friend Debbie in a campy 80’s nondescript American High School. Nancy yearns for popularity and love after being made a fool of by muscle-bound…
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Fringe Review – Frozen Love – The SpaceUK – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Clíona McCann Frozen Love provides an utterly captivating portrait of Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham from an angle rarely seen; before the chaos of Fleetwood Mac. Written and performed by Georgie Banks and Jake Byrom, the show follows Buckingham…
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Fringe Review – Two Pints – Assembly @ George Street – 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words: Niamh Leiper Not so fun fact about the Edinburgh Fringe: a good percentage of shows deny access to latecomers. Even less fun fact: this policy still stands if you’re a poor lost Glaswegian, five minutes late, un-used to navigating…
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Fringe Review – Myrtle Throgmorton ‘Me and Parky’ – Greenside @ George Stree – 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Words and Photos: @lightninrosemedia I had a chance meeting with Jennie (aka Myrtle) at the Greenside 20th Birthday Gala last week, we got chatting and she told me about her show and her Parkinsons diagnosis and how she first brought…
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