Qulture Magazine / Original reporting / Scotland
Edinburgh's festival programme moves between stages, screening rooms and unexpected venues. Qulture contributors have reviewed Fringe productions, films shown in Edinburgh and Leith, and events that bring music and art together. This page links to those original reports rather than providing a generic city guide.
On screen
Read Qulture's first-hand account of the Leith Short Film Festival at The Pitt alongside reporting from Edinburgh International Film Festival. Each article retains its original writer and publication date.
Words: Kenny Ross There is something wonderfully fitting about a film festival finding its home in Leith. A place built on stories, characters and a healthy disregard for doing…
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Words: Toni Faulds Chee Keong Cheung’s first-person action thriller throws John Hannah and its audience headfirst into a day of complete carnage. There are bad days at work, and…
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Our published Fringe reviews cover work ranging from musical comedy and clowning to smaller-stage performance. The individual articles carry the writer's judgement rather than a single festival-wide verdict.
Words: Clíona Mccann To Be Frank is a hysterical hour of absurd clowning. No dialogue; just a stellar live score and the vocalisations you would expect of a…
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Words: Kenny Ross Let’s be honest, a play about a grieving widow who copes by sticking on a bear costume sounds like the sort of thing that could go spectacularly wrong.…
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Words: Laura M Ross Dirty Dancer (in no way affiliated or endorsed by the movie Dirty Dancing or it’s creators) but definitely a homage to it…is playing most nights of the…
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Words: Clíona McCann Lesbian Space Crime is a new musical comedy by London-based company Airlock Theatre, following astronaut Sue Brightman as she battles career-ending…
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Qulture's Hidden Door reporting follows the festival's use of unconventional spaces. Edinburgh Psych Fest is also part of the magazine's published cultural and photography archive.
Words: Laura M Ross Walking into a space where you know many people have worked themselves to the bone, in a time where industry was thriving, just made the whole experience of…
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Celebrating its 10th year, Hidden Door 2025 was a triumph of imagination, community, and creative risk-taking. It wasn’t just a festival—it was an experience. A journey through…
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Read the published galleryQulture publishes film, arts, culture and music reporting beyond these cities, across the UK and internationally. This page is an index of existing work rather than a guide to every local venue.
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