Claire Wood

@cmfwood

Claire has a day job in advertising and an unofficial evening-time job haunting the theatres of Scotland. (And further afield, when she can find an excuse.) She's happiest just before curtain up.

www.cmfwood.blogspot.com

Reviews: 348

Other Articles: 4

Just the Tonic @ the Caves

Dopa-Mean Girl

Important topic but greater craft would pack more punch

Assembly Roxy

The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl

Playful inventive aerial theatre for the young (and young at heart) people in your life

Pleasance Courtyard

Kanpur: 1857

Powerful storytelling that demands to be heard

Deliverance

Quirky spirited solo show where you find your own salvation

Assembly George Square Studios

Whisper Walk

Funny, intriguing, wistful theatre served up amidst Edinburgh’s Old Town grandeur

Traverse Theatre

Red Like Fruit

Spiky, incisive, brilliant theatre

Summerhall

Delusional – I Killed A Man

Ravishing visual theatre exploring gender identity

Gilded Balloon @ Patter House

FLOAT

Inventive staging of seldom-told story of heartbreak and hope

Summerhall

Pickled Republic

Rambunctious romp through root vegetable angst

ZOO Playground

Big Little Sister

Funny, frank, unflinching theatre

Assembly Rooms

Shake Rag Hollow

Powerful, punchy, thrilling theatre

Traverse Theatre

Lucky Tonight!

Thoughtful exploration of the extent to which we make our own luck

theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall

Tall Tails

Frisky, feisty, fishy fun

Traverse Theatre

Standing In The Shadows Of Giants

Gig theatre explores one woman’s emergence from the shadows

Assembly Checkpoint

Club NVRLND

Brand new immersive musical flies into the Fringe

ZOO Playground

Another Sight

Illuminating story staged in pitch darkness

Summerhall

Orpheus

This hold-your-breath gripping Orpheus dances in the dark in lush, lovelorn modern spin

Festival Theatre Studio

After The Silence

An epic exploration of slavery, colonialism and generational trauma

You’re Needy (sounds frustrating)

Immersive musing on whether our self-help culture is really helping

Summerhall

Bellringers

New play explores keeping the faith when we’re running out of time

Underbelly Cowgate

Diary of a Gay Disaster

Feisty, funny, glorious LGBTQ+ musical romp

The Royal Scots Club

Is This Normal?

Dating disaster stories in a world riddled with discrimination

Summerhall

VL

Fast, funny, touching story of the thrills and spills of teenage boyhood

Summerhall

Weather Girl

Sizzling script and a smoking hot performance from Julia McDermott