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Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

@weaklemondrink

Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.

Reviews: 891
Other Articles: 287
Interview

Chris Forbes

‘There’s particular events in my life that are very easy to plot by going back to certain Christmases.’ The comedian tells us why he’s bringing a festive-themed show, ‘Father Christmas’, to the Fringe

Interview

Claire Wood

‘I think the manosphere is really only a very particular manifestation of misogyny,.’ We speak to the playwright about ‘SHINJUKU’ which debuts at the Fringe

Interview

Liv Rocklin

‘At its heart, it’s about loneliness and growing up’. We chat to Liv Rocklin about her debut Fringe show, ‘An American (Not) in Paris’

Interview

Gabi Flares

‘I was grieving what had never happened.’ We speak to the Brazilian writer and performer about her one-woman show, ‘Deluge’

Heresy

Bite-sized folk horror offers a memorable brief encounter with the white women of the forest

Interview

Kathy Rose O’Regan

‘[It’s] amazing to me that they were doing this over 100 years ago!’ We speak to Kathy Rose O’Regan of San Francisco Film Preserve of their restoration of The White Heather, screening at HippFest 2026

Pasa Faho

A low-key but richly textured drama of an immigrant community in the Melbourne suburbs

Hen

Nico Scheeper’s surreal folk horror is a beautiful danse macabre choreographed to its own unique rhythm

A Place for Her

Exceptional debut celebrates the vital work of a women’s support centre with narrative skill and a message of hope

Bouchra

Unique and deeply personal work of autofiction with a striking visual sense