Robert Peacock
@peaky76
Robert is the Managing Editor of The Wee Review and has been writing for the site since 2014. Previously, he was manager of the Yorkshire arts website, digyorkshire. Having worked in the arts, charity and horseracing sectors, he is now a full-time software engineer and lives in Edinburgh with his partner and two young daughters.
Reviews: 574
Other Articles: 271
Birds of Paradise celebrates 25 years
Theatre company plans to celebrate its silver anniversary in style
Tipping The Hat
Mid-century musical comics reverently revived at A Play, A Pie and A Pint
October Gig Previews
From avant-garde arena spectaculars to boutique new music festivals, we pick through October’s live music offerings
News in Brief
New Edinburgh music promoter launches, Luminate returns and Perth Theatre announce new season
Fringe Reflections: The Power of PR?
You need PR behind you to succeed at the Fringe – or do you?
Best In Class
Profit-sharing compilation show makes a fine advert for three working-class comics
Stella Graham: Uncivilized
Well-performed set about the biological clock and other matters nevertheless feels a touch safe
Gareth Mutch: Wants Mutch More
Quarter-life crisis storytelling from the West Lothian man
The Pieman Cometh
Weak, generic comedy about the plight of a lower league football club
Jamie MacDonald: Blinkered
Funny blind guy back with more comic anecdotes from his life
Lee Kyle: Kicking Potatoes Into The Sea
A sophisticated wee morning show, mourning a mother, from the man behind the Working Class Fringe
Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays
Coming out tales and more in Mark Bittlestone and Will Dalrymple’s celebration of being gay
Lemons
The basics are all in place in this short character comedy about a depressed motivational speaker
Simon Caine: Sex, Drugs and Other Things I Never Do
Sideways take on thirty-something loserdom just needs to loosen up a little
Wee Review writer wins Fringe critic award
Flora Gosling is inaugural winner of Young Writers prize
Look, It’s Tom Little, Alright?
Nervy Cumbrian uses that style to his advantage in pleasing set
Gavin Webster: I Am Stand-Up Comedy
Geordie makes a good case for his long-standing profession