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
Scottish Comedy Festival
Line-up announced for the festival that reminds folks there’s Scottish talent at the Fringe too.
Opera Bohemia tour Falstaff
Verdi’s final masterpiece visits twelve Scottish venues including a stop at the Fringe.
Pip Utton
Alzheimer’s is the focus for the popular solo performer’s new show at the Pleasance.
Ross Ericson – The Straw Man
Creator of one-man masterpiece The Unknown Soldier is back at the Fringe with a piece that could prove oddly controversial…
Ten years of Song, By Toad
Leith record label celebrates a decade in business with a series of anniversary gigs.
Skids & Big Country
Cathartic double-header from Fife’s finest that even the rain can’t dampen.
David Byrne
Post-punk professor pulls out all the stops for elaborate gig-cum-dance theatre
The Rolling Stones
If this is the last time Scotland gets to see them, this is the way to bow out.
We are 10!
Happy birthday to us! Ten years ago the first review was published on the site. Here our writers look back on their cultural highlights of the past decade.
London Afrobeat Collective
The name tells you what you’re getting, and they deliver in spades.
Nadine Shah
Powerful set blasts the cobwebs out of Leith Theatre on Hidden Door opening night.
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Sparkle Hard
No surprises, but none needed from member of alt-rock aristocracy.
How To Get Reviewed
Follow these tips and get ahead of the game if you’re hoping to be reviewed this Fringe.
Leitheatre tackle Pinter’s psychologically probing The Homecoming
Enigmatic play about a warring North London family comes to the Festival Studio.
Eleanor Friedberger – Rebound
Enigmatic moments undone by too much straight-ahead pop on singer-songwriter’s fourth.
Arctic Monkeys
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Monkeys set off into space, as Alex Turner takes firm control of the starship.
Lyn Gardner dropped by The Guardian. The end isn’t nigh.
In its reaction to the news that the two have parted ways, the theatre sector is failing to show either perspective or imagination.