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
The Course of True Love
Romantic and international relations dilemmas play out in a plush hotel room.
Scott Gibson: Life After Death
Best Newcomer winner tells the story of his stroke
The Unknown Soldier
Exemplary solo theatre about a WWI soldier left to clear the trenches.
All Of Me
Very well-crafted one-man play about the effects of problem gambling
Madame Señorita: The Expector
Seductive horror clowning from Spanish Señorita
Suzi Ruffell: Common
She might be low-born but her comedy’s high class.
Cat Loud’s Wayward Girls
Cabaret singer finds her darker side in a sleazy, bluesy fantasy tale
A Reviewers’ Code Of Conduct?
Thoughts on a more constructive reviewing environment at the Fringe
Luke Graves: Living Luke
Pleasant enough club material, but no distinguishing features.
A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves… 8
A daring and provocative tour-de-force
Katie Mulgrew: Saboteur
Lancashire lass delivers baby Jim and some good old stand-up
Mark Silcox: Helping Aamer
Nice, polite man continues to baffle but might be becoming a Fringe legend
Spencer Jones Presents The Herbert in Eggy Bagel
Brilliant, barmy character now with an added sad side
Fragility
Creative Electric’s outdoor performance examines young modern masculinity
Will Franken: Little Joe
Character comic’s trippy excursions are best when at their most satirical
Andrew Doyle: Future Tense
Smoothly delivered political set that leaves no nasty aftertaste
Andrew Lawrence: The Hate Speech Tour
Equal opportunities hatred from the liberals’ bête noire