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
Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful
One-man rumination on suicide with black Irish humour.
Jake Yapp: One In A Million
Not so many of the sketches that made his name, but esoteric meanderings still entertain.
One Day Moko
Immersive piece in the company of a young homeless dude needs more clarity
The Money Fish
Compelling autobiographical piece by ex-commercial fisherman John Cox
The Inevitable Heartbreak of Gavin Plimsole
Analogy drawn between the romantic and biological heart in over-busy performance
My Eyes Went Dark
Tense airline disaster two-hander with geo-political undercurrents
Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret
Aussie raconteur programmes fascinating evening that feels stifled by its setting
The Red Shed
Mark Thomas pays tribute to his friends at Wakefield Labour Club in their 50th year
In Fidelity
A sweet exploration of the coupling instinct through a dating show format
Adrian Gray’s The 007 Conspiracy
Lost Bond film holds the key to everything for neurotic Englishman
The Marked
Flesh and blood demons bring metaphorical ones vividly to life in this fantastical puppet-theatre.
Equations for a Moving Body
Hannah Nicklin’s triathlon tale is engaging, but only on an educational level
Happy Dave
Rave culture gets revived as a potential solution to millennial angst.
The Wee Review Fringe Awards
Announcing The Wee Review’s inaugural awards for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Fringe at Greenside
The venue enters its second decade at the Fringe with apocalyptic tales and comedy classics.
Bella Heesom
Theatre-maker on the loss of her parents and the piece she made about it, My World Has Exploded A Little Bit
Edinburgh Comedy Awards panel announced
Edinburgh’s most prestigious award to be chosen by ten-strong team
Fringe at the Laughing Horse
They may no longer have the Counting House, but the Laughing Horse’s Free Festival still straddles the city.
Naked Attraction
Channel 4’s nude dating show is neither sexy nor enlightened. It’s a backward step for tolerance.
Mairi Campbell
The Scottish musician talks about her Summerhall Fringe show and her quest to heal cultural wounds
