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 Billy Fury Story
The late singer’s star may be fading, but not for lack of devotion by his former bandmates
Counting House Kow Tows?
Editor Robert James Peacock ruminates on rumours that The Counting House is set to be a paid venue at this year’s Fringe.
Interview: Declaration Festival
We talk to Andrew Eaton-Lewis, one of the programmers behind Declaration, a new human rights festival in Glasgow
Z & Saffire: The Realities of Reality TV
Portobello Reality TV couple Z and Saffire on the naming dispute that shook them up
Interview: Hidden Door
We speak to Creative Director, David Martin, about plans for Edinburgh’s not-for-profit arts festival when it returns to King’s Stables Road in May
Play Look Paint Shoot
Scottish BAFTA nominated animator Ross Hogg curates a splendid selection of animated shorts.
Lorna Bruce, Gather Festival
We talked to Lorna Bruce of the University of Edinburgh’s Gather Festival to find out what it’s all about…
On the Glasgow Effect
Editor Robert James Peacock on the controversy surrounding Creative Scotland’s grant to artist Ellie Harrison.
The Bruce In Ireland
Robert’s ambitious younger brother Edward terrorises the Emerald Isle in this Black Dingo Production at Assembly Roxy
A Word With Dr Johnson
Educational look at the life of the famous lexicographer feels more like re-enactment than interpretation.
And Then There Were None
With that title, you may know what’s coming, but King’s Theatre’s latest Agatha Christie remains a thrill.
The Bridge
A portrait of a grandfather inspires performer Annie George’s family history piece, set in Colonial India.
Hidden
Lyceum Youth Theatre’s new promenade piece allows you to snoop around the hidden bits of the old theatre. Editor Robert James Peacock went along to find out more…
Descent
A successful family man is lost to early onset dementia in this discomfiting lunchtime play.
Asian Dub Foundation: THX 1138 Live
Successful rescoring of early George Lucas film gets slightly lost in the mix.
Gilded Balloon Comedy Nights October
Jen Brister, Chris Macarthur-Boyd and Jarred Christmas are this month’s trio at the Festival Theatre Studio.
140 Million Miles
Decent space saga in which a young couple sign up for a Mars mission to escape their reality.