Reviews
Ultimatum
Incisive two-hander is minimalist in approach yet complex in execution
Eh Up, Me Old Flowers!
Illuminating biography puts the contradictions of UK’s first primetime black comic under the microscope
An Evening Without Kate Bush
Join the shoal as you become one of the Fish People and explore the music of the influential singer
Séayoncé: Res-Erection
The fortune ball detects great music, entertaining audience participation, all the puns and some unexpected touching moments
She-Wolves
A moving and educational display of dancing prowess that loosens the male grip on history in sensational fashion
Famous Puppet Death Scenes
A ridiculous, solemn and, above all, funny mockery of death, told through puppets and wacky imagination
Rusalka
Dvořák’s opera wonderfully captures movement and design, but is light on aria
Billy Boy
Humour abounds in raw account of life as a ‘bonie’ in Northern Ireland
A Mighty Fall From Grace
A young man’s fortunes become entwined with the demise of the rugby league club he supports in this Fringe debut
A Eulogy For Roman
Memories of a late friend help bring the room together in love
Counting and Cracking
Chronicle of Sri Lankan political and personal history makes for epic theatre
Pete Heat: Blimey
Like all the best magicians, Heat knows that we know he’s lying to us, and delights in dancing on right on the edge of that delicate line.
Sara Barron: Hard Feelings
Another cracking hour of standup from Barron, though not for the faint-hearted
Raymond Mearns’ Big Red Bus Tour Around Edinburgh!
Fact and laugh-filled tour of the city in the company of Scottish Fringe favourite