Review: She Shall Not Be Moved – Joanne Kilday

Show - She Shall Not Be Moved Venue - theSpace on the Mile Rating - **** Reviewer - Joanne Kilday This fresh, original piece of writing, set in a modern day witch trial, is a meditation on what it means to be a woman; the challenges we face, and how they break us, bind us...

Review: Never None (But She) – Viki Matejova

Never none (but she) Rating: *** Location: Space Triplex (studio) Reviewer: Viki Matejova Never none (but she), the first production of AsterGlow, is a promising endeavour into meaningful storytelling. Set in a fantasy world where magic and powers mirror real life inequalities, it is a conceptually striking piece of theatre.  The play features powerful characters...

Review: Naomi Karavani: Dominant – Rachel-Anne Clarke

Show: Naomi Karavani: Dominant Venue: Just The Tonic @ Marlin’s Wynd Star Rating: **** Reviewer: Rachel-Anne Clarke Deep in her cave in the heart of Edinburgh, Naomi Karavani’s audience are gathering. The show hasn’t begun but the hype tracks are setting the tone – Dominant. From the off it is clear she is a competent...

Review: Ginger Monologues – Clare Louise Roberts

Show: Ginger Monologues Venue: Venue 53 The Space @ Surgeons Hall, Theatre 2 Star rating: *** Reviewer: Clare Louise Roberts Armed with a beautiful voice and a self-deprecating manner, Marie Ann’s cabaret and stand up entertains us with light fun, dedicated to those who are teased for being ginger, which is, as she observes; ‘one...

Review: Age Fright: 35 & Counting – Auburn Scallon

Show: Age Fright: 35 and Counting Venue:  PQA Venues Star rating: ***** Reviewer: Auburn Scallon A 1990s slumber party and Jaleelah Galbraith’s standup show have a lot in common: comfortable clothes, easy conversation, lots of laughs, and moments of deeply personal emotions. “Jal”, as her marketing materials introduce her,  owns the stage with the confidence...

Review: John Pendal: Monster – Sarah MacDonald

Show: Monster Venue: Turret @ Gilded Balloon Teviot Stars: ***** Reviewer: Sarah MacDonald John Pendal storms the stage with heart wrenching honesty complimented by some raunchy titbits, in a show full of straight-from-the-heart laughter, in his triumphant return to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with his show “Monster”. Directed by the wonderful Laura Lexx, the formidable...

Review: Fights Like a Girl – Rachel-Anne Clarke

Show: Fights Like A Girl Venue: The Stand's New Town Theatre Star Rating: ***** Reviewer: Rachel-Anne Clarke It’s 22:50 when Sajeela takes to the stage - and she really does ‘take’ the stage. The crowd are quiet and wet through from the rain. It’s definitely past some of our bed times, but she is quick...

Review: Swim – Clare Louise Roberts

Show: SWIM Venue: Venue 33 - Pleasance Courtyard Star Rating: **** Reviewer: Clare Louise Roberts Serenading with an electric guitar whilst two of the four performers make small talk with entering audience members is exactly how Swim means to go on. You are looked after and you are guided throughout the show’s layers of loss...

Review: The Grandmothers Grimm – Jenni Snell

Show: The Grandmothers Grimm Venue: Paradise in the Vault Stars: **** Reviewer: Jenni Snell Ever wondered where the Grimm brothers really got their tales from? Some Kind of Theatre’s hysterical adaptation of the well-loved fairy tales we all know so well, will open your mind to the lost voices of the voiceless, also known as...

Review: Too Pretty to Punch – Sarah MacDonald

Show: Too Pretty to Punch Venue: ZOO @ the Southside Stars: ***** Reviewer: Sarah MacDonald Spoken word and “digital comedy cabaret” combine in Edalia Day’s evocative performance about the reality of growing up trans in “Too Pretty to Punch”. The poetry, music and digital videography all come together to provide an in-depth analysis of the...