4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (440+ words) EdinburghGuide.com Do Better: A Dramagedy, Greenside @ George St, Review Upon entering the room I'm given a pen and paper an asked to write one thing I'd like to "do better", there's only a moment before the show is due…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (389+ words) There is something tangibly ominous from the very beginning of Mere Mortals, as if humanity has stepped into a man-made machine that it no longer controls. In this dark, surreal reimagining of Pandora’s Box, choreographer Aszure Barton sets the ancient…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (80+ words) The journey shows Miriam through a journey of impending loss, grief and guilt. She asks the question all parents ask when their children go down the wrong path: ‘What did I do wrong?’ It's a powerful, heart-rending and haunting portrayal…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) As Lyudmila emerges from a hazmat suit, so does her story. Vines cover the chairs and table in her abandoned Pripyat home. She moves them aside, sits quietly, pensively, and with delicate movements puts her wedding ring back on. Then…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) Atticwife dives headfirst with a scathing look into the problematically popular “trad-wife” phenomenon in which primarily (young, white) women are eschewing careers, education, and often their own friends and family in order to serve and submit to their husbands - and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (153+ words) Kara Wilson has created her own unique style of one woman Fringe shows with her series of Painter Plays, previously portraying Beryl Cook and Vanessa Bell. This year, she has selected the artist, Helen Bradley, whose vivid, figurative landscapes capture…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (92+ words) The cutting and editing between light and dark settings plus the excellent sound track combine to create a visually appealing performance. The ensemble cast produce some quite memorable sequences and feelings and the experience and emotions of depression and grief…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (303+ words) Thirteen-year-old Alan proudly tells us about his dad’s best friends. He has earned his place at the grown-ups’ table by fetching their drinks from the bar of The Jolly Fisherman. The years move on, chalked up on the darts scoreboard....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (345+ words) It takes a special kind of writing and performance to have someone laughing while they’re crying multiple times throughout your show - clearly, that is who Destiny Faith Nelson is as a storyteller. To put it plainly, this is a show…...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (430+ words) EdinburghGuide.com One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum, Greenside @ Riddle's Court, Review There is truly no one who is more Poe than Stephen Smith, except perhaps for Edgar Allen himself. Smith uses the original…...