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Continue reading →: Oil and Whiskey- Edinburgh Fringe 2026.Although the Edinburgh Fringe finished last weekend, some of the productions have venues booked beyond it. Oil and Whiskey is one of them. The story is set around Zelda (Juliet Perel) and Teddy (Cornelius Versa) meeting up again after separating. The musical is the theatre debut for producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist…
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Continue reading →: Still Life – Theatre Royal Drury Lane.Tam Williams’ revival of Noël Coward’s Still Life, fresh from the Mill at Sonning, pulls into Theatre Royal Drury Lane for a brief London stop, and it’s a delightfully immersive one. The Grand Saloon becomes Milford Junction’s tearoom, with audiences seated at cosy tables for two and served afternoon tea as…
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Continue reading →: Night of the Fox – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.A haunting, thought-provoking, and brilliantly performed new play about identity, the secrets we hide, and the truths waiting to be uncovered. I was lucky enough to catch Aquila Youth Theatre’s Night of the Fox at its final performance at the Space @ Niddry Street, and what a way to bring the run…
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Continue reading →: A Forgotten Woman:Mrs Oscar Wilde- Edinburgh Fringe 2026.The flamboyant Irish man Oscar Wilde is one the most well renowned playwrights of his generation. His sexuality and time in “Reading Gaol” are well documented, along with many of popular plays being performed across the UK every year. However, Wilde was also married with two children. His estranged wife,…
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Continue reading →: Dinosaurs-Edinburgh Fringe 2026.Dinosaurs wasn’t quite what I was expecting. I expected comedy and dinosaur’s antics of some description, although not sure what. Especially as the costume worn by Mandy Rubeli playing Norma is exceptionally well made. Instead, it’s a time travelling story about a dinosaur that’s been transported through time and landed…
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Continue reading →: Baby Brain-Edinburgh Fringe 2026.Baby Brain introduces the audience to Cass played by Kimberly Nixon. She is currently in a mother and parent unit in the hospital. She has a newborn baby and postpartum psychosis which can come on soon after a mother has given birth. This condition affects around 1 in 1,000 mothers…
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Continue reading →: Good With Faces – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.What can stand between a mother and her child? And more importantly, what should? These questions and many more regarding power and love resonate throughout this drama directed and written by Oisín Kearney, in which Garrick (Clodagh Mooney Duggan) is a single mother introduced to us via a living room…
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Continue reading →: Giulio Cesare in Egitto – Arcola TheatreThe Arcola Theatre rounds off the 19th season of Grimeborn with Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, one of the composer’s most celebrated operas. In this intimate new production from New Trinity Baroque, conductor Predrag Gosta directs from the harpsichord, bringing plenty of energy and warmth to Handel’s music. The story has…
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Continue reading →: Awesome Andy – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.Awesome Andy, better known as Andy Boyd, the self-proclaimed “Professional Show Off,” has brought his brand-new family variety show to the Fringe this year, and it is an absolute delight. As part of the free fringe and performing at CC Bloom, Andy combined stand-up comedy for children, playful clowning, silliness…
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Continue reading →: Prophets- Edinburgh Fringe 2026.The timing of the Edinburgh weather on the day I reviewed Prophets was perfectly timed. It’s set on a small fictional South Pacific island and exposed to the elements. As the weather setting for the play was misty and murky with tropical rain, the rain hitting the metal of the…












