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Fringe Review: Worbey and Farrell (*****)

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Steven Worbey and Kevin Farrell are a piano duo whose acrobatic finger-work on the piano leaves you awestruck at its speed and dexterity. The audience are able to appreciate the complexity of this by...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: The Presentment (***)

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This heavyweight ecclesiastical play deals with the political 'hot potato' of gay priests being active in the church. It shows how the younger generation have become more accepting of such a change but the...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Leo (*****)

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Leo is a superb physical one-man dance show show that is highly likely to have you on your feet by the end, giving a standing ovation. The show is mind-bending, illusionistic and spellbinding. Leo, Tobias...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: David Leddy’s ‘Untitled Love Story’ (***)

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This meditative theatre offering will leave you spaced out and yogic types will love it.This was a production of high quality although it was one that the reviewer could not seem to connect with....

Faces of the Fringe – Part 3

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Faces of the Fringe continues with another look at some of the remarkable characters spotted on the Royal Mile and some other streets within the City. 

Faces of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Part 2

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Over the past week whilst The Reporter has been out doing reviews, there has been enough time to get pictures of various characters performing and marketing their shows in the Fringe.Some are plain eccentric,...

Fringe Review: Scary Gorgeous (***)

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Whilst Scary Gorgeous may not suit everyone - like the reviewer- the younger generation will love it. It is modern, with plenty of sex references and singing. The central characters, Helen and Abbi  give...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Circus of the Orient (**)

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by Martin Belk If you want a big, loud, expensive, haphazard day out of the rain and have absolutely nowhere else to go then this is the show for you. The good thing about 'circus'...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review – Caruso and the Monkey House Trial (****)

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Reviewer: Martin Belk is editor of ONE Magazine, contributor to The Scotsman, and The Scottish Review of BooksTake an actual story from history about a famous singer named Enrico Caruso, which happens to be...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Mogic (****)

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       Mogic is comedy magic that has the audience laughing from start to finish. The mail order magic kit has arrived with only an instructional tape cassette, now what can possibly go wrong ...? The...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Sharron Matthews Superstar: Jesus Thinks I’m Funny (***)

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Sharron certainly comes out in her show as being a very confident Canadian lady with a slick act that follows a script. She has a loud and powerful voice that, at times, can sound...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: Anton’s Uncles (*****)

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In this fresh and physical look at Chekhov’s ground-breaking play, Uncle Vanya, only the men remain, wrestling with their desires. The Los Angeles-based Theatre Movement Bazaar explodes this classic play of lives unlived, merging...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Review: The Hamiltons – High Jinks with the Hamiltons (****)

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Christine and Neil Hamilton are back for their 4th appearance, after a 2 year break, at the Fringe.  Their familiar chat show is filled with fun, liberal sprinklings of champagne for their guests and...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Fresher the Musical ***

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This musical which is being staged at the Pleasance Dome needs just a little more polish to its acting. I will say that this was reviewed on the first day of the preview shows...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe preview – The W.R.E.N.S Need You: An Edinburgh Rendezvous.

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At Venue 18, Sweet Grassmarket, City 1, August 4/28th, the engagingly alliterative Tiny Teapot Theatre ensemble premier Edinburgh born playwright, Anne McGravie’s, compelling drama ‘Wrens’ (Women’s Royal Navy Service). The production, drawing on McGravie's personal...

Leith On The Fringe 5-29 August 2011

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(By Giulia Mattei and Ben Graham) This year, for the first time, Leith will take part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August, with an exciting programme of events to be enjoyed by every age...

Edinburgh job – Fringe Central & Events Manager

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This is advertised as a temporary job - and there is a very long job description as follows:- FRINGE CENTRAL & EVENTS MANAGER (TEMP)Roles and responsibilitiesIn this role you will need the confidence and...

Virgin Money to “paint the town red”at the Fringe

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Virgin Money, the financial services division of the Virgin Group, has today announced a sponsorship deal with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society for ‘Fringe on the High Street’. ‘Fringe on the High...

Have The Assembly Rooms been saved?

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Work is set to begin within weeks on the £9.3m refurbishment of one of Edinburgh's best loved historic buildings after councillors voted towards the end of last week to appoint a contractor.The...