★★★☆☆ Measured Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge (Venue 7): Fri 1 – Sun 24 Aug 2025 Review by Emily Geeson Haggis, Neeps and Burns in the lower hall of Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge is an ode to Scotland’s national poet: recounted through letters, songs, and stories, it’s a mash-up that matches the […]
★★★★★ Vitriolic
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. And choose watching this show. Trainspotting Live is back at the Fringe for another successful season in the tunnel under the EICC, and it packs in an absolute punch during its eighty-minute run-time.
★★★☆☆ Crowd-pleasing
A History of Country, from Edinburgh Little Theatre throughout the Fringe, is a pleasing personal journey by singer Nicole Flynn featuring oodles of country songs.
★★★☆☆ Eerie
Shirley: A Ghost Story, from Moon Rabbit on odd dates at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall throughout the Fringe, is a carefully written and well performed piece of spooky theatre.
★★★☆☆ Fresh
Epona Productions bring some fresh and funny new writing to Leith Depot with #KaraokeKarma, an entertaining karaoke comedy drama exploring workplace politics and mental health.
★★★☆☆ Engaging
Mending Nets is a gently lyrical but calmly assertive lunchtime entertainment at the Storytelling Centre throughout the Fringe.
★★★★★ Pitch perfect.
With an incredibly strong cast and stand out performances all around, Sound Events Scotland’s Little Shop of Horrors at Braw Venues @ Hill Street is a guaranteed treat for audiences both old and new.
★★☆☆☆ Rushed
Everest Mallory 24 (With Stanley) – Andy Dickinson’s one-man show at Paradise in the Vaults from 2-23 August – mixes the droll storytelling tradition of Michael Palin’s Ripping Yarns with an Everyman take on the heroism and recklessness behind the failed expedition.
★★☆☆☆ Becalmed
Fringe newcomer Philip Simpson brings a performance of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” to Just the Tonic at The Mash House for the final two weeks of the Fringe.
★★★★☆ Instructive
An American Love Letter to Edinburgh is a touching and instructive hour of storytelling by Rick Conte at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, blending the personal and historical to celebrate the storied relationship between the two countries.