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‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ Review: Gayle Rankin’s Magnetic Turn

Reviving Muriel Spark’s famous Edinburgh schoolteacher carries the risk of slipping into knowing, witty nostalgia. The new National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum, and Pitlochry…

Review: The Steamie – King’s Theatre, Edinburgh

Originally written and produced on stage in 1987 – and then televised in 1988 – The Steamie is a classic and was reputedly Scotland’s longest-running…

Welcome to the Fringe Palestine Launches 2027 Open Call

Following a revived iteration in 2025, the Welcome to the Fringe Palestine initiative is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2027. Organisers…

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Voila! Theatre Festival 2026: The Women Breaking London’s Borders

‘There are less and less opportunities for us to experience together, and this rising isolation contributes to stereotypes and prejudices becoming established opinions’, says Katharina…

Inside Operation Mincemeat: The WWII musical conquering the UK

As the Olivier and Tony Award-winning musical arrives for its highly anticipated Scottish dates, cast members Christian Andrews and Charlotte Hanna-Williams discuss the emotional reality…

Sisterhood Under Siege: The Cast of ‘Girls’ at the Young Vic

‘I don’t think many people can pull on their own lived experiences,’ said Tara Tijani. ‘But I think we can use our lived experiences of…

Noga Flaishon on Memoriam and the ethics of VR history

As her sci-fi play Memoriam prepares for its London premiere, playwright Noga Flaishon discusses the ethics of VR, the commercialisation of history, and mining deep…

Canine Logic and Reinvention in Southwark’s ‘Dog Mom’

‘At her core, Dog is a best friend. And the play is a love story.’ So says playwright Tate Elizabeth Hanyok, defining the emotional core…

How ‘Hen Night Horror’ is Turning Highland Dread into Stage Farce

Fraser Boyle and Ali Cleland’s original Scottish musical Hen Night Horror returns to the stage this autumn. Running from 29 September to 31 October, the…

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Welcome to the Fringe Palestine Launches 2027 Open Call

Following a revived iteration in 2025, the Welcome to the Fringe Palestine initiative is set to return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2027. Organisers…

EdFringe Review: Salome – Oscar Wilde’s Tragedy Lost to Fringe Abstraction

Condensing Oscar Wilde’s febrile tragedy Salome into a thirty-minute solo sprint is an ambitious gambit. Staged by international collective Changing Perspectives, this physical theatre adaptation…

EdFringe Review: Desperate Wee Gay Boy

We start with Ollie (Fraser Kelsey, also writer), a bright-faced young lad partying his life away in a London club far from his native Scotland…