EdFringe Review: Amnesia

EdFringe Review: Amnesia

Will Quinn Aug 30, 2026 3 min read
Pounding Clubland anthems collide with Britain’s social care crisis in Amnesia, Kimberly Hart-Simpson’s buoyant, bruised study of working-class survival.
EdFringe Review: The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey

EdFringe Review: The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey

Will Quinn Aug 30, 2026 3 min read
Beneath the dark gothic whimsy of The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey at Summerhall lies a devastating, finely tuned portrait of a heart attempting to mend.
EdFringe Review: Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It

EdFringe Review: Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It

Will Quinn Aug 29, 2026 4 min read
Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland's Appalachian Bigfoot farce gets lost in narrative clutter, but its physical bravura and kinetic energy remain irresistible.
Edinburgh Book Festival Day 14: Colm Tóibín & Ali Smith with The New European Ensemble

Edinburgh Book Festival Day 14: Colm Tóibín & Ali Smith with The New European Ensemble

Sandra MacDonald Aug 29, 2026 5 min read
Colm Tóibín shares writing wisdom and signs Claire Keegan's book, while Ali Smith pairs her Seasonal Quartet with modern chamber music at Greyfriars Kirk.
EIF Review: When Prophecy Fails

EIF Review: When Prophecy Fails

YUXI JIANG Aug 28, 2026 3 min read
Groupwork turns a landmark 1950s cognitive dissonance study into When Prophecy Fails, a hypnotic physical theatre piece on the human logic of belief.