Review: Ballet Shoes – National Theatre 2025

Review: Ballet Shoes – National Theatre 2025

Guest Contributor Jan 7, 2026 4 min read

An eccentric archaeologist is initially reluctant when his housekeeper informs him of an orphaned distant family member, twelve-year-old Sylvia, waiting at his doorstep. Yet he takes her in, sparing one…

Review: Kevin Quantum “Edinburgh Magic” 2025

Review: Kevin Quantum “Edinburgh Magic” 2025

Guest Contributor Dec 21, 2025 3 min read

It was a real pleasure to watch a magic show this close up, not in a distant theatre seat, but in the Caledonian’s Versailles Suite, surrounded by hand-painted neoclassical murals.…

Review: Christmas Day – Almeida Theatre

Review: Christmas Day – Almeida Theatre

Will Quinn Dec 19, 2025 7 min read

Intrinsically brave, Christmas Day opens on a Chinese takeaway meal for a reuniting Jewish family. In an office building turned dodgy flat-share, Noah (Samuel Blenkin), his new girlfriend Maude (Callie…

Review: Snowy — The Studio Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Snowy — The Studio Theatre, Edinburgh

Will Quinn Dec 19, 2025 4 min read

One of three new Scottish productions brought to stage as part of Eden Court Highlands, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Capital Theatres’ Wee Ones Winter Commissions, Snowy reunites the CATS-Award-winning team…

Review: Jack and the Beanstalk — Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Review: Jack and the Beanstalk — Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Will Quinn Dec 17, 2025 5 min read

So here it is, the last edition of the King’s Panto in exile at Edinburgh’s glorious Festival Theatre before it returns home next year. One thing’s for sure, it’s going…