1+ week, 6+ day ago   (502+ words) Mr Bergmann of Deadman’s Point The Wee Review A cold case with a warm and wounded heart Most of this story is fictional, but this much of it is true: in 2009 a mysterious man travelled to a small town in…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (515+ words) The Wee Review Brecht’s great warning, thoughtfully explored The first thing you notice is the wall: a stark, shabby, mottled grey backdrop that looms over scenes and characters, an ever-present symbol of bleakness and unfeeling brutality. Bertolt Brecht wrote Fear…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) Instagram funny guys leap convincingly from screen to stage Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel is at Hoots @ The Apex – Hoot 6 until Mon 31 Aug 2026 Uni sex comedy is solid but fumbles Moliere gets the modern treatment Sheeps member and SNL UK head…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (450+ words) ADEY The Wee Review Touching poetic thank-you note to a mother and a community In Tigrinya, one of the languages of Eritrea, “Adey” means “mum”. Bethlehem Wolday-Myers’ mum moved from Eritrea to London decades ago, leaving behind a country torn…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (296+ words) Compelling, articulate adaptation of two of Poe’s best-loved works Stephen Smith, who directs himself for Threedumb Theatre, in these two gothic horror stories is on a one-man mission to reintroduce the world to Edgar Alan Poe,whose gothic horror stories…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (64+ words) Character comedy with an innovative framing device and a sublty-delivered emotional punch ‘For Your Consideration‘ is at Nook at Gilded Balloon Teviot until Sun 30 Aug 2026 16 August 202616 August 2026 A tempting danse macabre that makes you shiver in wonder Ventriloquism is alive…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (490+ words) A tempting danse macabre that makes you shiver in wonder Strange Tales from Liaozhai is a conceptual play for non-purists which explores the boundaries between the real and the supernatural. It is based on the collection of the same name…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) Solo show demonstrates emotional heft in recounting one couple’s Chernobyl experience Elena Arvigo‘s solo woman show for Rhymes with Purple is a powerful hour of emotionally strong political theatre that tries hard to find a division between love and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (101+ words) Perhaps what’s so surprising is the size of the venue for such a talented comic. I’m pretty sure Granny’s tea leaves are rightly predicting a return to Edinburgh in a decidedly bigger venue. This might be the only chance to…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (94+ words) Fun, funny heartwarming story of hope Cathy has just buried her husband, Tommy. Her daughter Flo, son-in-law Colin and granddaughter Amy bring take out round after the funeral. But it’s not long before the bickering breaks out over the prawn…...