Archive for August 12th, 2025
Tales From Your Queer Elder
★★★☆☆ Embodied
Lucia August returns to the Fringe with Tales From Your Queer Elder, a three-act reflection on her journey through life, dance, and existing outside societal norms and expectations.
Loud Poets
★★★★★ Wordplay masterclass
In the world of spoken word in Scotland, Loud Poets have become something of an institution, celebrating high-calibre poetry in all its forms while continually pushing the boundaries of live performance since 2014.
Waiting in Love
★★★☆☆ Waiting too long
Waiting in Love, Moreland Productions Fringe debut written by Scott Young, follows Alan, a would be writer and actual stoner, through a year that begins with him breaking up with his partner and ends with him still not over her.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
★★★★☆ Dreamy
Arkle’s presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week is an extremely impressive, thoroughly enjoyable affair.
The 39 Steps
★★★★☆ Spiffing
Arkle’s The 39 Steps, at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week, is a glorious piece of tongue-in-cheek entertainment.
Someone Has Got to Be John
★★★★☆ Urgent
Playing at Studio at theSpaceTriplex for the final two weeks of the Fringe, Someone Has Got to Be John is a scathing critique of the state of trans healthcare in the UK, told through the prism of an ill-fated Beatles tribute band.
Bare
★★★☆☆ Ambitious
Edinburgh Little Theatre brings Bare: A Pop Opera to the Alba stage at Hill Street Theatre for a full run of the Fringe, an ambitious musical of teenage angst and queer identity in a Catholic boarding school.
Jumper Bumps
★★★☆☆ Empowering
Massive relationship issues are handled with a confident comic touch in Jumper Bumps, an empowering debut play by women, for women, at Gilded Balloon’s Appleton Tower all Fringe.
Kevin Quantum: Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers
★★★☆☆ High voltage
Edinburgh-based physicist-turned-magician Kevin Quantum brings a new bag of tricks to amaze audiences at the Assembly Rooms this Fringe.
Colours Run
★★★★☆ Devastating
Colours Run, from 4Play at Summerhall for the full run of the Fringe is a devastating rollercoaster of revelations, exploring cycles of abuse and what it means to love.
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