Archive for August 13th, 2025
PAINKILLERS
★★★★☆ Curiously sharp
Edinburgh-based performance maker Mamoru Iriguchi’s PAINKILLERS is a meticulously crafted, charmingly funny experimental piece that explores physical and emotional pain through magic tricks and memories of love.
Ivory Cutlery
★★★☆☆ Pleasing
Ivory Cutlery by Evie Waddell, at Deaf Action and Summerhall on the Fringe’s second and third weekends, is a pleasing musical excursion into the works of Ivor Cutler, in English and BSL.
Tim Kenneth Kicks The Bucket
★★★★★ Impeccable new writing
Tim Kenneth Kicks The Bucket is an impeccably written, directed and performed production from Kestrel Eye Productions, playing theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall for Week Two of the Fringe only.
Athens of the North
★★★★☆ Choose Edinburgh!
Edinburgh born and Edinburgh bred, actor Mark Hannah returns to his hometown to perform Athens of the North, his first full-length play. This year at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, a step up from the Hibs Supporters Club he made his own last year.
Tale of a Potato
★★★★☆ Gently profound
Tale of a Potato, at Zoo Playground throughout the Fringe, is another offering with a miniature cast but a big reach from Sardinian company Batisfera.
Murder at the Fringe 1
★★★☆☆ Entertaining
Murder at the Fringe 1 presented by Edinburgh Little Theatre and featured at Braw’s George Street venue in the Grand Lodge, is a puzzling, interactive whodunnit.
Transfers
★★☆☆☆ Underdeveloped
Arbery Theatre brings new play Transfers to theSpace on the Mile for a full run of the Fringe, tracking the movement of £500 through a group of people and the connections they make.
Cassandra
★★★☆☆ Moving
Cassandra, at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the first fortnight of the Fringe, is a touching story of prophecy and suffering, written and performed by Ailsa Dixon.
PALS
★★★★☆ Cathartic
PALS from Higgledy Piggledy Productions returns to the Fringe following a successful run last year, with a hefty dose of sisterhood, impulsivity, and the realities of life as a perfectly average lassie of Scotland.
Footloose
★★★☆☆ Toe-tapping
Edinburgh Little Theatre brings a community cast production of toe-tapping favourite Footloose to Braw Theatre’s Grand Lodge venue, for the whole of the Fringe.
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