Archive for August 18th, 2026
Pip Utton’s Farewell to Edinburgh Fringe
Rebecca Mahar talks to the great monodramatist.
To say that Pip Utton, has done all the biggies, from Hitler to Thatcher, Francis Bacon to William Shakespeare, from Lear to Dickens, is to undervalue the nature of his performance. Utton has been those people, in a series of monodramas that allow him inhabit them like a chameleon on a leaf.
Bull/Fight
★★★★☆ Intense
Bull/Fight at Summerhall throughout the Fringe is an elliptical piece of physical theatre that has real power.
Elizabeth I: Regina Vagina
★★★★★ Energetic
Elizabeth I: Regina Vagina from Old’n’Dead Productions packs in humour, music and more facts about the Tudors and Elizabeth I than you will ever need, in a peak-Fringe adults-only production.
Penelope
★★★★☆ Stirring
The folksy chamber musical Penelope, playing Belly Button at Underbelly Cowgate all Fringe, is a must-see for fans of Hadestown, Greek mythology, and stories of nuanced and powerful women.
Dune! The Musical
★★★★★ Professional Troubadour
Dune! The Musical is a masterclass in storytelling as Dan Collins crams an awesome amount of Frank Herbert’s expansive space opera into an hour.
Mother, Maiden and Crone
★★★★★ Queer excellence
An homage to the Edinburgh queer scene, Mother, Maiden and Crone, playing at Bedlam Theatre all Fringe, turns Macbeth into an uproarious farcical comedy about a hen do gone wrong at a struggling gay bar.
Build a Fort
★★★★☆ Creative
Build a Fort from Not Cricket Productions at The Speakeasy at the Royal Scots Club is a refreshing and fulfilling start to a day at the Fringe, or any other day if it comes to that.
Legendary
★★★★★ Life-altering
Cheeyang Ng brings Legendary to Underbelly, Bristo Square in a life-altering communal experience.
Tongue Twister
★★★★★ Marvellous
Greg Sinclair and Scottish Theatre Producers’ Tongue Twister from Pleasance @ EICC is a children’s show with the widest possible appeal.
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