Summerhall
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★★★★☆ Powerful evocation
Set one year before the Haitian revolution of 1791, Placeholder at the EAS Studios @ Summerhall, powerfully evokes women’s lost voices in a piece that honours the lives of those who were stolen.
Balfour Reparations
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking Summerhall (Venue 26): Wed 13 – Mon 25 Aug 2025 Review by Suzanne O’Brien Balfour Reparations, created by Farah Saleh and playing Sunmmerhall for the last two weeks of the Fringe, imagines a hypothetical scenario that raises questions about Britain’s colonial legacy in Palestine and its role in the country’s past, […]
Piano Noir: Will Pickvance
★★★☆☆ Crowd pleaser
Will Pickvance’s new hour, Piano Noir is a virtuosic feat with plenty of ideas and a meta-theatrical bent. It is musically sound and immersive and clever, even if its conclusion fails to convince.
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.
MILES.
★★★★☆ Elegant
MILES., at Summerhall throughout the Fringe, is a well crafted exploration of the life of Miles Davis. The production is by :DELIRIUM: and Lauren Reed Productions, and is written and directed by the company’s artistic director Oliver Kaderbhai.
Hamlet – Wakefulness
★★★☆☆ Keyed up
Hamlet – Wakefulness, at Summerhall for the Fringe’s first two weeks, is an undoubtedly powerful affair, whose eventual effect is decidedly mixed.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD
★★★★☆ Focused anarchy
PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, late night at Summerhall throughout the Fringe, promises to be a biography, then threatens to descend into anarchy, while always remaining a stupidly smart jab at patriarchy and at performance itself.
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.
SKYE: A Thriller
★★★☆☆ Stylish
SKYE: A Thriller, at Summerhall throughout the Fringe, is an intriguing concept that never quite adds up to the sum of its parts.
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