Catriona Faint

For Dolores

For Dolores

★★★★☆ Vibrant energy

For Dolores at the Traverse is a gloriously chaotic and at times horrifying slice of life, performed with suitable pizzazz.

Aug 9 2026 | By More
Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

★★★★★ Stunning

Filled with humour, lust and longing, Lost Girls / At Bus Stops in the Box at Assembly George Square, is not only a lesbian love story but also a love letter to Edinburgh and the Fringe.

Aug 23 2025 | By More
PPP: Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

PPP: Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

★★★☆☆ Excellent performances

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a rather sweet take on a time-honoured dramatic dilemma.

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Book Festival 2024 round-up 1

Book Festival 2024 round-up 1

Paul Bright re-excavated, Perambulations of a Justified Sinner, Lone Tree

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has moved home again for 2024, to its new (permanent) home at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, part of the Quartermile development at the old Infirmary.

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Faint plays Munro’s Katherine

Faint plays Munro’s Katherine

Catriona Faint takes title role in fifth James Play

The title role of Katherine Hamilton in Rona Munro’s latest James Play, James V: Katherine, will be played by Catriona Faint, who was recently seen as Jonathan in the NTS production of Dracula – Mina’s Reckoning.

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Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning

Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning

★★★★☆ Angry

You can’t keep a good vampire down for long, and the story of Dracula keeps coming back to the stage, with its depictions of transgressive behaviour making it a constant candidate for reinvention.

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