Gretchen Maynard-Hahn

Auntie Empire

Auntie Empire

★★★☆☆ Splenetic

Auntie Empire, at Summerhall for two nights as part of Manipulate, is a thoroughly dark piece of satirical clowning. It is deliberately messy and unfocused, but perhaps that lack of focus is ultimately a disadvantage.

Feb 10 2026 | By More
Hercules the Bear

Hercules the Bear

★★★☆☆ Gentle giant

Tenterhooks’ Hercules the Bear is an entertaining piece of physical theatre based on the extraordinary and true story of a bear and his human “parents” who lived with him in Sheriffmuir in the 1980s.

Oct 2 2025 | By More
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