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The Guardian 16 August 2026 “There are other ways to listen,” says Joe (Jamie Rea) to his new friend Andy (Dylan Wood), a busker he has discovered on the street…
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The Guardian 16 August 2026 “There are other ways to listen,” says Joe (Jamie Rea) to his new friend Andy (Dylan Wood), a busker he has discovered on the street…
The Guardian 12 August 2026 The site-specific specialists at Edinburgh’s Grid Iron company could have gone for a number of locations to suit an adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s semi-autobiographical novel.…
The Guardian 10 August 2026 Eilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorcroft, a tremendous male-centred comedy inspired by her father’s amateur football team. Now she has moved…
The Guardian 9 August What impresses about Jack MacGregor as a playwright is their willingness to take us into the wider world. Nightlands was set in a deserted Russian research…
The Guardian 8 August 2026 It is rare to come out of a show raving about the structure, but the unusual plotting distinguishes Milly Sweeney’s two-hander. The young playwright’s theme…
The Guardian 8 August 2026 If you found Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey too bombastic, you might prefer your Greek drama filtered like this. Written and directed by Zinnie Harris, Supposing:…
The Guardian 11 August 2026 Dusk has settled on Edinburgh Castle and now a laser beam is scribbling a route across its ramparts and high into the sky. The voice…
The List 21 July 2026 Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre is all things to all people. Want evidence? Just look at the first two shows after the Tollcross venue officially reopens following…
The Guardian 17 July 2026 If Frances Ruffelle fancied putting on a one-woman cabaret show, it would be pretty good. The West End and Broadway star has certainly pulled together…
The Guardian 10 July 2026 You know when you walk into a room then forget why you came in? Maureen Beattie does that at the start of this gender-swapped version…