Stage_ed_print_logo

The Stage’s Edinburgh coverage starts here

The Stage has reviewed hundreds of professional theatre and comedy shows throughout the course of the fringe. Below are our most recently published reviews, and you can find the full list in our reviews section.

Also, why not listen to our daily podcasts, browse our list of productions or Find out where to buy The Stage in Edinburgh?

Critics recommended productions

Comedy Must See! Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words, Pleasance Dome B-freed_large

Foster’s Comedy Award nominated show by a 20-year-old with a gift for wordplay, delivery and catch

Published on Tuesday 31 August at 11:17 by Lauren Paxman
Comedy Must See! Paul Ricketts - Kiss the Badge, Fly the Flag!, Just the Tonic @ The Caves

Funny yet provocative look at how proud the English are to be English

Published on Thursday 26 August at 12:02 by Nick Awde
Theatre Must See! Shadow Boxing, C Soco

Immense physical performance from Collis-Scurll in solo boxing production that packs a real punch

Published on Thursday 26 August at 11:40 by Thom Dibdin
Theatre Must See! Blackout, Underbelly

Big, visceral and highly-charged story-telling from aptly named ThickSkin

Published on Thursday 26 August at 10:54 by Thom Dibdin
Theatre Must See! Jordan by Anna Reynolds with Moira Buffini, Assembly @ George Street

Heartfelt one-woman play gets under the skin of its tragic source material

Published on Wednesday 25 August at 14:18 by Thom Dibdin

Latest reviews

Theatre Jo Wharmby - Let's Talk About Sex, Just the Tonic @ The Caves

Fun and educational late night chat about increasing potentials for pleasure

Published on Tuesday 31 August at 11:20 by Thom Dibdin
Theatre Unshakeable, The Spaces @ Surgeons Hall

Account of one man's experience of Parkinson's is more an inspirational speech than a theatre piece

Published on Friday 27 August at 11:02 by Gerald Berkowitz
Comedy No Son of Mine, Pleasance Courtyard

This two-man play, centred around father and son Don and Dennis Hazeley (played by Alex Kirk and ...

Published on Friday 27 August at 11:00 by Ollie Wilson
Dance/Physical Theatre Roam, Zoo Southside

Attractive dance exploration of wary meetings and power dynamics

Published on Friday 27 August at 10:57 by Gerald Berkowitz
Musicals/Opera Lovelace - a Rock Musical, Udderbelly's Pasture

Big rock-musical accepts porn but points out the sexual slavery of pimp-culture

Published on Friday 27 August at 10:53 by Thom Dibdin

Edinburgh Reviewers Blog

Conversation starters

For the thousands of people coming up to perform in Edinburgh every year, the return home afte...

August 24, 2010 16:55 Lauren Paxman
Parental Guidance

I have a friend coming up to visit Edinburgh with a teenage daughter so she asks what they sho...

August 23, 2010 09:20 Duska Radosavljevic
Spontaneity and spreadsheets

Coming up to Edinburgh has forced me to be organised in a way I rarely am at home. In order to...

August 20, 2010 09:45 Natasha Tripney
A lovely day

We’re midway through the Festival, give or take a day or two, and so far something was missing...

August 19, 2010 10:15 Gerald Berkowitz
To participate, or not to participate

You can divide opinion on audience interaction very neatly into two categories: those who like...

August 19, 2010 09:45 Lauren Paxman
So what does a quid (and 2p) get you in Edinburgh?

Woke up this morning. Went to see Monkey Poet’s Welcome to Afghanistan! (tiptop stuff) at the ...

August 16, 2010 12:30 Nick Awde

News

Doncaster's new venue gets planning approval
September 02, 2010 17:22 Natalie Woolman
ITV Studios appoints new head of arts
September 02, 2010 12:40 Matthew Hemley
More4 to go behind the scenes of The Habit of Art as part of autumn line-up
September 02, 2010 11:42 Matthew Hemley
Assembly reports record-breaking year at the Fringe
September 02, 2010 11:01 Natalie Woolman
Police face unpaid actors row
September 02, 2010 10:46 Jamie Elliott
Fringe sales up again
August 31, 2010 19:32 Thom Dibdin in Edinburgh
Amateurs to get first taste of £113m RST
September 01, 2010 14:22 Alistair Smith
Bectu members vote in favour of BBC strike
September 01, 2010 16:48 Matthew Hemley
Casting websites to fall under extended ASA remit
September 01, 2010 14:51 Matthew Hemley
Graeae to preview new musical at Liberty festival
September 01, 2010 13:46 Natalie Woolman
Ruthie Henshall to star in Blithe Spirit
August 31, 2010 15:53 Natalie Woolman
Thompson: US-friendly shows are future of TV drama
August 31, 2010 14:13 Matthew Hemley
Sky to avoid audition-based shows
August 31, 2010 14:15 Matthew Hemley
Living to commission more original drama
August 31, 2010 14:17 Matthew Hemley
BBC Two to boost number of female comedians
August 31, 2010 14:17 Matthew Hemley

Copyright © 2010 The Stage Newspaper Limited