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Review: Skye - A Thriller | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Sunday Times bestselling author and award-winning theatre producer Ellie Keel makes her playwriting debut with the world première of...

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Aug 223 min read


Review: Pickled Republic | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Ruxy Cantir 's absurd vegetable cabaret Pickled Republic previously toured Scotland in 2023 to great acclaim and featured at the...

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Aug 213 min read


Review: 300 Paintings by Sam Kissajukien at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Following a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and acclaimed New York runs, Sam Kissajukien brings his original comedy, art, theatre show...

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Aug 213 min read


2025 Popcorn Award: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, new writing award goes to climate crisis musical Hot Mess
Hot Mess announced as winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2025, celebrating new voices at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, presented by...

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Aug 194 min read


Review: K Mak at the Planetarium | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
K Mak at the Planetarium fuses live cello, violin, synth and vocals with cosmic visuals. Continually selling out her homeland Australia,...

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Aug 153 min read


Cast announced for Aether at Edinburgh Fringe
The full cast is announced for TheatreGoose’s AETHER at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aether by TheatreGoose, cast Aether Cast News...

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Jul 132 min read


Full cast announced for Skye: A Thriller, at Edinburgh Fringe
Dawn Steele to star in Ellie Keel's first play Skye: A Thriller at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Casting news: Dawn Steele  to star in...

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Jul 32 min read


Review: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Songs and Stories of an Eighties Teenager
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me review. Eighties music, play, gig theatre. Ben Harrison and David Paul Jones.

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Sep 20, 20244 min read


Review: V.L. Edinburgh Fringe 2024 | VL
Gavin Jon Wright in VL. Photo credit: Mihaela Bodlovic V.L. by Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair review ★★★★★ Review: Summerhall | Edinburgh...

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Aug 19, 20243 min read
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