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Review: How To Win Against History - The Henry Cyril Paget musical by Seiriol Davies | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Seiriol Davies' 2016 Edinburgh Fringe hit ' How To Win Against History ' returns to the Edinburgh festival in 2025 to mark the 150th...

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Aug 10, 20253 min read


Review: Ghost Light | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 - Young Pleasance
Pleasance Theatre's award-winning young company for performers aged 16-21 has produced original shows for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe...

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Aug 9, 20253 min read


Review: A Jaffa Cake Musical | Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Gigglemug Theatre bring their 2024 Edinburgh Fringe hit A Jaffa Cake Musical back to the festival for one final outing in 2025. A Jaffa...

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Aug 9, 20253 min read


Review: Nerds, the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates musical at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
A new musical comedy about the rival fathers of the tech revolution, Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple , comes to the...

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Aug 8, 20253 min read


Edinburgh Lyceum's The Seagull cast announced
The full cast has been announced for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh ’s reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull. A star cast joins Caroline Quentin on The Royal Lyceum Stage including Forbes Masson, Tallulah Greive, John Bett and Irene Allan. Find the full cast details below. Full cast announced for The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh’s reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece The Seagull The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh today announces the full cast for

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Aug 7, 20253 min read


Review: Hot Mess - a new musical, at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Original rom-com musical Hot Mess has its world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 following previews at the Birmingham...

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Aug 6, 20253 min read


Review: Motorhome Marilyn - Michelle Collins makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut
Eastenders legend Michelle Collins makes her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Motorhome Marilyn, a dark comedy by Ben Weatherill,...

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Aug 4, 20252 min read


Review: Consumed by Karis Kelly | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 - Paines Plough
Karis Kelly ’s play Consumed , directed by Katie Posner , receives its world premiere on the Traverse stage this August, in a Paines...

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Aug 3, 20252 min read


Review: Make It Happen by James Graham - RBS play starring Brian Cox | Edinburgh International Festival 2025
Make It Happen is a new play by James Graham , directed by Andrew Panton , that tells the story of the Royal Bank of Scotland ’s rise and...

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Aug 2, 20254 min read
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