@festmag.bsky.social
"Performers bend into startling shapes, lift themselves precariously high above the stage, and enact breathtaking stunts"
Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words) – ★★★★ #EdFringe review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words) – ★★★★ #EdFringe review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
Review: Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words)
A showcase of true dedication and skill…
festmag.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Performers bend into startling shapes, lift themselves precariously high above the stage, and enact breathtaking stunts"
Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words) – ★★★★ #EdFringe review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words) – ★★★★ #EdFringe review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
JEEZUS! is a fun and filthy musical theatre show about growing up queer in Latin America – and there's still a chance to catch the ★★★★ #EdFringe show this weekend
Review: JEEZUS!
Fun and filthy musical theatre from Latin America
festmag.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
JEEZUS! is a fun and filthy musical theatre show about growing up queer in Latin America – and there's still a chance to catch the ★★★★ #EdFringe show this weekend
"An hour of acerbic, self-deprecating and satirical jokes"
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: GIANMARCO SORESI – read @louiscammell.bsky.social's review and catch @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social's last available tickets
festmag.com/2025/08/19/r...
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: GIANMARCO SORESI – read @louiscammell.bsky.social's review and catch @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social's last available tickets
festmag.com/2025/08/19/r...
Review: Gianmarco Soresi: The Drama King Tour
Joke-a-minute stand-up expertly skirts the line
festmag.com
August 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"An hour of acerbic, self-deprecating and satirical jokes"
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: GIANMARCO SORESI – read @louiscammell.bsky.social's review and catch @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social's last available tickets
festmag.com/2025/08/19/r...
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: GIANMARCO SORESI – read @louiscammell.bsky.social's review and catch @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social's last available tickets
festmag.com/2025/08/19/r...
Light-hearted, citrus coloured zealotry of the non-sectarian kind
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: ORANGE CRUSH by @ivograham.bsky.social – read @jayirichardson.bsky.social's review now
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: ORANGE CRUSH by @ivograham.bsky.social – read @jayirichardson.bsky.social's review now
Review: Ivo Graham: Orange Crush
Light-hearted, citrus coloured zealotry of the non-sectarian kind
festmag.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Light-hearted, citrus coloured zealotry of the non-sectarian kind
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: ORANGE CRUSH by @ivograham.bsky.social – read @jayirichardson.bsky.social's review now
★★★★ #EdFringe comedy review: ORANGE CRUSH by @ivograham.bsky.social – read @jayirichardson.bsky.social's review now
"Pussy Riot are an antidote – demonstrating tonight what it means to call out complicity"
RIOT DAYS is at Summerhall this #EdFringe – @anita-bh.bsky.social gives ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to the Russian protest art collective's show
festmag.com/2025/08/17/r... @pussyriot.bsky.social
RIOT DAYS is at Summerhall this #EdFringe – @anita-bh.bsky.social gives ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to the Russian protest art collective's show
festmag.com/2025/08/17/r... @pussyriot.bsky.social
Review: Pussy Riot: Riot Days
Raw, unapologetic and defiant show from the Russian protest art collective…
festmag.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Pussy Riot are an antidote – demonstrating tonight what it means to call out complicity"
RIOT DAYS is at Summerhall this #EdFringe – @anita-bh.bsky.social gives ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to the Russian protest art collective's show
festmag.com/2025/08/17/r... @pussyriot.bsky.social
RIOT DAYS is at Summerhall this #EdFringe – @anita-bh.bsky.social gives ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to the Russian protest art collective's show
festmag.com/2025/08/17/r... @pussyriot.bsky.social
"Something about grunge [...] always felt queer. It felt like I could access something in it that I couldn’t elsewhere."
#EdFringe show NO APOLOGIES by @notyetarobot.bsky.social explores discourse around Kurt Cobain’s gender identity
festmag.com/2025/08/17/i... [Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social]
#EdFringe show NO APOLOGIES by @notyetarobot.bsky.social explores discourse around Kurt Cobain’s gender identity
festmag.com/2025/08/17/i... [Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social]
Interview: Emma Frankland
Cover story: In No Apologies, Emma Frankland delves deep into the long-running internet discourse around Kurt Cobain’s gender identity. The writer-performer speaks to Arusa Qureshi about the…
festmag.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Something about grunge [...] always felt queer. It felt like I could access something in it that I couldn’t elsewhere."
#EdFringe show NO APOLOGIES by @notyetarobot.bsky.social explores discourse around Kurt Cobain’s gender identity
festmag.com/2025/08/17/i... [Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social]
#EdFringe show NO APOLOGIES by @notyetarobot.bsky.social explores discourse around Kurt Cobain’s gender identity
festmag.com/2025/08/17/i... [Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social]
"From the moment he stomped onto the world stage, he changed everything"
Two #EdFringe shows – Monstering the Rocketman and Your Song – pay homage to the iconic Elton John
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... [Interview: @jayirichardson.bsky.social]
Two #EdFringe shows – Monstering the Rocketman and Your Song – pay homage to the iconic Elton John
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... [Interview: @jayirichardson.bsky.social]
Interview: Jess Robinson and Henry Naylor on Elton John
Jess Robinson and Henry Naylor pay homage to the icon that is Elton John at this year’s Fringe…
festmag.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"From the moment he stomped onto the world stage, he changed everything"
Two #EdFringe shows – Monstering the Rocketman and Your Song – pay homage to the iconic Elton John
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... [Interview: @jayirichardson.bsky.social]
Two #EdFringe shows – Monstering the Rocketman and Your Song – pay homage to the iconic Elton John
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... [Interview: @jayirichardson.bsky.social]
"There are ways in which the culture around you threatens you and denies certain stories that are foundational; threatens your safety if you express them"
Actor/activist @khalidabdalla.bsky.social on #EdFringe show NOWHERE,
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social
Actor/activist @khalidabdalla.bsky.social on #EdFringe show NOWHERE,
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social
Interview: Khalid Abdalla
Actor and activist Khalid Abdalla discusses his intricate and playful solo show, inspired by his involvement in the Egyptian revolution of 2011…
festmag.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"There are ways in which the culture around you threatens you and denies certain stories that are foundational; threatens your safety if you express them"
Actor/activist @khalidabdalla.bsky.social on #EdFringe show NOWHERE,
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social
Actor/activist @khalidabdalla.bsky.social on #EdFringe show NOWHERE,
festmag.com/2025/08/16/i... Interview: @anita-bh.bsky.social
"Secrets and denials, which are shared with us as if we were best friends at a sleepover, speak to a self-inflicted damage caused by running away"
TELL ME WHERE HOME IS (I'M STARTING TO FORGET): ★★★★ #EdFringe theatre review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
TELL ME WHERE HOME IS (I'M STARTING TO FORGET): ★★★★ #EdFringe theatre review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
Review: Tell Me Where Home Is (I’m Starting to Forget)
Slick, self exposing one-person show
festmag.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Secrets and denials, which are shared with us as if we were best friends at a sleepover, speak to a self-inflicted damage caused by running away"
TELL ME WHERE HOME IS (I'M STARTING TO FORGET): ★★★★ #EdFringe theatre review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
TELL ME WHERE HOME IS (I'M STARTING TO FORGET): ★★★★ #EdFringe theatre review by @alekiagill.bsky.social
"Places everyone in the auditorium at the heart of the show’s narrative"
★★★★ for THANKS FOR BEING HERE, an #EdFringe theatre piece by collective @ontroerendgoed.bsky.social
★★★★ for THANKS FOR BEING HERE, an #EdFringe theatre piece by collective @ontroerendgoed.bsky.social
Review: Thanks for Being Here
Ontroerend Goed’s latest show places emphasis on the camaraderie of collective experience…
festmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Places everyone in the auditorium at the heart of the show’s narrative"
★★★★ for THANKS FOR BEING HERE, an #EdFringe theatre piece by collective @ontroerendgoed.bsky.social
★★★★ for THANKS FOR BEING HERE, an #EdFringe theatre piece by collective @ontroerendgoed.bsky.social
"Under harsh white fluorescent light, and sonically textured by ambient industrial drips, rattles, and mechanical groans, Isaiah Wilson’s Score is an eviscerating depiction of alienated labour"
★★★★ #EdFringe review: SCORE
★★★★ #EdFringe review: SCORE
Review: Score
Rich and deeply intelligent confrontation with technologies of control…
festmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Under harsh white fluorescent light, and sonically textured by ambient industrial drips, rattles, and mechanical groans, Isaiah Wilson’s Score is an eviscerating depiction of alienated labour"
★★★★ #EdFringe review: SCORE
★★★★ #EdFringe review: SCORE
"Barry Ferns’ all or nothing, stunt comedy has made him a quixotic, Fringe semi-legend"
MY SEVEN YEARS AS LIONEL RICHIE by @barryferns.bsky.social gets ★★★★ from us – see it this #EdFringe
MY SEVEN YEARS AS LIONEL RICHIE by @barryferns.bsky.social gets ★★★★ from us – see it this #EdFringe
Review: Barry Ferns: My Seven Years as Lionel Richie
Scrappy, upstart tale from the Fringe semi-legend…
festmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Barry Ferns’ all or nothing, stunt comedy has made him a quixotic, Fringe semi-legend"
MY SEVEN YEARS AS LIONEL RICHIE by @barryferns.bsky.social gets ★★★★ from us – see it this #EdFringe
MY SEVEN YEARS AS LIONEL RICHIE by @barryferns.bsky.social gets ★★★★ from us – see it this #EdFringe
"You can do Faustus like the Royal Shakespeare Company, but if you put your mindset back 400 years, the play is scandalous"
Two plays, one at the #EdFringe and one at the EIF, take on Marlowe’s Faustus, but in contrasting and confronting ways
Two plays, one at the #EdFringe and one at the EIF, take on Marlowe’s Faustus, but in contrasting and confronting ways
Interview: Basil Jones and Caden Scott on Faustus
Two plays, one at the Fringe and one at the EIF, take on Marlowe’s tragic Faustus, but in contrasting and confronting ways…
festmag.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"You can do Faustus like the Royal Shakespeare Company, but if you put your mindset back 400 years, the play is scandalous"
Two plays, one at the #EdFringe and one at the EIF, take on Marlowe’s Faustus, but in contrasting and confronting ways
Two plays, one at the #EdFringe and one at the EIF, take on Marlowe’s Faustus, but in contrasting and confronting ways
"He ricochets around his transparent cage with ferocity and uses white markers on the clear wall facing the audience to lucidly sketch out the complex tax scheme"
★★★★ #EdFringe REVIEW: The Insider
★★★★ #EdFringe REVIEW: The Insider
Review: The Insider
Real-life tale of corporate tax fraud is an unlikely thriller
festmag.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"He ricochets around his transparent cage with ferocity and uses white markers on the clear wall facing the audience to lucidly sketch out the complex tax scheme"
★★★★ #EdFringe REVIEW: The Insider
★★★★ #EdFringe REVIEW: The Insider
"From writing erotica online since the age of 14 to altercations with medical professionals, she’s laying it all out there"
HOW TO BE A BADDIE will deliver the lessons you need – check out our ★★★★ review of Urooj Ashfaq's #EdFringe hour
HOW TO BE A BADDIE will deliver the lessons you need – check out our ★★★★ review of Urooj Ashfaq's #EdFringe hour
Review: Urooj Ashfaq: How to Be a Baddie
A riotously funny and upbeat insight into deviancy, fuelled by pettiness
festmag.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"From writing erotica online since the age of 14 to altercations with medical professionals, she’s laying it all out there"
HOW TO BE A BADDIE will deliver the lessons you need – check out our ★★★★ review of Urooj Ashfaq's #EdFringe hour
HOW TO BE A BADDIE will deliver the lessons you need – check out our ★★★★ review of Urooj Ashfaq's #EdFringe hour
"She plays an entitled manchild who’s worryingly over-attached to one object – until he falls off it."
★★★★ for KATHY MANIURA: THE CYCLING MAN, at @ThePleasance this #EdFringe 🚲
★★★★ for KATHY MANIURA: THE CYCLING MAN, at @ThePleasance this #EdFringe 🚲
Review: Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man
Ingenious send-up of bike obsessives is a cracking ride
festmag.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"She plays an entitled manchild who’s worryingly over-attached to one object – until he falls off it."
★★★★ for KATHY MANIURA: THE CYCLING MAN, at @ThePleasance this #EdFringe 🚲
★★★★ for KATHY MANIURA: THE CYCLING MAN, at @ThePleasance this #EdFringe 🚲
"Magicians should only wear suits if they’re in court. Which they should be. For this poster design"
Comedian/bookseller BEN POPE went viral for sharing the book cover tropes that need to end. We asked him to give #EdFringe posters the same treatment
Comedian/bookseller BEN POPE went viral for sharing the book cover tropes that need to end. We asked him to give #EdFringe posters the same treatment
Ben Pope’s Guide to the 5 Fringe Posters He Never Wants to See Again
The comedian and bookseller went viral for sharing the book cover tropes that need to end. We asked him to give Fringe posters the same treatment
festmag.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Magicians should only wear suits if they’re in court. Which they should be. For this poster design"
Comedian/bookseller BEN POPE went viral for sharing the book cover tropes that need to end. We asked him to give #EdFringe posters the same treatment
Comedian/bookseller BEN POPE went viral for sharing the book cover tropes that need to end. We asked him to give #EdFringe posters the same treatment
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A big thrill to talk music and synaesthesia and mentoring with electronic artist @kaitlynaurelia.bsky.social for the cover of @festmag.bsky.social
festmag.com/2025/08/13/i...
She will be performing at Edinburgh International Festival, Sat 16 Aug 10pm
festmag.com/2025/08/13/i...
She will be performing at Edinburgh International Festival, Sat 16 Aug 10pm
August 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A big thrill to talk music and synaesthesia and mentoring with electronic artist @kaitlynaurelia.bsky.social for the cover of @festmag.bsky.social
festmag.com/2025/08/13/i...
She will be performing at Edinburgh International Festival, Sat 16 Aug 10pm
festmag.com/2025/08/13/i...
She will be performing at Edinburgh International Festival, Sat 16 Aug 10pm
"Rarely can a show scale such dizzying heights of silliness before plunging to such depths of existential despair"
WILD THING! features daft antics that give way to a bitter eulogy of extinct species
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r... #EdFringe
WILD THING! features daft antics that give way to a bitter eulogy of extinct species
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r... #EdFringe
Review: Wild Thing!
Wonderfully daft antics give way to bitter eulogy of extinct species
festmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Rarely can a show scale such dizzying heights of silliness before plunging to such depths of existential despair"
WILD THING! features daft antics that give way to a bitter eulogy of extinct species
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r... #EdFringe
WILD THING! features daft antics that give way to a bitter eulogy of extinct species
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r... #EdFringe
"Able to take some dark topics, and somehow make them fit into a comedy show – with only a few gasps from audience members"
Seaton Smith brings ★★★★ room-reading to TRAUMA BONDING this #EdFringe
Seaton Smith brings ★★★★ room-reading to TRAUMA BONDING this #EdFringe
Review: Seaton Smith: Trauma Bonding
Expert room-reading gets huge laughs from tough topics
festmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Able to take some dark topics, and somehow make them fit into a comedy show – with only a few gasps from audience members"
Seaton Smith brings ★★★★ room-reading to TRAUMA BONDING this #EdFringe
Seaton Smith brings ★★★★ room-reading to TRAUMA BONDING this #EdFringe
"Written to draw parallels to the Yorkshire Ripper and the ongoing onus on women to protect themselves from men 50 years on"
MANAGED APPROACH is a ★★★★★ #EdFringe drama based on the UK’s first legalised red-light district
MANAGED APPROACH is a ★★★★★ #EdFringe drama based on the UK’s first legalised red-light district
Review: Managed Approach
Moving and original drama based on the UK’s first legalised red-light district
festmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Written to draw parallels to the Yorkshire Ripper and the ongoing onus on women to protect themselves from men 50 years on"
MANAGED APPROACH is a ★★★★★ #EdFringe drama based on the UK’s first legalised red-light district
MANAGED APPROACH is a ★★★★★ #EdFringe drama based on the UK’s first legalised red-light district
"PC Nicky McCreadie defiantly reflects on her journey, slowly coming face-to-face with a past she has tried to forget."
@islacowan.bsky.social's ALRIGHT SUNSHINE gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from us – catch it at @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r...
@islacowan.bsky.social's ALRIGHT SUNSHINE gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from us – catch it at @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r...
Review: Alright Sunshine
Isla Cowan tackles big topics with a light touch and realistic characters for a hauntingly powerful piece of writing
festmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"PC Nicky McCreadie defiantly reflects on her journey, slowly coming face-to-face with a past she has tried to forget."
@islacowan.bsky.social's ALRIGHT SUNSHINE gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from us – catch it at @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r...
@islacowan.bsky.social's ALRIGHT SUNSHINE gets ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from us – catch it at @pleasance.co.uk this #EdFringe
festmag.com/2025/08/10/r...
"Wanders around questions of luck, destiny, love and death"
Up! the all-ages #EdFringe show by @visiblefictions.bsky.social, follows one character blessed with luck and another cursed with misfortune – read our ★★★★ review
Up! the all-ages #EdFringe show by @visiblefictions.bsky.social, follows one character blessed with luck and another cursed with misfortune – read our ★★★★ review
Review: Up! by Visible Fictions
All-ages show does a lot with a little
festmag.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Wanders around questions of luck, destiny, love and death"
Up! the all-ages #EdFringe show by @visiblefictions.bsky.social, follows one character blessed with luck and another cursed with misfortune – read our ★★★★ review
Up! the all-ages #EdFringe show by @visiblefictions.bsky.social, follows one character blessed with luck and another cursed with misfortune – read our ★★★★ review
We sent the Super Power Agency out into the festivals with a group of newly-trained teen reviewers to suss out the best shows for young people this #EdFringe
Young Critics at the Fringe
We sent the Super Power Agency out into the festivals with a group of newly-trained teen reviewers to suss out the best shows for young people this Fringe…
festmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We sent the Super Power Agency out into the festivals with a group of newly-trained teen reviewers to suss out the best shows for young people this #EdFringe
"Tuck tackles it all, fear and delight, with glorious gusto"
Thom Tuck – @turlygod.bsky.social – returns his clown SCARAMOUCHE JONES to the #EdFringe – read @sihawkins.bsky.social's ★★★★ review
Thom Tuck – @turlygod.bsky.social – returns his clown SCARAMOUCHE JONES to the #EdFringe – read @sihawkins.bsky.social's ★★★★ review
Review: Scaramouche Jones
Fringe veteran Thom Tuck revives clown in Justin Butcher’s 20-year-old play
festmag.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Tuck tackles it all, fear and delight, with glorious gusto"
Thom Tuck – @turlygod.bsky.social – returns his clown SCARAMOUCHE JONES to the #EdFringe – read @sihawkins.bsky.social's ★★★★ review
Thom Tuck – @turlygod.bsky.social – returns his clown SCARAMOUCHE JONES to the #EdFringe – read @sihawkins.bsky.social's ★★★★ review