2+ week, 1+ day ago   (342+ words) Plastic continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Plastic is an experiment in music as theatre that stretches the mind through the captivating work of a sound and visual artist. Minyoung Kim’s presentation combines…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (412+ words) Boogie on the Bones continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026 (except 24). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Set in 1950s Soviet Russia, with modern global connotations, Boogie on the Bones is a committed new musical about the realities of being…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (194+ words) Camelton continues at Wine Bar at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 31 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In 2005, award-winning musical lyricist and performer Stephen Cole was given six weeks to write a musical for the Emir of Qatar, complete with camels, horses,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (339+ words) The Meeples: XXX continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August (except 23, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The world’s most famous puppets have lost their funding, been kicked off TV and are now being hunted down by ICE agents....

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (314+ words) Game Theory continues at Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “This is the place we’re meant to be,” declaim the lyrics of the opening number, and yes; this is the place to see and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (243+ words) Footloose: Youth Edition was reviewed at Grand Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ While Footloose: Youth Edition, presented by Cup and Dagger, is not a professional production, there is something particularly appealing about encountering the show in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) Midnight Train to Nowhere continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Although this show has a limited run, it is one well worth seeing. Cambridge University has long been a favourite Edinburgh visitor,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) Picture: Cameron Grant @ parenthesy FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert continues at Studio Two at Assembly George Square Studios until 31 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ House of Oz has brought lucky Edinburgh audiences FUCCBOIS – the best boyband in the world on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (256+ words) Alexandra Emmerson-Kirby in Bliss at Grand at Pleasance Courtyard. Picture: Marc Brenner Bliss continues at Grand at Pleasance Courtyard until 31 August 2026 (except 25). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Bliss was the disappointment of the bunch of the shows I saw at the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (81+ words) Heracles: Of Men and Beasts continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 29 August (except 25). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Irish’s direction is simple but beautifully staged. It is the first part of the story. Hopefully they will be back…...