Posts by fortheplotmaguk

Reviewer: Paige KynochRating: ★★★★★ 5/5Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, 13th August, 12:50 For the diehard Jane Austen fans, the casual readers, and the ones who, somehow, have never heard…

Review of Warriors: A Scottish Musical Venue 21, C ARTSAugust 5–30Date seen: August 11, 2026Reviewed by Howard Bunch and Gail Bronfman Bunch We came to this performance to fill a…

Reviewer: Paige Kynoch Rating: 4/5 ★★★★ An Ode to the Casting Director, 12 August, 12:00 If you are an actor, or have an actor in the family like myself, then…

Reviewer: Annabel Bruce Chief Petty Officer by Vix Leyton is an hour-long free comedy show dedicated to some of the most infamous acts of pettiness, from historic grudges to disputes…

★★★★★ 5/5 Date: Saturday 15th August 2026Time: 2:30pmVenue: West End CrackersReviewer: Kaitlyn Smith Before the show has even officially started, Olaf Falafel is already dancing with audience members as they…

Date: 8 August 2026Time: 8.20pmRating: ★★★★(4/5)Reviewed by: Kaitlyn Smith Frenchy arrives at this year’s Fringe with The Instigator, a brand-new hour promising dark one-liners, wild stories and the kind of…

Date: 8th August Time: 10pmVenue: Amphitheatre at theSpace @ Symposium HallRating: ★★★★½ (4.5)Reviewed by: Honour De Pledge The phrase ‘spoken word poetry’ doesn’t really ring the Pavlov’s bells of my…

Date: 8th August Time: 5.05pmVenue: theSpace @ Symposium HallRating: ★★★★ (4/4)Reviewed by: Honour De Pledge This ticket was another last-minute buy for me. I saw ‘Shakespeare’, thought ‘Oh hey! I…

Date: 5–31 August 2026Time: 2.30pmVenue: Gilded Balloon Teviot, TurretRating: ★★★★★ (5/5)Reviewed by: Honour De Pledge I got off the train in Edinburgh on Saturday with only one play in my…