Edinburgh Fringe Reviews

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…

Venue: Paradise in The Vault, The VaultRunning time: 60 minutesRating: ★★★½Reviewed by: Honour De Pledge   I had expected this to be a play on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible through…

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…

Date: 8 August 2026Time: 4.30pmVenue: The Queen Chamber, Just the Tonic at The HiveRunning time:Rating: ★★★★ (4/5)Reviewed by: Dale Hughs George Zacharopoulos’ The Meaning of Life (Maybe) is a relentless…

Date: 9 August 2026Time: 5.15pmVenue: Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho (Venue 303)Running time:Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)Reviewed by: Howard Bunch and Gail Bronfman Bunch Bite Me Comedy is a regularly occurring London-based…

Date: 10th August Time: 8.25pmVenue: TheSpace TriplexRunning time:Rating: ★★★★★ (5 Stars)Reviewed by: Jo Sansom Two siblings navigate their changing relationship with their own identities and each other; an exploration of…

Date: 10 August 2026Time: 10.30amVenue: Sauna Sessions Arts Club, SummerhallRunning time:Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)Reviewed by: Jo Sansom All the best parts of a club night packaged up in a mid-morning wellness…

Date: 11 August 2026Venue: Greenside at George Street, Venue 236Running time: 55 mins Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5)Reviewed by: Howard Bunch and Gail Bronfman Bunch Bottom’s Dream is a reworking of a…