4★★★★ Review: Filament at Underbelly Circus Hub Promising to fill the stage with a story magnified by circus skills, Filament uses 80s teen movies as the inspiration behind their show. The energetic troupe of eight characterise high school archetypes and jo...
5★★★★★ Review: Atomic Saloon Show at Assembly: George Square: Spiegeltent A lively crowd get ready for an unashamedly raunchy romp through the wild west, as the Atomic Saloon Show takes over the Palais du Variete. Speigelworld presents a gun-slinging cabaret and circus extravaganza,...
4★★★★ Review: Yuck Circus at Underbelly Circus Hub Backflips, aerial silks and a menstrual dance that sent an appreciable shudder through older members of the audience, Yuck Circus is never slow and never boring. Tackling the patriarchy head-on by dragging up ...
4★★★★ Review: James Phelan: Troublemaker at Gilded Balloon Teviot – Dining Room Opening the show twice, to gain applause that were to his satisfaction, James Phelan is no novice to the stage. On the contrary, his enigmatic presence, and impressive audience deception is something to be rev...
4★★★★ Review: Reuben Kaye at Assembly Checkpoint Reuben Kaye looks amazing: toweringly tall, covered in sequins, with cheekbones to die for and a record-breaking amount of mascara. The London-based Aussie is a cabaret creature to the core. Backed by four ...
4★★★★ Review: Casus – DNA – Assembly George Square Palais du Variete The human body is incredible and none are more so than those of the nine members of the Casus ensemble. With both playfulness and sincerity, the artists perform unbelievable feats of strength in a celebration ...
3★★★ Review: Alfie Ordinary – Help! I think I might be fabulous – Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre – Attic There aren’t many drag princes around, much less drag princes like Alfie Ordinary. With a sequinned waistcoat and shorts and a platinum blonde wig, Alfie perhaps wouldn’t be considered ordinary, but that’s exa...
5★★★★★ Review: Reuben Kaye – Assembly Checkpoint It takes a certain kind of person to rock a microphone with a ponytail. It takes a certain kind of person to sing Charles Aznavour and Iggy Azalea in the same show. It takes a certain kind of person to tenderl...
4★★★★ Review: Blizzard by Flip Fabrique at Assembly Hall Blizzard opens with a warning that the adverse weather conditions may mean limited visibility, to the extent that we may not believe our eyes. Halfway through the show, a small child wonders up to the stage wi...
5★★★★★ Review: Cirque Berserk at Pleasance at EICC – Lennox Theatre Many a circus act has come to town, Cirque Berserk! However, have come to Edinburgh to blow minds. Boasting a plethora of acrobats, aerialists, stuntmen, motorbikes, sword throwers and much more, the performer...
