Clown Show, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - big, bold and barbed by David Kettle

Clown Show, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - big, bold and barbed David Kettle Fri, 08/28/2026 - 16:21 Only clowns left to run the show in Ge…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:21am on August 28, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Ten Ways to Die Happy / Little Animals / Right Before I Go by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Ten Ways to Die Happy / Little Animals / Right Before I Go David Kettle Fri, 08/28/2026 - 07:11 Three shows about life and de…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:40pm on August 27, 2026☆⚑

Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - epic but flawed by David Kettle

Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - epic but flawed David Kettle Fri, 08/28/2026 - 09:30 An 11th-century Arabic saga gets…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:40pm on August 27, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Heart Beats Strong by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Heart Beats Strong David Kettle Fri, 08/28/2026 - 10:43 A new company's debut production blazes with youthful energy and movin…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:40pm on August 27, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Tether 인연 by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Tether 인연 David Kettle Thu, 08/27/2026 - 10:00 An ambitious Scottish-South Korean collaboration at Summerhall blends ceil…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:00am on August 27, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Dracula: Lucy's Dream / The Dream Machine / Handle with Care by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Dracula: Lucy's Dream / The Dream Machine / Handle with Care David Kettle Wed, 08/26/2026 - 09:20 Sinister puppetry, improv m…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:45pm on August 25, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: QFWFQ / Come Back Home by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: QFWFQ / Come Back Home David Kettle Tue, 08/25/2026 - 09:45 Two striking shows at Summerhall take oblique perspectives on Pal…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 4:45am on August 25, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Up: Violin vs Football / You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Up: Violin vs Football / You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) David Kettle Mon, 08/24/2026 - 08:21 A striking collision betwee…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 4:00pm on August 23, 2026☆⚑

Hang Time, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - chilling and ingenious by David Kettle

Hang Time, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - chilling and ingenious David Kettle Sun, 08/23/2026 - 03:26 Three lynched men shoot the breeze in …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:26pm on August 22, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: As Far As We Know by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: As Far As We Know David Kettle Sat, 08/22/2026 - 09:45 A high-velocity storytelling show challenges us to understand a barely …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 9:15pm on August 21, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella / Whatever Happened to That Guy? by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella / Whatever Happened to That Guy? David Kettle Fri, 08/21/2026 - 10:49 Homophobic hate cri…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:49am on August 21, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Supposing: / After Party by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Supposing: / After Party David Kettle Wed, 08/19/2026 - 12:09 Ancient Greek myth and a valedictory celebration in two plays a…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 7:09am on August 19, 2026☆⚑

Angels in America, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - austere power and visionary storytelling by David Kettle

Angels in America, Edinburgh International Festival 2026 review - austere power and visionary storytelling David Kettle Tue, 08/18/2026 - 12:15 Ivo van Hove…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 7:15am on August 18, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Mayflies by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 review: Mayflies David Kettle Mon, 08/17/2026 - 00:07 A site-specific stage adaptation captures the fleeting brilliance of Andrew O'Ha…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 7:07pm on August 16, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Cathy / Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Cathy / Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library David Kettle Thu, 08/13/2026 - 07:23 Brutal comedy and cool understateme…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 2:23am on August 13, 2026☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Water Colour / For Dolores / Badgers by David Kettle

Edinburgh Fringe 2026 reviews: Water Colour / For Dolores / Badgers David Kettle Sun, 08/09/2026 - 12:46 Fractured friendships and haunting folk magic in th…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 7:46am on August 9, 2026☆⚑

As You Like It: A Radical Retelling, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - breathtakingly audacious, deeply shocking by David Kettle

A cunning ruse leaves audiences facing their own privilege and complicity in Cliff Cardinal's bold theatrical creation There is, let's be honest, a certain self-congratulatory self-satisfact…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:12pm on August 24, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Refuse / Terry's / Sugar by David Kettle

A Ukrainian bin man, an unseen used car dealer and every daddy's dream twink in three contrasting Fringe shows Refuse, Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 4:24am on August 23, 2025☆⚑

Faustus in Africa!, Edinburgh International Festival 2025 review - deeply flawed by David Kettle

Bringing the Faust legend to comment on colonialism produces bewildering results What new light can the age-old legend of Faust selling his soul to the devil shed on colonialism in Africa, s…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:32pm on August 21, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Imprints / Courier by David Kettle

A slippery show about memory and a rug-pulling Deliveroo comedy in the latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Imprints, Summerhall ★★★★

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:32am on August 21, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: The Ode Islands / Delusions and Grandeur / Shame Show by David Kettle

Experimental digital performance art, classical insights and gay shame in three strong Fringe shows The Ode Islands, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 4:18pm on August 19, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Ordinary Decent Criminal / Insiders by David Kettle

Two dramas on prison life offer contrasting perspectives but a similar sense of compassion Ordinary Decent Criminal, Summerhall ★★★★★ 

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 7:03pm on August 15, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: Kinder / Shunga Alert / Clean Your Plate! by David Kettle

From drag to Japanese erotica via a French cookery show, three of the Fringe's more unusual offerings Kinder, Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★  Drag artist Goody Prostate (yes, …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:48am on August 15, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: The Horse of Jenin / Nowhere by David Kettle

Two powerful shows consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with mixed results The Horse of Jenin, Pleasance Dome ★★★★★ 

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:54am on August 14, 2025☆⚑

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: The Fit Prince / Undersigned by David Kettle

A joyful gay romance and an intimate one-to-one encounter in two strong Fringe shows The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holi…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 5:48am on August 13, 2025☆⚑