Posts Tagged ‘Edinburgh’
Fringe Reviews: Jo Caulfield, Bad Mood Rising & Dan Rath, Tropical Depression
Jo Caulfield’s Bad Mood Rising is one of the best comics at the Fringe. A must-watch, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ Jo Caulfield is scathing of shows with themes, and people in new relationships, and men’s fashion and just about everything else. The title of her show, Bad Mood Rising, is apt. She wears a bright…
Read MoreEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Ten Thousand Hours, Cirque Kalabanté & Playing Love
Ten Thousand Hours, performed by the Australian acrobatic troupe, Gravity and Other Myths, is the most extraordinary thing I’ve seen at the Fringe this year, says Frankie Reason. ★★★★★ It’s not just the apparent ease of the feats (and somehow these performers do make it look easy), but also the choreographed falls, faults, stumbles. A…
Read MoreReviews: Dance and Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Landscape of the Other Shore, ★★★★ Soft sounds of the sea cascade the stage, setting the scene and tone of my first Edinburgh Fringe show of 2025. A dark clouded sky is projected onto the background behind the set as slow-moving actors lull the audience into a sense of serenity – but not for…
Read MoreAlasdair Becket King at the Fringe: ‘A brilliant, genuine comedy great’
I saw Alasdair Beckett-King at the Fringe in 2022 with his Nevermore show and it was one of the highlights of that year’s Edinburgh festival for me. This year he’s back, and on top form, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★★ I am surprised that Beckett-King is not more of a household name by now – apparently…
Read MoreEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Adele Cliff & A Poem and a Mistake
Adele Cliff believes that all comics are liars, and she’s here to own the consequences says Frankie Reason. ★★★ This is Cliff’s eleventh visit to the Edinburgh Fringe, and it shows. She’s entirely at ease on the stage, and dialogues with her audience as comfortably as she would an old friend (perhaps whom she hadn’t…
Read MoreReview: Alan Davies, Think Ahead
Alan Davies is undoubtedly one of the biggest comedy names at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe – and for good reason, says Alister Tenneb. ★★★★★ Sometimes it’s great to go to a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe knowing you’re going to see someone who has the experience, skill and material that’s made them successful…
Read MoreMontrose, Edinburgh: ‘I am glad to be able to report there hasn’t been a seismic shift in the food at Montrose’
Edinburgh diners can relax because the excellent Montrose’s fanfare about a new direction was overblown – this relaxed Abbeyhill eatery thankfully remains largely unchanged, says Richard Bath. I recently received an unnerving message from Montrose, the sister restaurant to Michelin-starred Timberyard and one of my favourite places to spend quality time with my palate. The…
Read MoreStunning 16th century estate near Edinburgh on the market for £5.25 million
This stunning 16th century estate just 30 minutes from Edinburgh has gone on the market for £5.25 million. Stevenson House sits within 21 acres of private grounds, including a tranquil stretch of the River Tyne. Surrounded by mature woodlands it’s a haven for wildlife, with regular sightings of roe deer, brown hares, and a variety…
Read MoreIn A Nutshell: Tomás Gormley, Cardinal
Tomás Gormley started his career working at some of Scotland’s most prestigious restaurants, including Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, 21212 and Le Roi Fou. During the first lockdown, he coordinated and managed food production for Scran Academy’s emergency response, facilitating and producing over 1000 meals per day for Edinburgh’s most at risk and vulnerable. Cardinal, his first…
Read MoreReview: Badger & Co, Edinburgh
Revamped gastropub Badger & Co in Edinburgh city centre is taking food seriously and has transformed its offering, says Richard Bath. Having a title or brand which is a play on words where the origin is lost on all but the cognoscenti has always left me a bit cold. It’s like brands with complicated Gaelic…
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