Review: This Is Not Culturally Significant, Gilded Balloon
Hinging on a brilliant central performance by Adam Scott-Rowley, This is Not Culturally Significant is a dizzying one-man show jump-cutting from character to ch...
Katie Smith
Review: How To Win Against Humanity, Assembly George Square
How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of “hype”. Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly Georg...
Review: Out of Love, Summerhall
The title of Elinor Cook’s latest play, with its double-meaning akin to Enduring Love, signifies a play that cruxes on duality. Best friends Lorna and Grace are...
Review: The Kindness of Stranglers, Just the Tonic at The Tron
You may have heard of real-life sisters Flo and Joan (real names Nicola and Rosie Dempsey) from their song about 2016 that did the internet rounds last year. Or...
Review: Elsa, Assembly Hall
Part-gig, part-theatre, part-satire, Elsa, by Roundhouse Resident Artist Isobel Rogers, has a little bit of everything on offer. Roger tells us the story of Els...
Review: Education, Education, Education, Pleasance Dome
Where to begin with Education, Education, Education, Wardrobe Ensemble’s love letter to school in the 90s? It’s brilliant – that’s a good place to start. Focusi...
Katie Smith
Katie is a freelance director and writer, and recent graduate of the University of York. You can find her on Twitter as @katzsmitz