Edinburgh Review: Mock Tudor, Pleasance Courtyard
Mock Tudor is centred on the phenomenon of costumed characters at Hampton Court Palace (so Henry VIII, rather than Mickey Mouse), who face being replaced by new...
Louise Jones
Edinburgh Review: Sleeping Beauty, Institut français d’Ecosse
It should be made very clear that from the off, this is not a show for children. When Collette Garrigan calls her shoes FMPs (“f**k me pumps”), I found myself c...
Edinburgh Review: Private Peaceful, Underbelly, Bristo Square
Simon Reade could not have chosen a better time to have adapted Michael Morpurgo’s war novel for the stage. Private Peaceful takes a different route to many WW...
Edinburgh Review: I Need a Doctor: The Whosical, Pleasance Courtyard
It’s been a while since I’ve felt truly gripped by Doctor Who. Steven Moffat’s increasingly absurd plot lines and the absence of David Tennant (sob) caused me t...
Edinburgh Review: Cutting off Kate Bush, Gilded Balloon Teviot
Lucy Benson-Brown has created a truly engaging piece for her first solo show at the Fringe. Cutting off Kate Bush tells the story of 27 year old Cathy who finds...
Louise Jones
Louise is a recent English literature graduate from the University of York. Whether it's an unprovoked essay on Much Ado or a student pantomime, she'll write it.