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#NEWS - Harry Judd to star in the final two shows of Disney’s High School Musical at @The_Lowry northwestend.com/harry-judd-t...
Harry Judd to star in the final two shows of Disney’s High School Musical at Lowry - North West End UK
Hope Mill Theatre and Chris Harper Productions in association with Lowry are delighted to announce that Harry Judd will star in the final two shows of Disney’s HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL at Lowry, Salford on...
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September 4, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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#INTERVIEW - Matt Rawle Returns to The Tightrope For a Spectacular Barnum Comeback at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social northwestend.com/matt-rawle-r...
Matt Rawle Returns to The Tightrope For a Spectacular Barnum Comeback in Liverpool - North West End UK
Returning to the lead role in Barnum – The Circus Musical for its UK and Ireland tour, Matt Rawle says: “It’s such a dream part for an actor because there’s the showman aspect to Barnum, of course, bu...
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September 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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#REVIEW - When Prophecy Fails at @captheatres part of @edintfest.bsky.social "a spellbinding symphony of language in motion" northwestend.com/when-prophec...
When Prophecy Fails – Studio Theatre - North West End UK
In a small Midwest American town there is a strange phenomenon happening. Researchers have arrived to observe a group of people transfixed on a prophecy “that the world is ending and that they alone k...
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August 28, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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#REVIEW - Moving On at @ParadiseGreenUK part of @edfringe.bsky.social "home-grown musical theatre made with imagination, enthusiasm and considerable affection" northwestend.com/moving-on-pa...
Moving On - Paradise in Augustines - North West End UK
There is something wonderfully Fringe-like about Moving On. An Edinburgh company writes an entirely original musical, assembles seven actors and a three-piece live band, fills a stage with removal box...
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August 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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#REVIEW - The Bowie Story at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "a lot to fit into 50 minutes" northwestend.com/the-bowie-st...
The Bowie Story - The Space Symposium Hall - North West End UK
Having already seen Peter Marchant take on Freddie Mercury in Night Owl’s The Legend of Queen, I was intrigued to see what he would do with another of rock music’s most distinctive performers. The ans...
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August 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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#REVIEW - Clown Show at @captheatres part of @edintfest.bsky.social "a smorgasbord of images, sounds, illusions and catastrophes" northwestend.com/clown-show-k...
Clown Show – King’s Theatre - North West End UK
There is something deliciously appropriate about entering Edinburgh’s newly refurbished King’s Theatre, one of the city’s great theatrical survivors, to discover that Geoff Sobelle has built a crumbli...
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August 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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#REVIEW - Werewolf at @Summerhallery part of @edfringe.bsky.social "clever, skilfully improvised and understandably popular" northwestend.com/werewolf-sum...
Werewolf - Summerhall Techcube Zero - North West End UK
New Zealand collective Binge Culture’s Werewolf arrives at Summerhall with considerable word-of-mouth behind it, and sizeable audiences suggest this immersive horror has certainly found its pack. I am...
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August 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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#REVIEW - My Life Is a Sonnet at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "commands your attention and is deserving of a much larger audience" northwestend.com/my-life-is-a...
My Life Is a Sonnet - theSpace on the Mile - North West End UK
The beauty of the Edinburgh Fringe lies in the fact that you, as an audience in search of a show, can stumble upon excellence. In a cool, simply lit and arranged corner stage Eric Daniel Weiner gives ...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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#REVIEW - Call Me Elizabeth: from Burton to Humanitarian at @AssemblyFest part of @edfringe.bsky.social "vibrant in its delivery" northwestend.com/call-me-eliz...
Call Me Elizabeth: from Burton to Humanitarian - Studio Two at Assembly George Square - North West End UK
Karla Boye has flown into the Fringe with her part two series of Call Me Elizabeth; From Burton to Humanitarian. It’s 1985, the time when the HIV and AIDS epidemic was becoming a serious medical, soci...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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#REVIEW - Horrorshow at @Summerhallery part of @edfringe.bsky.social "could become something rather good" northwestend.com/horrorshow-s...
Horrorshow - Summerhall Anatomy Lecture Theatre - North West End UK
There is a good little play struggling to get out of Horrorshow. Written by Doug Deans for Chronic Insanity, this gig-theatre piece follows lifelong Isle of Wight friends Dan and Ollie through one fin...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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#REVIEW - Truthmachine at C venues part of @edfringe.bsky.social "slick, unusual and technically accomplished" northwestend.com/truthmachine...
Truthmachine - C-Arts Studio - North West End UK
There is something inherently unsettling about agreeing to take a lie detector test, particularly when the results are going to be shared with a room full of strangers. Australian company Counterpilot...
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August 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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#REVIEW - Of Mice And Men at @AssemblyFest part of @edfringe.bsky.social "a very strong piece of theatre" northwestend.com/of-mice-and-...
Of Mice And Men - Drawing Room at Assembly Rooms - North West End UK
If like myself you were forced to read the book: Of Mice And Men in school you will already know what tragedy awaits you, but if you are new to the story beware. John Steinbeck’s famous novella takes ...
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August 26, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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#REVIEW - Fruit Flies at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "unbelievably funny and sharp" northwestend.com/fruit-flies-...
Fruit Flies – TheSpace on the Mile - North West End UK
Produced by Fast Snail Productions, Fruit Flies begins when Ollie’s best friend from home, Maddy, travels from Ayr to Edinburgh to stay at Ollie’s and see the Chappell Roan concert together.  Problem ...
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August 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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#REVIEW - Agathi – The Plight of the Refugee at temple at C-ARTS part of @edfringe.bsky.social "incredibly skilled and look like they’re having fun" northwestend.com/agathi-the-p...
Agathi – The Plight of the Refugee – temple at C-ARTS - North West End UK
It’s Apsaras Dance Company’s first time in Edinburgh and this was their first performance of Agathi – The Plight of the Refugee. Coming all the way from Singapore to share this beautiful piece of danc...
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August 26, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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#REVIEW - Belated at @EtceteraTheatre part of @camdenfringe.bsky.social "Funny, tender and emotionally open" northwestend.com/belated-etce...
Belated – Etcetera Theatre - North West End UK
Celebrating a milestone birthday almost a year late might suggest poor organisation, but for Anna, it represents something far more purposeful: a refusal to let disappointment have the final word. In ...
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August 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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#REVIEW - 2 Guys, 3 Drams: The Ultimate Live Blues and Whiskey Experience at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "a hugely enjoyable hour" northwestend.com/2-guys-3-dra...
2 Guys, 3 Drams: The Ultimate Live Blues and Whiskey Experience - The Space Triplex - North West End UK
Let’s talk about the elephant first, the one fairly fundamental problem with 2 Guys, 3 Drams: the room. Big at theSpaceTriplex feels rather like a gym hall, with its high vaulted roof, glaring light a...
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August 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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#REVIEW - Trans People Are Awful at @ThePleasance part of @edfringe.bsky.social "my pick of the Fringe so far by a landslide" northwestend.com/trans-people...
Trans People Are Awful – Bunker One at Pleasance Courtyard - North West End UK
Performing in the Bunker at Pleasance this Fringe, Ros Watt’s Trans People Are Awful couldn’t be placed in a more perfect venue.  Set in the garage of a farm just past Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, the ca...
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August 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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#REVIEW - The Woman in The Box at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "a unique vision is on offer here" northwestend.com/the-woman-in...
The Woman in The Box - theSpaceUK @ Surgeons Hall - North West End UK
Dim lighting and rumbling, auspicious music lure you into the auditorium.  On stage, a simple contraption of scaffold poles resembles a glass box. Within it, a woman stands still and silent. The black...
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August 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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#REVIEW - Girlbosses & Billionaires at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe "moves with fluidity" northwestend.com/girlbosses-b...
Girlbosses & Billionaires - theSpaceUK @ Surgeons Hall - North West End UK
Two decades ago, South Park mocked Paris Hilton mercilessly with an episode that has never lost a moment of relevance in the dialogue of celebrity and influencer culture. I live with high confidence, ...
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August 25, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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#REVIEW - The Golden Age of Hollywood at @theusherhall with @SinfoniaOfLondn part of @edintfest.bsky.social as though we were hearing an entire lost musical world being switched back on" northwestend.com/the-golden-a...
The Golden Age of Hollywood – Usher Hall - North West End UK
Well, this was something special, what a sound! And I have a particular reason for loving the sound of an orchestra arriving beneath a musical. Having been involved in numerous amateur musical product...
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August 25, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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#REVIEW - 2050: A Manifesto at @GreensideVenue part of @edfringe.bsky.social "underwhelming" northwestend.com/2050-a-manif...
2050: A Manifesto – Greenside @ Riddles Court - North West End UK
2050: A Manifesto promises a lot but fulfils very few of those promises. The show sounds exciting! Clowning, comedy, social criticism of tech-bros and the AI-centric futures they’re trying to sell us....
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August 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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#REVIEW - Brodie And Co at Paradise in Augustines part of @edfringe.bsky.social "an entertaining 1 hr 30 minutes which showcases young talent" northwestend.com/brodie-and-c...
Brodie And Co - Paradise in Augustines - North West End UK
Disclaimer: Due to the age of the performers in this production, the contents of this review will be strictly based upon the creative choices and writing of this musical  Deacon Brodie is a local cele...
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August 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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#REVIEW - Selina Mosinski (Puss in Boots – A Working Class Fairy Tale) at @ThePleasance part of @edfringe.bsky.social "while delightfully daft and surreally silly is also raw and uncompromising" northwestend.com/selina-mosin...
Selina Mosinski (Puss in Boots – A Working Class Fairy Tale) - Pleasance Dome - North West End UK
What a free-wheeling frolic. Or, as the 90’s Ladette-obsessed tabloids would’ve had it, a runaway romp. And the answer to the frequently asked question, ‘how did Charity Shop Sue get to the top?’ Or, ...
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August 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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#REVIEW - My Beautiful Brain at @thespaceuk.bsky.social part of @edfringe.bsky.social "builds to a very clever and poignant conclusion" northwestend.com/my-beautiful...
My Beautiful Brain - theSpace @ Surgeons Hall - North West End UK
“Believe in yourself, Hannah.” This is the show’s mantra and over fifty energetic minutes Hannah Rose Curtis exemplifies exactly what an autobiographical play should be, giving us unhinged access into...
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August 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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#REVIEW - Aufguss x Nils Frahm at @Summerhallery part of @edfringe.bsky.social "I remain both fascinated and convinced by its possibilities" northwestend.com/aufguss-x-ni...
Aufguss x Nils Frahm - Sauna Theatre - North West End UK
My sixth and final visit to Summerhall’s Sauna Theatre this year was an unusual one in that I attended with my wife, the only time I shared one of these sauna experiences with her. It proved a rather ...
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August 25, 2026 at 4:42 PM