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Edinburgh 2013: A to Z

Looking for a review of a particular show? Our A-Z list summarises all the shows we've reviewed or previewed this year, in handy alphabetical order.

Show genres: 
3 stars Theatre 33 (Reviewed 10 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Comedy 53 Minutes about 52 Sheep (60 Minutes Long) (Reviewed 22 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Comedy Abominations (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Comedy Adam Larter and Ali Brice: Plumpy'nut (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

4 stars Theatre After What Comes Before (Reviewed 15 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Music The Alleycats: Contemporary a Cappella (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Theatre American Gun Show (Reviewed 13 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Theatre An Afternoon of Playback Theatre (Reviewed 14 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Theatre Are You Sitting Comfortably? (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Musicals Assassins (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Ballad of the Burning Star (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Theatre Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Theatre BLAM! (Reviewed 13 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Theatre Boris & Sergey II Perilous Escapade (Reviewed 23 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Boris & Sergey's Vaudevillian Adventure (Reviewed 2 September 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Theatre Bridge to an Island (Reviewed 13 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Comedy Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Brothers and Sisters... It's The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

5 stars Theatre The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Theatre The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

5 stars Theatre The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana (Reviewed 19 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

3 stars Theatre Canary Gold (Reviewed 19 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Theatre Captain Amazing (Reviewed 10 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

5 stars Comedy Carl Donnelly: Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Dance Chaucer All Strung Up (The Franklin's Tale) (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Theatre Chaucer: Hold Up Your Tale (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Theatre Children of Mine (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Chris Coltrane: Compassion is Subversive (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 16+ only.

2 stars Theatre Cinderella Lives! (Reviewed 2 September 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre The Circus of Terror (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Comedy Colin Hoult: Characthorse (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

5 stars Theatre Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel (Reviewed 13 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Comedy David Baddiel - Fame: Not the Musical (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Theatre Desperately Seeking the Exit / Free Festival (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Theatre Devil in the Deck (Reviewed 4 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Theatre Dirty Laundry (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Dorothy (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Cabaret Doug Segal: I Can Make You a Mentalist (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Theatre Dumbstruck (Reviewed 24 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Comedy Eleanor Thom: I Am Bev (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Comedy The Exciting Adventure of an Uninteresting Man (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 14+ only.

5 stars Dance Exposed (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Fade (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

5 stars Theatre Fast Film Noir (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

5 stars Theatre Fleabag (Reviewed 17 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre For the Trumpets Shall Sound (Reviewed 6 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Comedy Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [Z] (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

4 stars Theatre The Ghost Hunter (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Comedy Gráinne Maguire's One Hour All Night Election Special (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Theatre Grimm Ever After (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Theatre Happy Never After (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Theatre Herons (Reviewed 23 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only. Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

4 stars Theatre Hidden (Reviewed 14 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Theatre Higgs (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Theatre Hound Dog (Reviewed 6 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages. Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required.

4 stars Theatre I Need a Doctor: The Unauthorised Whosical Adventure (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

2 stars Theatre I Want to Tell You Something (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Comedy Ivo Graham: Binoculars (Reviewed 22 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Japanese 'Locky' (Reviewed 22 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

3 stars Theatre Jekyll & Hyde (Reviewed 3 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Theatre Jewel (Reviewed 17 July 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

preview Comedy John Robertson - The Dark Room (Reviewed 25 June 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

5 stars Comedy Jon Bennett: My Dad's Deaths (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

5 stars Theatre Killing Roger (Reviewed 8 September 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Kind (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre The Knight of the Box Near The Station (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

preview Comedy Knightmare Live (Reviewed 2 July 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Kriss Foster and Friend (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Theatre Kubrick3 (Reviewed 8 September 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Dance Leo (Reviewed 17 June 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Theatre Lifting the Mask (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Theatre Look Back in Anger (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

3 stars Theatre Making News (Reviewed 17 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Comedy Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe (Reviewed 21 June 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Missing (Reviewed 14 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

3 stars Comedy Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Comedy Murder, She Didn't Write (Reviewed 19 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Comedy Nadia Kamil in: Wide Open Beavers! (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Comedy Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Nobel (Reviewed 17 August 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

preview Theatre Not the Messiah (Reviewed 18 June 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

5 stars Comedy Peacock & Gamble: Heart-throbs (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Theatre The Pearl (Reviewed 22 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

2 stars Theatre Peep (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Piracy! Comedy on the High C's (Reviewed 23 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Preen Back Yer Lugs! (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

3 stars Theatre The Project (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

5 stars Theatre The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (Reviewed 2 September 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre The Rain That Washes (Reviewed 15 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Red Riding Hood (Reviewed 8 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Comedy Remember That I Love You (Reviewed 10 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Comedy Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Comedy Rob Auton: The Sky Show (Reviewed 22 August 2013)  Free and unticketed.  No pre-booking required. Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

3 stars Comedy Roll It in Sequins (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

2 stars Musicals Salomé (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Comedy Sara Pascoe vs the Truth (Reviewed 28 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

preview Theatre The School of Night's Spontaneous Shakespeare (Reviewed 3 July 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Spkn Word Scroobius Pip - Words (Reviewed 21 August 2013)  Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

3 stars Comedy Secrets of the Elders of Zion (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Comedy Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net (Reviewed 20 June 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

preview Theatre Shadow On Their Wall (Reviewed 24 June 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Theatre Shakespeare for Breakfast (Reviewed 27 June 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

4 stars Comedy Shhhh - An Improvised Silent Movie (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Comedy The Showstoppers' Improvised Musical (Reviewed 28 June 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

4 stars Comedy Simon Munnery: Fylm (Reviewed 20 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

2 stars Theatre Six Characters in Search of an Author (Reviewed 3 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Theatre The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

preview Theatre The Sleeping Trees' Odyssey (Reviewed 17 July 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

preview Dance Small Talk (Reviewed 19 June 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

5 stars Musicals Snakes! The Musical (Reviewed 17 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

5 stars Theatre Specie (Reviewed 12 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Theatre Splatter (Reviewed 7 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

4 stars Theatre Squally Showers (Reviewed 17 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Cabaret Sugar & Vice: All the Men We've Never Slept With (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

2 stars Theatre The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff (Reviewed 6 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Dance That Is All You Need to Know (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

3 stars Musicals A Theory of Justice: the Musical! (Reviewed 16 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

preview Musicals This Was Your Life (Reviewed 16 July 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

3 stars Theatre Timeline (Reviewed 6 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

3 stars Theatre Titus Andronicus (Reviewed 6 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

4 stars Theatre Titus Andronicus: An All-female Production (Reviewed 9 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

4 stars Comedy Tony Jameson - Football Manager Ruined My Life (Reviewed 25 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.

preview Theatre The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick (Reviewed 26 June 2013)  Family-friendly.  Suitable for all ages.

2 stars Comedy Trouble With Comedy (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Recommended for age 16+ only.

2 stars Dance Turbulence (Reviewed 15 August 2013)  Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

5 stars Theatre A View from the Bridge (Reviewed 11 August 2013)  Recommended for age 12+ only.

3 stars Theatre Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Reviewed 18 August 2013)  Recommended for age 14+ only.