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The Fringe's favourite doomscroll is BACK! 🎭 #FringeQuickies 2026 has officially launched on TheQR. 10+ bite-sized show profiles drop daily 11am–4pm until Aug 6. Find your match: theqr.co.uk/category/exclusive-series/fringequickies/

A sharp, meta-theatrical dramedy from Theater Artemis. It Would be Such a Shame if You Missed Out hijacks the Traverse with pulsing beats & social anxiety. Read our review ⬇ #EdChildrensFest #Imaginate #Review #TheaterArtemis #TheatreBasel #SocialCommentary #WhatsonEdinburgh

Zinnie Harris concludes her six-year tenure as Associate Artistic Director at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Read more… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/21/zinnie-harris-to-step-down-as-associate-artistic-director-at-royal-lyceum-theatre/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Stand & Deliver is a powerful, musical exploration of the 1981 Lee Jeans sit-in. Though it stumbles occasionally on structure, the performances make it a compelling… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/20/review-stand-deliver-traverse-theatre-edinburgh-nts/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

From sci-fi eggs to Britney Spears-inspired neuro-science—Emma Lynne Harley’s "Walking on Eggshells" is a theatrical feat. Check out our review of this raw, cabaret-infused… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/20/review-walking-on-eggshells-summerhall-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"Having a good voice and being able to play well may just not be enough." We review Kiefer Sutherland’s country-rock set at Newcastle's Boiler Shop, evaluating the… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/19/review-kiefer-sutherland-the-boiler-shop-newcastle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A Festival of Korean Dance eschews polite abstraction for visceral reality. Across its 2026 UK programme, performance functions as a necessary friction against the… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/18/the-body-is-fermenting-inside-a-festival-of-korean-dance/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Ava Pickett’s electrifying debut 1536 at the Ambassadors Theatre explores Tudor politics through a sharp, modern, and furiously funny feminist lens. Read our review ⬇ #1536… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/15/review-1536-ambassadors-theatre-london/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Dawn Steele and Ricky Ross deliver a moving tribute to community and Cowdenbeath FC in this stage adaptation of Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil. Read… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/14/review-black-diamonds-and-the-blue-brazil-lyceum-theatre-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A fresh, modern reading of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband at the Lyric Hammersmith. A good-humoured, stylish production exploring power and compromise. Read our… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/14/review-an-ideal-husband-lyric-hammersmith-theatre-london/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Southern Light mounts an accomplished, faithful revival of Guys and Dolls at the Festival Theatre. Despite the dated 1950s text, strong lead vocals and a tight pit band… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/14/review-guys-and-dolls-festival-theatre-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Session A9 are a true unicorn of the Scottish folk circuit. Celebrating 25 years, they deliver an acoustic wall of sound that eschews heritage nostalgia for sheer kinetic force… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/13/review-session-a9-edinburgh-tradfest-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Fusing the edge of traditional fiddling with the discipline of modern classical arrangements, chamber quartet RANT proves four unpercussed instruments possess a fierce acoustic drive.… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/13/review-rant-edinburgh-tradfest-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"A joy and a revelation." From Haydn’s wartime omens to Mozart’s final notes, the SCO Chorus and soloists deliver a first-class performance under the baton of… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/08/review-mozart-requiem-scottish-chamber-orchestra-usher-hall/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Audiences pack out established spectacles but miss absolute masterclasses. Johan Dalene and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason just proved why emerging classical virtuosos demand our… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/08/review-johan-dalene-and-jeneba-kanneh-mason-perth/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A’ Chiad Litir resurrects Marie Maitland, a 16th-century poet whose lesbian erotic verse was long obscured by history. Ashley Douglas & Josie Duncan’s… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/08/review-achiad-litir-the-first-letter-edinburgh-tradfest-2026/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Danny Horn captures the introspective melancholy of Ray Davies in a performance devoid of cheap mimicry. A sonically gorgeous dramatisation of rock history currently at the… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/08/review-sunny-afternoon-edinburgh-playhouse/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Moving beyond the vault: Perth Art Gallery’s thematic approach to the Scottish Colourists offers a rare comparative study of Peploe, Cadell, Hunter, and… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/05/the-scottish-colourists-revealed-perth-art-gallery-rsa-200/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"International collaborations are a commercial and artistic necessity." Filiz Ova on hiring Rufus Norris to direct Arthur Miller in Istanbul. At Zorlu PAC, the aim… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/05/istanbuls-salesman-filiz-ova-on-norris-and-the-new-zorlu/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Royal Scottish Academy is marking 200 years by leaving Edinburgh. Across Fife, a series of compact exhibitions—from Carnegie's artist scholarships to… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/05/road-testing-the-rsa-200-a-fife-art-trail-by-sass-macdonald/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"Slick staging meets emotional distance." Calum Skuodas assesses Selina Fillinger’s Something Clean, a chilling but detached look at the collateral trauma of a sexual… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/04/review-something-clean-lion-unicorn-theatre-london/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"Now is the moment to back ambitious, original big new plays." Chaired by Pippa Hll, The Mainstage Prize launches to find scripts capable of sustaining… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/05/04/10000-mainstage-prize-launches-to-champion-large-scale-theatre/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"I'm fulfilling my itch to sing different genres..." Christina Bianco discusses shedding mimicry to anchor The Ballad of Johnny and June, currently playing its… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/30/christina-bianco-talks-the-ballad-of-johnny-june-tour/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"But it is the singing which tops even all of that glorious visual splendour." Opera International Kyiv delivers a vocally uncompromising, classical staging of Madama Butterfly for… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/30/review-madama-butterfly-ellen-kent-perth/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Jukebox bio-musicals frequently sacrifice hard truths for upbeat tempos. In The Ballad of Johnny and June, a formidable cast battles muddy sound and a… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/29/review-the-ballad-of-johnny-and-june-festival-theatre-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"His convincingly professional tone is completely at odds with the nonsense coming forth." Our critique explores how Jack Docherty scales "The… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/28/review-jack-docherty-in-the-chief-no-apologies-traverse-theatre-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

From "banter warriors" to medical body horror, Scissor Kick & HissyFit’s new production finds the tragicomic core of the Freud-Eckstein relationship. A sharp, physical, and deeply… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/28/review-jackals-summerhall-edinburgh/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

From the apocalyptic undertones of Ravel’s 'La Valse' to Sir Stephen Hough’s unshowy mastery of Rachmaninov, the RSNO’s latest concert balanced dark theatricality… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/28/review-sir-stephen-hough-plays-rachmaninov-rsno-usher-hall/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"You've got to be blindly obstinate." Resurrecting London City Ballet without public subsidy seemed improbable. Three years… https://theqr.co.uk/2026/04/28/uk-premieres-and-a-new-generation-london-city-ballet-announces-2026-season-and-trainee-search/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social