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3 months

10 to See at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Our Managing Editor @weaklemondrink looks at some practically nailed-on winners for this August. #Edfringe

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2 years

Fringe Review: ARIGATO by JalJal ★★★★☆ Charming and utterly bonkers Japanese Improv #EdFringe2022 #fringe22

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6 years

To all #edfringe performers, try to forget the ticket sales, the reviews, the expense. You're here, making the world's greatest arts festival happen. Take time to enjoy it. And remember the likes of us reviewers don't matter in the scheme of things. #MondayMotivation

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7 years

We have 3 free copies of the new Scots translation "Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stane" to give away. RT to enter, and we'll announce the winners on 1st Feb ⚡️📚 #bookgiveaway #booklove

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7 years

We are in the process of being sued for a one star review we gave. All reviews will be five star puff pieces until further notice. #edfringe

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The Wee Review

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3 years

We will be Fringeing all month online and offline! It's so good to have it back. Feel free to punt shows at us (section editor emails on site). We'll see anything and everything we can fit in. #TweetTheMedia

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The Wee Review

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6 years

We’re officially in print. These wee beauties are making their way round town as we speak. Collect one from a venue/bar/cafe near you shortly. #edfringe

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Phew. First 300 #edfringe reviews allocated to reviewers. And a lot more to come...!

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The Wee Review

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5 years

There are an awful lot of people who have done an awful lot of work not pictured but we had a lot of fun at Wee Review end of #edfringe drinks tonight. Thanks to @GreensideVenue for having us. And thanks to all the performers who've welcomed us to their shows.

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The Wee Review

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8 years

Scotland, which city are you rooting for to win City of Culture 2021 - @Paisley2021 or @Perth2021 ?

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Big news from us! We've relaunched the site with a new design and... We are merging with @FringeGuru for #edfringe !

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Only had our new @FringeGuru -designed booking system live a few hours and already nearly 116 shows have been requested by reviewers! It's going to be a busy August. #edfringe #SleepInSeptember

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5 years

News: Scott Kyle joins Edinburgh Acting School

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The Wee Review

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7 years

Review: One Mississippi: A carefully-constructed exploration of male vulnerability ★★★★✩

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The Wee Review

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4 years

Interview: Jonathan Antoine: BGT star expands his repertoire as he reflects on growing up

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The Wee Review

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2 years

Opinion: The Wee Review's Fringe Editor-at-Large @fringeguru calls for performer support in creating a better critical culture at #edfringe

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The Wee Review

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7 years

We won!! Best Online Publication at the first ever Theatre & Technology Awards! Thank you so much everybody! 🍾

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7 years

Best Online Publication Winner: Wee Review #TheatreTechAwards #blogs #websites #onlinepublication

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The Wee Review

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5 years

@glasgowfilmfest Synchronic. A new cut of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's existential sci-fi. Two paramedics encounter a series of deaths caused by a new designer drug. The directors love a head-scratcher as previous film The Endless demonstrates. 10/

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Join our #edfringe reviewing team! We're dead nice to write for, honest.

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The Wee Review

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7 years

Review: The Red Shoes at Festival Theatre: Matthew Bourne in his supremacy ★★★★★

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The Wee Review

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8 years

How gutted would you be? You call your show "Aaaargh.." to be first in #edfringe brochure & then don't use enough As

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

8 years

We've changed identity. TV Bomb is gone. The Wee Review is here. Never had anything to do with TVs or Bombs anyway

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The Wee Review

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7 years

Review: A Girl and A Gun @Summerhallery Louise Orwin challenges the use of guns in popular culture ★★★★✩

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

2 years

#edfringe may be over but we haven't quite finished. We still have write-ups to do. So if you're a performer we saw in the last few days, don't worry. It's on it's way. Just might take a few days to clear the backlog.

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Sofie Hagen - Banglord ★★★★★ Commanding stage presence and quick wit that would make anyone decry democracy and welcome Hagen as our benevolent dictator/banglord #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Charlie Vero-Martin - Picnic ★★★★☆ Hilarious character sketches stuffed to the gills with mad ideas from a truly gifted performer #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

We've now hit 550 reviews on site. Have a gander.

The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

Our #edfringe microsite is live! Tons of interviews and features. And all our reviews will appear here in a handy A-Z list. Read and enjoy!

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story ★★★★★ A wild, camp fantasy ride into the mythical status Diana has now taken on #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

Thank you #edfringe performers! If we didn't get to see you, sorry. If we did, hope we were fair even if we couldn't always be positive. But good or bad, remember it's you that makes the Fringe and we love you for it! Have a rest, reflect on a job well done and see you in 2019!

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Before the Drugs Kick In ★★★★★ A strong central performance and characterisation brings this humorously and emotionally-rich work to life #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

Album Review: Grrrl Gang - Here To Stay: An Indonesian trio to fall in love with ★★★★✩

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The Wee Review

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3 years

Theatre review: Don Juan @HorsecrossPerth - Witty, darkly comedic writing that is expertly performed ★★★★★

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

4 years

Feels strange not to have the team out and about reviewing at #edfringe today. But we are going to cover as much of the online activity as we can manage.

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

Absolutely chuffed that our writer @FloraGosling has won the inaugural Fringe Young Writers Award with nominations also for Ariane Branigan and Dominic Corr. Well done all of you!

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Wee Review writer Ariane Branigan bags Fringe Young Writer Award!

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The Wee Review

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2 years

Opinion: Editor @peaky76 renews calls for a media summit to ensure a healthier critical environment for 2023...

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

7 years

Blimey. Our #edfringe reviewing spreadsheet only went live an hour ago and we've already got 75 shows pencilled in.

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

2 years

Our team of @FringeGuru and @weaklemondrink hard at work at #MeetTheMedia along with reps from other hard working Fringe media organisations. #edfringe

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Lorna Rose Treen - Skin Pigeon ★★★★★ Highly-anticipated character-comedy debut is a triumph of verve and imagination #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

8 years

Which is hotter? Like for #sexowl . RT for #sexchicken .

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The Wee Review

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2 years

As the #edfringe reviews start rolling in, we have a new look site to put them on...

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The Wee Review

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2 years

Theatre review: Afters @dundeefringe - Charming and quirky Dundee comedy ★★★★✩

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2 years

#edfringe Review: Vir Das - Wanted: Powerful storytelling meets hoot-worthy humour in this brilliantly crafted show about loving your country even if it doesn’t always love you back ★★★★★

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The Wee Review

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5 years

“Don’t ruin my night out by being deep and meaningful” - @Jo__Caulfield dishes out some words of advice to #edfringe performers

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The Wee Review

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5 years

“This is part of the solution for the city, rather than a problem.” Read our big relaunch interview with @edfringe boss Shona McCarthy

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The Wee Review

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5 years

Our first reviews are in and they're glowing ones from an old friend of the site! #edfringe

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The Wee Review

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3 years

Theatre review: Life is a Dream @lyceumtheatre - A spectacular exploration of fate, free will, and reality’s fragility ★★★★✩

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The Wee Review

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6 years

@VallanceYoon @JaneyGodley Here you go Mark. @JaneyGodley 's face, as featured in our new #edfringe magazine under "Shows to see". There's gonna be 10,000 of these distributed around Edinburgh. Stock up on cornflakes, mate, you're gonna be doing a lot of spitting.

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The Wee Review

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5 years

#edfringe Review: Vir Das - Loved @Gildedballoon : The star of Indian comedy muses about love ★★★★☆

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The Wee Review

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1 year

Fringe Review: Milo Edwards - Sentimental ★★★★★ Bereavement handled with skill and a torrent of laughs in this phenomenal hour of stand-up #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

Our #edfringe microsite is now live. Full of interviews, previews and reviews of stuff we've seen before. There'll be another 400 reviews on there by the time August's out.

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The Wee Review

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7 years

News from us. We're ditching the star ratings for a new improved system. Here's the details...

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The Wee Review

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2 years

#edfringe Review: Rob Madge - My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) @FollowTheCow : Dazzling and moving mini-musical about a kid who loved musicals ★★★★★

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

1 year

A full official week into the Fringe and it's been a very busy one. We think we're on top of our coverage, but if you've had us in on a press ticket and are still waiting on the review after three days or more please let us know.

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The Wee Review

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9 years

Review: @scottishballet @GlasgowKings Swan Lake - clever and exciting ★★★★★

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2 years

#edfringe Review: Larry Dean - Fudnut @BarrelComedy : Top notch comedy set is emotionally frank and infectiously funny ★★★★★

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The Wee Review

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5 years

We've done more #edfringe reviews than ever before. We've had more visits than ever before. And we're still going. Week 3 - bring it on!

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5 months

Review: Hoard ★★★★☆ Strange, unique, often disturbing debut depicts a most unhygienic coming of age

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The Wee Review

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8 years

You thought #edfringe didn't need any more awards? You thought right. But we're doing some anyway...

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The Wee Review

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6 years

The Wee Review Award Winners 2018: Fringe Zeitgeist: @kweenthemusical Fringe Groundbreaker: @danteordie for User Not Found Fringe Experience: @RichHuntTemp for The Piece Full details and runners-up here:

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The Wee Review

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8 years

Review: Curtis Stigers - The iconic singer brings bucketloads of cheer to HMT in Aberdeen ★★★★★ @curtisstigers

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

August is coming which means... 🎭🎹🎸🤣🎨💃📖🗣️ We're ready for it! #edfringe #edintfest #edbookfest #edartfest #WorldEmojiDay

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

#edfringe starts here. With an empty spreadsheet and a full pint. The Wee Review Pre-Fringe Editors Gathering.

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

Here it is. The Wee Short. Our new free #edfringe mag done with our friends @ShortComReviews featuring @Jo_Caulfield @aliterative @PipUtton & more. Grab one from a Fringe venue near you soon!

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1 year

Fringe Review: The Half Moon ★★★★☆ Rewarding exploration of the ties that bind and the desire to escape #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

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5 years

For #WorldFringeDay have a read of our interview with Shona McCarthy, chief of #edfringe , the original (and still best in our book!)

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7 years

Opinion: Editor @peaky76 with a personal view on the Creative Scotland debate

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8 months

GFF Review: Love Lies Bleeding ★★★★☆ A curious and distinctive mashup of queer love story and brutal exploitation thriller #GFF24

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7 years

. @hotbrownhoney closing out the @EdFestMagazine #edfringe launch @BrewhemiaEdin

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7 years

Review: 5 Guys Chillin @AssemblyFest : Graphic yet poignant insight into the gay chemsex scene ★★★★★ #edfringe

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

Also fitting for #WorldFringeDay that we've joined forces with @FringeGuru . Currently tweeting about @buxtonfringe and covers lots of other UK fringe stuff too and will be our Editor-at-Large for #edfringe .

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

6 years

Lost Voice Guy is a good example of why you should get off the beaten track at #edfringe . Last year, he was an unknown playing a half empty hotel back room. This year, you’ll be lucky to get a ticket.

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6 years

Review: Irene's Ghost at the @glasgowfilmfest : Emotionally powerful chronicle of loss, memory and family ★★★★★

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2 months

Fringe Review: Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia ★★★★★ Geordie-Indian comedian regales with racist events from his childhood contrasted with his love for Britain and its people #EdFringe #dFringe2024

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2 years

Fringe Review - Bilal Zafar: Care ★★★★☆ Relaxed performer whose stories about working in a care home entertain and engage #EdFringe2022 #fringe22

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7 years

Review: Michael Inside at @glasgowfilmfest : Compelling, harsh and engrossing look at violence with no easy answers ★★★★✩

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The Wee Review

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7 years

What our writers are most looking forward to at this year's #edfringe

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5 years

#edfringe Review: Liam Withnail: Homecoming @BarrelComedy : Every joke lands in this hysterical look at marriage, cultural differences and more ★★★★★

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6 years

First glimpse inside @LeithTheatre for this year’s @hiddendoorarts #HiddenDoor

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

We're on course to see our 200th show of #edfringe sometime early tomorrow evening. Here's one of our reviewers pictured late last night.

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

2 years

We've 20 writers confirmed for this year's #edfringe , but still room for a couple of more. If you fancy reviewing for us, get in touch...

The Wee Review

@theweereview

2 years

Contributors needed! We're on the lookout for a small number of writers to join our #edfringe team and for year-round writers in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

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9 years

"There is swag!" - @GregProops tempts us to his show @GlasgowComedy Festival...

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The Wee Review

@theweereview

5 years

This is #fakenews from our editor. We don't take payment for reviews. Nor do we review our mates or print things PRs tell us to or any of the other myths that go around. We try to be keep things as ethical as possible and give an independent view of #edfringe .

Robert Peacock

@Peaky76

5 years

We operate a different system @theweereview . You pay according to what you'd like us to say. Fee = (Stars ^ 4 + positive adjectives × 5 - cliches) x £50 Extras: £100 for "Not to be missed" £200 for positive comparison with star of your choice (£50 supplement for Phoebe W-B)

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Glasgow FrightFest Review: Irati ★★★★★ Narratively satisfying and visually remarkable fairy tale incorporates ancient Basque legend to mesmerising effect @FrightFest #frightfest

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5 years

Our #edfringe microsite is live! Tons of interviews and features. And all our reviews will appear here in a handy A-Z list. Read and enjoy!

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Theatre review: A Christmas Carol @PITLOCHRYft - Isobel McArthur’s adaptation is a perfect Christmas treat ★★★★★

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@theweereview

5 years

Richard's right. We're not going anywhere. We'll be here for #edfringe2021 and we're covering all we can of the Scottish arts that take place in the meantime.

Richard Stamp | The Wee Review

@FringeGuru

5 years

So I think the only constructive thing I can say is this: I'm not going anywhere, and nor I'm sure are my colleagues at @theweereview . It's our vocation to find and support the incredible talent that emerges at every EdFringe - and we'll be doubly determined to do that in 2021.

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Contributors needed! We're on the lookout for a small number of writers to join our #edfringe team and for year-round writers in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee

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2 years

Opinion: Editor @peaky76 with some personal thoughts on the Pleasance/Sadowitz affair...

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2 years

Dire news this morning for film in Scotland. We send our best wishes to all staff affected by this and hope that something can be done to save the festival and cinemas.

Brian Ferguson

@brianjaffa

2 years

BREAKING: Administrators have been called in after the financial collapse of the charity behind @edfilmfest & the @Filmhouse cinemas in Edinburgh & Aberdeen. My @scotsman_arts story: @TheScotsman @screenscots @CreativeScots @culturescotgov

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Fringe Interview: Lorna Rose Treen - 'I've always been happy with being seen as an idiot' - We talk to @lornlornlors about her debut character comedy show 'Skin Pigeon'

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2 years

Fringe Review - Grace Petrie: Burch Ado About Nothing ★★★★☆ An hour of funny storytelling, with the occasional gut punch from popular folk singer Petrie #edfringe #EdFringe2022

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[ONLINE] Theatre review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars - Self-isolated cast delivers excellent performances of Ian Doescher’s incongruous adaptation ★★★★✩

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5 years

We hit the 300 reviews mark overnight and you can find them all here A-Z

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6 years

#edfringe Review: What Girls Are Made Of @traversetheatre : Touching and raucous gig theatre at its finest. ★★★★★

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7 years

And we have zero reviews pending on the site for the first time since July. Someone get out and review something quick! #edfringe

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Theatre review: Les Misérables @KingsandRoyal - World-renowned production is a revolution brimming with delights and despair ★★★★★

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3 years

Theatre review: Orphans @captheatres - A boisterous and brilliant brand new show from @NTSonline ★★★★✩

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5 years

Our first reviewer should be arriving at our first show of 2019 any time now. It's called Grumpy Pants. Like certain reviewers. #edfringe

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Fringe Review: Claire Woolner - A Retrospection ★★★★★ A frantic and bewildering mash-up of clowning and performance art that is far more accessible and emotional than should be possible #edfringe #FillYerBoots

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The Wee Review

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7 years

Happy 20th birthday @StandComedyClub ! The wee basement that became the most famous room in Scottish comedy celebrates two decades tonight. Here's some of the faces that have passed through over the years...

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