While the lengthy queues and £7-a-drink tokens might give you pause, the Gin and Rum Festival delivers on its core promise: an incredible variety of spirits you won’t find on the high street. For enthusiasts, exploring this collection in the beautiful Assembly Rooms makes it a worthwhile, if expensive, treat.
A Review of Mojo and Jimmy: The Totally Awesome Magic Show, Fringe 2025
A colourful, funny and family-friendly magic adventure, lots of magic tricks and plenty of silliness to keep the family entertained.
Review: Dream Space, Fringe 2025
Dream Space is a magical journey into imagination, with exceptional puppetry and a poignant, meaningful story. It’s a show that will charm children and reconnect adults with the wonder of their own childhoods.
Review: Kevin Quantum – Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers, Fringe 2025
Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers is a hit. The show, set in a packed Assembly Rooms, features a former physicist who uses science to enhance his illusions. It’s a fantastic, family-friendly show that keeps everyone, even the youngest audience members, completely entertained.
Review: 1457, The Boy at Rest, Fringe 2025
This review praises “1457, The Boy at Rest” as a powerful and polished slice of Korean history. It highlights the show’s Shakespearean qualities, the moral complexity of its villain, and the superb performances from the entire cast. The production’s beautiful music and costumes are noted, and while the show is condensed for the Fringe, it remains an absolutely enjoyable and compelling hour.
Review of A Midsummer’s Nights Dream, Festival 2012
A young cast giving it their all in one of the most popular and Shakespeare classics. Notice not only the speed of the costume swaps, fast enough to pay homage to the magical art of the quick change, but the slight of hand involved in the administration of fairy potions. The wrapper for this play […]
The mystery of the Assembly Rooms Internet wifi, Fringe 2012
There will be confusion about the Assembly Rooms in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year. The Assembly Rooms are still the Assembly Rooms but not part of Assembly. Edinburgh City Council own the Assembly Rooms building but it was closed for significant refurbishment. William Burdett Coutts, who has run Fringe shows in the building for […]