sun 13/07/2025

David Kettle

Articles By David Kettle

Dear Billy, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh review - powerful tribute to Scottish pride

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Anna Karenina, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh review - nimble, sweary staging of Tolstoy's iconic novel

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Macbeth (an undoing), Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh - audacious update of the Scottish play

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James IV: Queen of the Fight, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh review - revelatory historical drama

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The End of Eddy, Edinburgh International Festival 2022 review - powerful but lacking compassion

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 review: The Stones

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Ode to Joy / Wilf

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Room, Edinburgh International Festival 2022 review - decadent, extravagant, and somewhat mystifying

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Counting and Cracking, Edinburgh International Festival 2022 review - ambitious, powerful, but sadly under-attended

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Temping / Work.txt

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Every Word was Once an Animal / Tim Crouch: Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: The Last Return / Psychodrama / Exodus

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Burn, Edinburgh International Festival 2022 review - bold, risky, sometimes baffling

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Edinburgh Fringe 2022 reviews: Boy / Intruder|Intruz

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Edinburgh Fringe 2021: Screen 9

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Edinburgh Fringe 2021: Still

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