Sophie Layton

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What’s in a name? A question that many ask themselves as they come close to expecting the arrival of a child, the hunt for names can take many forms. A name is the most special aspect of a person’s identity – a unique moniker of who a person is

Family holds an interesting place in all of our lives. At some point in our lives, we’ve all had one. The majority of people have at least one member of their family still in their lives, many have many, & they come in all sorts of shapes & sizes

When a cast member proclaimed that “honestly, the second half is even worse than the first”, I thought that was quite simply impossible. But it wasn’t worse – both were god-awful.

A heartfelt & comedic tribute to growing up queer & becoming the characters we once so longed to be.

★★★★ Naughty, raunchy & with a healthy dose of absurdism, The Meeples: XXX is the darker, dirtier, sexier version of The Muppets that we never knew we needed. Awaiting on the winding staircase up to Lime Studio at Greenside George Street, I watched…

"Thank God the other one's alright!" - Isn't it ironic that the best thing about Bush! The Musical, is Al Gore?

“Concise & structurally sound, & in my professional experience, an absolute banger”. Yeah, pretty much.

★★★★ “What if we did the insurrection but good?”. Complete with a girlboss rainbow disco & a healthy dose of homoeroticism, January 6th the Musical is a surprisingly entertaining addition to this year’s theSpace programme, combining an imaginative…

An exciting, clever set that showcases the absolute best of Scottish comedy to the world.

★★★ A decently-executed concept that, like the man himself, ran out of road long before he expected to. With his time in Washington over & a political career in tatters, it seems inevitable that Peter Mandelson would find his way to the Edinburgh…

“You are easily impressed & I love it” – but not as impressed as I was hoping to be.

“You call yourself ‘mega’, I see no such thing” is the perfect line to describe this rollercoaster crash.

“Cultural exchange makes you smarter”, & gives you a half-decent comedy show to boot.

“I'd rather be shot at The Cheesecake Factory” is a wild thing for a school shooting survivor to say.

“Without the approval & praise of strangers, he won’t be able to do this for much longer”. Consider the praise plentiful & forthcoming, sir, for your show is remarkable.

A fairytale rock band, ‘magic bean’ dealers & Hansel equipped with Mace - “That sounds deliciously fun”.

★★★★★ They “are extraordinary, fearless little girls”, with a show-stopping script, toe-tapping score & the spirits of women everywhere right behind them. Being a girl is no easy feat. With a litany of challenges, expectations & social norms that…