This week's Dispatch: 17 Aug 2026
It's an Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 special!
The Arts Dispatch
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Kirsty Mann: CORPSE review - Red Lecture Theatre at Summerhall, Edinburgh ★★★★★
A 21st-century ghost story to make you laugh and shriek
Badgers review - Traverse 2, Edinburgh ★★★☆☆
A podcaster influencer chases a folk tale
Harriet Richardson: Creep review - Pleasance Below, Edinburgh ★★★★★
The performance artist takes restorative justice into her own hands
Nesting review - Old Lab at Summerhall, Edinburgh ★★★☆☆
Michael Guest is the thing with feathers
The Understudy review - Assembly George Square Gardens, Edinburgh ★★☆☆☆
Eva Seymour plays a 'Covid cover' trying to make it big
COMA review - Assembly George Square Gardens, Edinburgh ★★☆☆☆
Darkfield's immersive audio lacks narrative
This week's Dispatch: 10 Aug 2026
Love's Labour's Lost and The Car Man - plus Edinburgh Fringe kicks off
Love's Labour's Lost review - Shakespeare's Globe, London ★★★☆☆
Indiana Lown-Collins transports the Southbank to Spain
The Car Man review - Sadler's Wells, London ★★★★☆
Matthew Bourne's re-ignition of Bizet's Carmen