Review: The Boy at the Back of the Class, Festival Theatre Edinburgh Onjali Q. Raúf’s beloved children's book takes to the stage. Read our 3.5-star review of this energetic, deeply felt family adventure in Edinburgh.

The Boy at the Back of the Class finds its heart in the quiet, immense sensitivity of Serkan Avlik’s performance. But can a story so deeply rooted in the intimate trauma of a young refugee survive the cavernous scale of Edinburgh's Festival Theatre?

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Forget the candle-lit folk plays of old. Witches Corner is a sonic rebellion, weaponising the punchline to bridge the gap between 1704 and today.

"It is absolutely a weapon," says the team at Encapulus Productions.

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Profoundly beautiful set by @aleatorymusic.bsky.social Chief Scientist, as he reimagines Satie’s Gnossiennes 1–6 through the lens of aphasia and recovery, @fruitmarket.bsky.social part of @gianttank.bsky.social TFEH Programme.

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Forging Meaning: Eve Stainton on Welding, Queerness and Live Work Eve Stainton talks to theQR about Impact Driver, the heat of welding and the queerness of collaboration ahead of their Fruitmarket performance.

The national tour of Impact Driver arrives at the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh.

Eve Stainton reflects on how welding, sound and choreography converge to test the limits of performance and perception.

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Exciting news for Edinburgh! Summerhall arts venue signs a 10-year lease. What events are you hoping to see there? #EdinburghArts

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EPT talk Quartermaine’s Terms – opening soon! A Local Endeavour Edinburgh’s theatre scene can look forward to a spring highlight. Edinburgh People’s Theatre (EPT) is staging Simon Gray’s award-winning play, Quartermaine’s Terms, at the Church Hill Theatre from 19–22 March 2025. Set in a 1960s Cambridge school for overseas English students, it follows headmaster St John Quartermaine and six teachers navigating personal dramas amid quiet isolation.

"...so painfully relatable that I don’t think it has lost any of its humour over time." Edinburgh People's Theatre talk Quartermaine's Terms this March.

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Edinburgh, this Friday 6th December Will Barras’ retrospective exhibition Stretch launches @boro_edinburgh. RSVP to yo@boro-edinburgh, 6pm - 1am.
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