The Wee Review | Scotland’s arts and culture magazine

Claire Wood is a playwright based in Edinburgh. In 2017 she founded Production Lines theatre company. During the lockdown of venues and creative spaces in 2020, the company turned its attention to creating theatre online. Recent productions have been performed in the digital space...

Liv Rocklin is a New York-based comedian who performs stand-up, musical comedy, sketch comedy and theatre. Her solo show, An American (Not) in Paris has been performed at several US Fringe Festivals,
being named “Best of Fringe” in Orlando in 2025. We spoke to Liv ahead of her Fringe run in August. She told us about the show, her musical comedy in...

Jack MacGregor is a playwright from the north of Scotland. The current IASH/Traverse Fellowship Writer for 2026, they have received numerous awards, including receiving a Fringe First, Scottish Arts Club Prize, and a Summerhall Lustrum Award. Fraser Scott is a theatre director from Paisley. He is a recipient of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Scholarship, a Cross T...

Nightlife seems to be getting an earlier start these days. Between the rise of afternoon events, bottomless brunches and morning raves in coffee shops, maybe 2pm is the new 2am (including the messy kebab if that’s what you’re into). So Edinburgh’s newest comedy show,

Daniel Wishes and Seri Yanai are writers, puppeteers, and performers based in Japan. The duo, as their production company Book of Shadowz, have previously had hits at the Fringe with Shunga Alert and Space Hippo. Their new show, Book of Shadows is premiering at this year’s Fringe. We spoke to Daniel and Seri about the show, their love of mythology an...