Robert Malcolm
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘PROPHET’ a psychological thriller/folk horror story, by Jack Macdonald @ Edinburgh Fringe
Jack MacGregor is a Fringe First award-winning playwright from the Scottish Highlands, best known for their plays Our Brother, Everything Under the Sun and Nightlands. Their new work, Prophets, described as a psychological thriller/folk horror story, debuts this year at the Edinburgh Fringe and has won the Assembly’s ART Award. Unfortunately, this short play starts…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘LINUS WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA’ @ Edinburgh Fringe
Last year my final show at the Fringe was Linus Karp’s hysterical gay panto The Fit Prince. The charming young Swede is back in Edinburgh with a more serious offering, based on a homophobic attack which he personally experienced. The stage is set like a 1950s black and white illustration of a street in Soho,…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews “Heated Rivalry – The Unauthorised Musical Parody” @Edinburgh Fringe 2026
**** The Edinburgh Fringe can be overwhelming and very confusing. This year, amongst the record 4,202 shows at 299 venues, there are three musicals based on the hit HBO TV series Heated Rivalry. Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody, Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody, and Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody. Following its…
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Queerguru’s Scotland Contributing Editor Robert Malcolm reviews Richard Gadd’s new TV series ‘HALF MAN ‘
I have to admit that I approached Richard Gadd’s new BBC and HBO series, Half Man, with some reservations. The violent working-class Scotsman is a trope that is too familiar and reinforces a national stereotype that the country can well do without. I was also concerned that this tale is told by Gadd, a middle-class…
