Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Edinburgh

Film and Comedy Editor at The Wee Review

Edinburgh-based. Film editor and comedy editor @theweereview arts and cultural magazine. Also a contributor to @SetTheTape

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Interview: Ella Hällgren

1 week ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Ella Hällgren is a playwright, performer, and theatre maker from the north of Sweden, who currently lives and works in Edinburgh. She works as a creative both independently and as part of her company, Untie My Tongue Theatre. Her play ‘r/Conspiracy‘ is making its debut this August at Fringe. We spoke to Ella about the play, debuting the show at her adopted home, and her hopes for the month. Can you tell us about ‘r/Conspiracy’?
Lollipop - The Wee Review

2 weeks ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Even if you were to watch writer/ director Daisy-May’s Hudson‘s debut feature Lollipop with no prior knowledge of her lived experience of homelessness, the grit, texture, and authenticity would still be palpable. Hudson, known for documenting the travails of her family in 2015’s Half Way, provides an intense character study of a mother traversing the UK’s byzantine social care system while expanding into themes of motherhood, resilience, trauma, and mental health.
Scottish Comedians Premiere Comedy Specials

2 weeks ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Five of Scotland’s top comedians will premiere their stand-up comedy shows online in June and July. Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Marc Jennings, Liam Withnail, Stuart McPherson, and Rosco McClelland will release their new shows as part of a weekly series called Summer Laugh, presented by the Some Laugh podcast.
Interview: Stephen Sharp

2 weeks ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Stephen ‘Sharpie’ Sharp is an improvisor from Glasgow, and the creator of ‘Looking for Laughs’, a dating comedy show that has become a monthly fixture of the Glasgow Comedy scene. Sharpie and his fellow improvisers will be bringing the show to the Fringe in August. We chatted to Stephen about the origins of the show, taking it across to America, and just why he’s putting himself through hours of chatting people up on the Royal Mile. Can you tell us about ‘Looking for Laughs’?
Shedinburgh Fringe Festival Announces Full Programme

1 month ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Shedinburgh Fringe Festival makes its return as a live venue with a mix of Fringe favourites, household names and rising stars appearing in a diverse line-up of theatre, comedy, performance art, live music, and talks. Today sees the first announcement of the inaugural programme of 28 one-off, one-night-only shows. Further shows are still to be announced, with special ‘Secret Sets’ revealed during the festival.
Aberdeen Comedy Festival 2025 Releases Programme

1 month ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Taking place for the first time since 2022, Aberdeen Comedy Festival has been revived and revamped by Aberdeen Performing Arts who are preparing to host two weeks of the finest comedy in venues across the city.
April - The Wee Review

2 months ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

A staunchly uncompromising filmmaker in both subject matter and technique, Dea Kulumbegashvili won’t be one of those independent, critically-lauded auteurs who find themselves co-opted by the Disney/ Marvel machine any time soon. Her sophomore feature is a rigorously controlled, but unflinching and harrowing examination of the provision of abortion services in rural Georgia, or lack thereof.
The Ugly Stepsister

2 months ago | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

Emelie Blichfeldt‘s gleefully gory and giddily fun The Ugly Stepsister doesn’t so much as subvert the now-standard Disneyfied approach to fairy tales so much as reconnect with the original Grimm, Gothic nastiness, while shifting their traditional focus elsewhere in a similar way to Angela Carter in The Bloody Chamber. While nowhere near as erudite and thematically rich as Carter’s reworkings, it foregrounds the blood and sex and pain of it all in a very frank, drolly Scandinavian way.
HippFest 2025 - The Wee Review

Mar 16, 2025 | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

HippFest festival of silent film returns this week, Wed 19 to Sun 23 Mar, at the Hippodrome Cinema in Bo’ness, Scotland’s oldest cinema. The 15th edition of the festival sees such legends as Mary Pickford, Laurel and Hardy, and genius of Buster Keaton, while also exploring the early works of directors like Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. HippFest also dedicates to uncovering rare and little-known gems, some of which haven’t been screened for decades.
Glasgow FrightFest Day Two

Mar 13, 2025 | theweereview.com | Kevin Ibbotson-Wight

The second day of Glasgow FrightFest is even more varied in quality than the first. Featuring cosmic generational trauma, some terrific short films, an affectionate lookback at a maligned entry in an iconic franchise, a dismal effort from a respected veteran, and a fun comedy haunted house horror, it wasn’t short of variety. Sadly, it also lacked that killer title to pin back the ears. Day Two kicks off with an interesting cosmic horror in A Mother’s Embrace (Cristian Ponce/ Brazil/ 2024/ 91 mins).