Lyn Gardner
- Journalist, reviewer and author
Press clippings
Shona McCarthy interview
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society's chief executive tells Lyn Gardner about this year's hybrid event and explains how the society is working to address issues of affordability and accessibility.
Lyn Gardner, The Stage, 16th June 2021+3 interview: Doug Crossley
'Lyn Gardner ... name-checked me as "a young actor of promise", so yeah, basically, dreams can come true.'
Dan Lentell, Edinburgh49, 11th June 2019Fringe play may offend, but its a small price to pay
The Austrian playwright Peter Handke once wrote a play called Offending the Audience, which was designed to do just that. The history of British theatre includes many plays to which the audience - and critics too - have taken offence, because they felt they were gratuitously violent or included moments that should be neither seen nor heard on stage.
Lyn Gardner, The Stage, 7th August 2018Underground Railroad Game "race is its own performance"
The history of slavery rubs up against liberal white guilt as Underground Railroad Game slips into the Traverse.
Lyn Gardner, Edinburgh Festivals, 26th July 2018Edinburgh 2018: Lyn Gardner's guide for what to see
The pick of the most interesting shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and International Festival.
Lyn Gardner, The Independent, 6th June 2018Thirty Christmases review
A reunited brother and sister try to repair their relationship at Christmas time in this amiable show with songs.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 13th December 2017The Retreat review
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 9th November 2017Risky business at Edinburgh Fringe
Running a festival venue is about more than booking acts and selling tickets. From converting lecture rooms to spending £25,000 on Astroturf, we reveal the costs of putting on a show.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 19th July 201715 surefire Edinburgh festival shows
Maddie Rice performs Phoebe Waller-Bridge's filthy smash, Stacey Gregg delivers a scorching study of gender fraud and there are life lessons at a wake.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 18th July 2017Raising Martha review - psychedelic froggy comedy
David Spicer's humorous play about animal rights boasts deft one-liners and giant amphibians, but it ends up down a dramatic cul-de-sac.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, 23rd January 2017