Magnificent Bastard Productions: Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 5 stars *****

This was brilliant! It’s not quite ‘The Wizard of Oz’ but has the gist of the plot including songs from Wicked and The Wiz for example. The small cast play all the characters, the musician and the host but the … Read More

Tiger House Theatre: Doctor Faustus, 2 stars **

This is a modern setting of Christopher Marlowe’s classic Faust. The main proponents are here, Mephistopheles, Lucifer etc. but set in a contemporary pharmaceutical world where the protagonists are mainly female. This appears to be one of the reasons for … Read More

Car Crash Productions: American Idiot, 3 stars ***

I missed their production last year so it was nice to see Car Crash Productions returning to the Fringe this year with their production of Green Day’s trendy hit, American Idiot.

First of all I have to mention the live … Read More

Colla Voce Theatre: Buried: A New Musical, 5 stars *****

Well this is different! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the title, but the description gives you a better idea. Two seemingly normal people who just so happen to kill their dates end up on a date together … Read More

2 Become 1 – King’s Head Theatre & Swipe Right – 4****

Jess is distraught since splitting up with her boyfriend. Her friends Mandy (the hopeless romantic), Molly (the quirky one) and Charlie (the sex kitten) rally round to cheer her up, trying to give her some advise from the Bible that … Read More

Car Crash Productions: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 3 stars ***

Based on the film of the same name, ‘Priscilla’ the musical is a joyous and uplifting tale of acceptance and understanding. And a bus. However it’s a hard show to pull off in the Fringe.

This is an obviously inexperienced … Read More

Disclosure Group: Porn, 1 star *

A few years ago there was “Porn, the Musical” in the Fringe, a fabulous piece from Malta which had excellent production values, catchy tunes and lyrics which should really have won an award. This ‘Porn’ though, sadly, has none of … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Atlantic: America and the Great War, 5 stars *****

One of two new shows sharing similar themes, Atlantic: America and the Great War follows the lives of two sisters as one leaves for war one one stays behind. The story is slightly confusing at the start but soon settles … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Atlantic: A Scottish Story, 5 stars *****

One of two new shows sharing similar themes, Atlantic: A Scottish Story follows the lives of two young childhood friends through a whole generation of growing up and apart. One leaves their traditional family home on a Scottish island, one … Read More

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Into the Woods, 5 stars *****

Into the Woods is one of Sondheim’s best loved and critically acclaimed masterpieces. It is intricate, detailed, charming and very, very clever. Act one presents us with familiar fairy tale characters and interweaves them on a quest to essentially find … Read More