The Hotel

I headed up to The Assembly Rooms at George Street where Mark Watson had advised (via the wonder of Twitter) that free tickets would be available for his ‘show’ The Hotel. All I had to do to claim one was … Read More

The Play About Charlotte

*** 3 stars

Cathy (Amy Marchant) is a prolific and award winning writer but recently her books have taken a complete change in direction. She seems to be drifting away from her partner Jamie (Pierre Thailleux) and more and more … Read More

An Evening With Psychosis

*** 3 stars

Set on a space station, three people are measuring ‘The Norm’.  Throughout the show we have excerpts of interviews with those experiencing psychosis read out during pauses in the action. I found the use of video cameras … Read More

Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical

*** 3 stars

Totally promising title, but sadly not quite the ‘Big Gay Success’ I was expecting.

Johnny McKnight from Ardrossan, a small Scottish town on the West Coast, takes us through his life by the use of tunes from … Read More

My Darling Clemmie

**** 4 stars

Rohan McCullough has the demeanour and calm dignity to convince immediately in the role she plays as Clementine Churchill. Hugh Whitemore’s play charts Clementine’s life story from childhood to Winston Churchill’s death in 1965. This is a … Read More

The Love Shop

**** 4 stars

The Love Shop, written and directed by Lorraine McCann, is a joyful comedy. It becomes obvious that the humour is working when the audience are smiling and chuckling throughout.

The action takes place in a charity … Read More

Out of Chaos

*** 3 stars

Out of Chaos draws on storytelling traditions ranging from Greek mythology to cultures all over the world. There are six cast members, three from England and one from each of Spain, Denmark and Japan. The stories are … Read More

Pythonesque

**** 4 stars

Pythonesque is a structured comedy written by Roy Smiles and given a smooth direction by Michael Kingsbury. The play opens with a deceased Graham Chapman arriving at the gates of heaven. There he meets an officious janitor … Read More

Balloon Boutique

** 2 stars

Balloon Boutique is mime theatre with the characters portrayed by actors wearing masks. Naturally, balloons as props form an integral part of the action. All manner of ingenious ways are employed, with a particularly innovative final scene. … Read More

Cool Cutz

*** 3 stars

Welcome to Cool Cutz, a Beauty salon.  The staff of this establishment are some of the most dysfunctional characters you could ever hope to meet.

There’s Maggie, the new boss, who dreamed of such a position; Suzie, … Read More