Bette/Cavette

4 Stars ****

Nowadays chat shows abound, basically as PR exercises. From time to time an interview takes place which goes beyond the bland and becomes more significant.

The 1971 interview of Bette Davis (Grant Smeaton) by Dick Cavette (Gordon … Read More

Busting Out!

***

3 Stars

This show was a major smash hit at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the two performers Emma Powell and Bev Killick are having equaled success at Edinburgh Fringe 2010.

Boobs to the fore, these Aussie sheilas … Read More

Soho Storeys

4 Stars ****

Written by Tim Norton, Soho Storeys is a big, ambitious project which is successfully realised by a cast of over 30 young, talented performers backed by a 9 piece jazz orchestra.

The scene is Soho, 1953. The … Read More

The Hub

5 Stars *****

Hopes, dreams and failed ambitions are the themes which come under scrutiny in this uproariously funny comedy by Feri Tezcan. Set in a TV announcer’s studio, five 25 to 35 year olds with very different personalities are … Read More

I, Elizabeth

4 Stars ****

In her bearing and manner, Rebecca Vaughan’s portrayal of the young Elizabeth I is immediately convincing. She successfully brings a dramatic realism to a unique woman who must be one of history’s greatest survivors. Having your mother … Read More

Are You There?

3 Stars ***

Are You There? was written by Argentinean playwright Javier Daulte. This production has been adapted by Charlie Ward, who also directs, and is in two short acts.

It is a mysterious and, indeed, chilling play. This mood … Read More

Up ‘n’ Under: Hull Truck Theatre Company

****

4 Star

It has been 25 years since this John Godber play was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and it is back playing in the Assembly Music Hall.

In between times it has had many hundreds of stagings … Read More

A Solitary Choice

****

4Star

It has been a given over the last twelve years that we at one4review have been reviewing, that anything that is under the Theatre Tours International or Guy Masterson Productions banner is always going to be a well … Read More

Bowels

3 Stars ***

Edinburgh based, amateur company Big Village Theatre embrace the spirit of the Fringe by showcasing new writing. In 2009 Neil Walden won the Company’s writing competition and now his entry is being premiered. This does represent something … Read More

Bright is the Ring of Words

Three Stars ***

Jeffrey Mayhew’s play is an uncompromising yet poignant drama putting together two men who could not be more different. John, played by the author, is living in a dingy bed-sit. He is an aging alcoholic who was … Read More