Night of the Big Wind

*****

I was completely absorbed by this show. It’s got one of the shortest descriptions I’ve seen in the fringe programme, but it’s full of detail and imagination. There weren’t any children in the audience, but I think … Read More

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum : Shed Theatre

3 Star

***

It has been a while since I had seen this piece performed. It is always been a musical I have liked, so what is it doing in the theatre section?

The whole cast of 23 yes, that … Read More

Continuous Growth

*****

Continuous Growth is a brilliant and funny commentary on how the global economy has been driven over the past two decades. It is based on a Finnish play by Esa Leskinen and Sami Keski-Vahala but the characters and situations … Read More

The Prize

***

The theme of The Prize is the striving of sportsmen and women to reach the Olympic Games and Paralympics with the emphasis on London 2012. The play blends many quotes drawn from competitors from a variety of sports. Apart … Read More

Rosie Wilby: How to (Not) Make It in Brit Pop

3 Star

***

Rosie Wilby is an accomplished comedian, yet until I saw her show last year I was unaware that she had a career in music, Brit Pop style.

This is a reworked version of last years show only … Read More

The Company of Wolves

***

I’m not entirely decided what I think of this show. It was very good – four actors re-telling the story of Little Red Riding Hood, with a very different outcome. Those actors were excellent, and convincing in … Read More

Maurice’s Jubilee

****

Julian Glover, as retired jeweller Maurice, heads a strong cast in Nichola McAuliffe’s comedy drama. The play is in two acts and centres on the theme of diamond jubilees.

In the opening act we are introduced to the three … Read More

Martin Dockery: Wanderlust

****

Martin Dockery is a likeable and humorous storyteller. His show is a collection of his experiences on a journey through the countries of West Africa.

He is in his mid-thirties, single and comes from New York. Whilst working with … Read More

Female Gothic

*****

In essence, this is a one-woman recounting of three creepy ghost stories. But Rebecca Vaughan doesn’t simply tell you those stories, she shows you them. She inhabits each character and place and injects life in to your imagination so … Read More

Six and a Tanner

*****

A coffin occupies centre stage. Joe, the son of the deceased, enters. Normally this would be a scene of grief. This is not so. Joe is present to rejoice and obtain final closure on a father who was an … Read More