A Cold Day in Hell  3*

A Cold Day in Hell is a powerful, but demanding piece of theatre, performed with relentless intensity by Nerses Avetisyan. Staged in a relatively large theatre, but unfortunately playing to a very small audience the day that I saw it, … Read More

Nick it for Munich 4****

In the hotbox basement of Greenside, something’s being fermented — and not just sweat. It’s hope, desperation, and that unmistakably Scottish cocktail of banter, heart and sheer bloody-mindedness.

Nick It for Munich is a high-octane, one-man play about Jamie Forsyth, … Read More

Single Use – 4****

In the compact, but atmospheric Bunker 3, the small but appreciative audience were treated to an accomplished fringe debut by Verity Mullan who wrote and performed this new play.

Single Use tells the story of Ella, a delightfully scatty woman … Read More

Brainsluts 4****

Brainsluts is a sharp, well-paced ensemble piece set in the sterile, faintly oppressive world of a clinical drug trial. Over five consecutive Sundays, four strangers – Yazz, Mitch, Duggan and Bashiber gather to participate in a psychoactive study, each driven … Read More

Always, Sometimes, Maybe – 3.5***

Always, Sometimes, Maybe is an ambitious solo show that blends sweet humour, physical theatre, and moments of audience participation to explore loneliness and the difficulty of forming connections.

The protagonist, a janitor, begins with a light-hearted routine of turning lights … Read More

Treasure Island : Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre 4****

A delight! Joy to the eyes and music to your buccaneers.

The Lyceum Theatre has boldly charted new waters for its Christmas offering, eschewing the well-trodden path of pantomime in favour of an entertainingly inventive adaptation of Edinburgh native Robert … Read More

A Streetcar Named Desire The Royal Lyceum Theatre 4**** 4th November

Powerful stuff with top notch performances.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre have brought the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire to Edinburgh with much aplomb and a lot to live up to. The play, set … Read More

The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre 4****

The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre London 4th October 2024 Four Stars.

Wonderful! Challenging retelling still manages to be colourful and silly.

Set in Padua, the plot follows the courtship of the headstrong and sharp-tongued Katherina by Petruchio, … Read More

James Whale: Beyond Frankenstein 4****

A triumph in all departments.

Tim Larkfield gives a wonderful one-man performance on the life of Director James Whale.

Some background – Whale was an English Hollywood director and mostly remembered for his 1930’s horror output of Frankenstein, Bride Of … Read More

All This Must Pass 4****

American performer Aurelia Gage takes you on a personal journey through time to discover her origins and her historic family backgrounds, with some dance, music and laughter on the way.

The show begins and Aurelia dressed like a music box … Read More