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Eglantyne – 4****
August 14, 2022 | one4reviewThis play is a portrayal of the ground-breaking, but criminally unsung, co-founder of the Save The Children charity. Anne Chamberlain plays Eglantyne Jebb, a woman so driven by the plight of the starving children in Europe that she tirelessly campaigned … Read More
Look No Hands 4****
August 14, 2022 | one4reviewA debut solo play by writer performer Lila Clements, a semi-autobiographical story based on a cycling collision she had back in London in 2010 and written during lockdown in 2020. As we enter the theatre, the backdrop is a display … Read More
The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns – 3***
August 14, 2022 | one4reviewIt’s Burns Night and heartbroken Emily has retreated to her Aunt’s cottage in Ayrshire to lick her wounds and to embark on a novel. A thunderstorm and the clattering of hooves herald the arrival of the ghost of Robert Burns. … Read More
Black is the Color of my Voice 4****
August 13, 2022 | one4reviewApphia Campbell is an incredible performer and gives a magnetic performance as Nina Simone in this one woman show. ‘Black is the Color of my Voice’ meets Nina in conversation with her ‘daddy’ as she is going through the ritual … Read More
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder – 5*****
August 13, 2022 | one4reviewKathy and Stella are two misfits from Hull who have bonded together over their love of true crime. Each week they host a podcast from a garage with the sign off ‘see you next murder’ and hope to develop their … Read More
Jack Docherty – Nothing But 5*****
August 13, 2022 | one4reviewOn one of the hottest days of the year, it was a sheer joy to walk into this lovely and cool venue. To be entertained by one of Edinburgh’s favourite sons in such a comfortable space added to the pleasure. … Read More
The Giant Killers 4****
August 12, 2022 | one4reviewLong Lane Theatre return to the Fringe with their hit play The Giant Killers. First performed in 2017, the play tells the true story of football’s greatest ever underdogs, Darwen FC, who become the first working-class men’s team to compete … Read More
REDEEMher – How I screwed up my perfect Mormon Life 5*****
August 11, 2022 | one4reviewTatum is single again, and faces the disdain of fellow Mormons who know that she had slept with someone which has led to the end of her marriage. That, however, is not the full picture and for the next hour … Read More
Nightlands by Jack McGregor 4****
August 10, 2022 | one4reviewThe action is set on Pyramiden, an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. A haunting place patrolled by the youthful Slava (Rebecca Wilkie) and the older Sasha (Matthew Zajac), security staff who have the onerous … Read More
Fiji 5*****
August 10, 2022 | one4reviewThis is a very dark, quite unsettling and at times very funny hour of first class drama. There are some laugh out loud banter between our two characters. The humour comes from the way in which the two characters talk … Read More
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