Hamstrung 3.5***

It is no secret because of the image for the show, that we are likely to find ourselves in the presence of the late King’s court jester, the greatest in all of Denmark.

So this light piece of inventive theatre … Read More

Headache 4****

AJ is a university student studying English literature who leads a normal life. She adores her Uni friend Bobby and has a fear of Karaoke, but like some people one event can change everything.

To begin with AJ recalls a … Read More

Surrender 4****

A new play by writer and co-director Sophie Swithinbank, author of the multi award-winning Bacon, this is a one woman play performed by Phoebe Ladenburg, taking on the role as the mother.

When the play opens, the mother is sitting … Read More

An Act of Grace 4****

A contemporary thriller brought to us by Canadian company, Ottowa Little Theatre, making a welcome return to the Fringe, and written by John Muggleton, author of their 2022 award winning Burn.

The play’s rather shocking start has Grace, hooded and … Read More

Four More Short Plays Loosely Linked By the Theme of Crime – 5*****

Charles Edward Pipe has written and directed these four mini plays, all with a common theme of a planned crime. The first play is a train robbery, the second a forged will, the third a murder of work colleague and … Read More

Comala, Comala – 4.5****

Based on the book ‘Pedro Paramo’ by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo, this ambitious production takes on the mighty task of translating a seminal novel into a musical play. The floor of the Studio theatre is so packed with beautiful drums … Read More

The Edinburgh Seven 4.5****

Mermaids Performing Arts Fund brings us the captivating true story of ‘The Edinburgh Seven’. In 1869, Sophia Jex-Blake advertised for like-minded women to join her in applying to study for medicine at Edinburgh University. Six other women were brave enough … Read More

The Signalman 4****

A retelling of Charles Dickens’s classic ghost story, written after Dickens himself survived a train crash, produced by the Paragon Theatre Collective, directed by Sam Raffal and with Tim Larkfield playing the part of The Signalman.

This version of Dickens’s … Read More

Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story 4****

Written and directed by Tom Foreman, a solo performance by Max Beken tells the true survival story of Titanic stoker Frederick William Barrett, to whom Foreman originally believed himself to be related.

Barrett was a leading fireman working way down … Read More

Why I Stuck a Flare up my Arse for England 4.5****

I have to say I took a punt on this show based solely on the title – why would anybody stick a flare up their arse?

Alex Hill is both the writer and performer in this one man play which … Read More