Mary Rose

J.M.Barrie’s play Mary Rose is remarkable – part comedy, part mystery and part romance. Theatre Alba’s production does the play full justice. Mary Rose first appears in the play as an 18 year old girl and subsequently as a … Read More

Love in (3) Parts

Yes there are three people on stage but this is no ménage a trios. The three parts of love refer to falling in love, finding things that irritate, then missing them, and this is the basics of the story … Read More

L.O.V.E. Romeo? Juliet?

Rock and Roll Romeo & Juliet followed by psychotic ‘L.O.V.E. Romeo? Juliet?’ not necessarily good planning but the two shows are very different. Ward 212 houses those love sick or sick of love patents that just cannot live in … Read More

The Love of The Nightingale

This challenging play written by Timberlake Wertenbaker is brought to Fringe 2007 by Teabreak Theatre Company. The numerous characters are portrayed by only four actors, Alice Bernard, Jessica Hinds, Stacey Lamb and Augustia McKie, but they put their heart … Read More

Love Labours Won by Ryan J-W Smith  

I am not, and never will be, a fan of William Shakespeare or his work, and I know this makes me somewhat of a philistine, but hey that’s life. The Rogue Shakespeare Company however, well that’s a different story … Read More

Love Intrigues

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Lizzie Roper in Peccadillo Circus

Lizzie Roper’s show is about sex, but it is not about sexual titillation. During her introductory warm up, she explains how she put the show together. She placed ads to ask people to reveal their sexual experiences and, much … Read More

The Last South: Pursuit of the Pole

Nobody remembers who comes second. However, in the case of Sir Robert Falcon Scott his failure to defeat Amundsen to the South Pole, and his death and those of his team is celebrated as the utmost epic failure. So … Read More

Land on my Tongue

Contradictions abound in this comedy of the absurd, written and directed by Hugh Jordan. There is the girl (Helen Plummer) who is fishing in a pond with no fish and who is much older than she looks; there is … Read More

La Femme est Mort 

This tale is reworking of the Greek myth of Phaedra brought bang up to date to include the likes of paparazzi, mobile phones PRs, the ‘glamour’ world of Heat magazine and of course modern costumes as the story of … Read More