Worse Than You 5*****

It can sometimes be very difficult to keep an audience engrossed in a solo show with few props, but this performance is an outstanding piece of work from start to finish that grips the audience and puts them through an … Read More

Lies Where It Falls – 4.5****

Ruairi Conaghan may be recognised for having appeared on Downton Abbey, but his personal life has been touched by far greater notoriety. His beloved uncle, Judge Rory Conaghan, was murdered by the IRA in 1974 and this play, written and … Read More

Lie with me 4****

Lie with me is a mind bending and sometimes operatic performance by Riah Knight that has you relaxing one minute then feeling the nervous anxiety and frustration of the performer the next.

Riah wakes up in a surprised state to … Read More

Letters From My Dad (Who is Dead) 5*****

The title would suggest this play could be a bit dry and morbid but it’s not, it is an outstanding piece of work performed by four actors. When a dying father decides to write letters to his son Charlie, to … Read More

Born In the USA (Leaving Vietnam) – 5*****

Jimmy Vandenberg is a Vietnam veteran who received commendations during his time as a marine. He did not, however, come home to a fanfare. Instead, he was made to feel that his service to the country was something that should … Read More

Draining the Swamp 4****

Brought to us by The Company, a new play by Rowland D Hill gives a fresh take on the life of Sir Oswald and Lady Diana Mosely, a fairly sympathetic portrayal of the rise of the fascist leader before the … Read More

Mrs President 4****

Brought to us by New York company, Rec Room Arts and Art Pond Foundation, a new play by John Ransom Phillips, ‘Mrs President’ is about Mary Lincoln, and her desire for a new image to win the hearts of the … Read More

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird opens with two small children at the centre who wake to discuss the possibility of Santa visiting them for Christmas and a song breaks out on how much they love cake, or at least I think that’s … Read More

Di & Viv & Rose (In an Hour) by Amelia Bullmore 4****

Handmade Theatre’s condensed version of Amelia Bullmore’s look at the enduring bond of friendship comes to the Fringe in an hour long performance at C-Cubed.  We follow three 18 year old students, who come from very different backgrounds but move … Read More

The Chess Player 4 ****

“In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, – for someone to play against himself is absurd … It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.” ― Stefan Zweig, THE CHESS PLAYER … Read More