Operation Blank 4****

George Grant’s Operation Blank is an ambitious piece of absurdist comedy that takes the familiar frustrations of the modern workplace meeting and places them against the rather more pressing backdrop of an international catastrophe.

A junior government minister finds himself … Read More

Gridlock 5*****

Gridlock is a play written by Kathryn Mincer about a charming couple, Alexa and Thomas played by Annika Foster and Ibrahim Bakhait, who’s seven-year relationship has fallen into Gridlock. Ironically the play begins with Alexa and Thomas stuck in their … Read More

Come Back Home-4****

Fadi Murad gives an emotional and mesmerising performance in Come Back Home, a deeply personal exploration of grief, memory and displacement.

Using a combination of video, music and spoken word, Murad takes us through the devastating experience of losing his … Read More

We Had Fun – 4.5****

We had Fun is a thoughtful and deliberately uncomfortable exploration of consent, friendship and the troubling space between two very different recollections of the same night.

Oscar and Ella are work colleagues and friends. When Ella arrives at Oscar’s flat … Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life   4****

There is something particularly appropriate about seeing Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life performed at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre itself. The performance takes place in a beautiful room in the West End’s Victorian building, and the setting has the … Read More

Wiesenthal 5*****

There can be few more remarkable lives to put on a stage than that of Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who devoted decades to tracking down Nazi war criminals. Tom Dugan’s Wiesenthal avoids turning that extraordinary story into a straightforward … Read More

Earnest? 5*****

I did not know what to expect from this show. I knew it was a comedy but I was a little anxious as I am not familiar with the play that this show is loosely based on. However, I … Read More

Annie Wobbler Revisited – 5*****

Annie Wobbler was originally written by Arnold Wesker in the 1980s for Nichola McAuliffe. With some updates to reflect modern society, Nichola brings Annie Wobbler Revisited to Edinburgh and delivers a mesmerising piece of theatre exploring toxic relationships, … Read More

Mandy: Prince of Darkness   4.5****

Peter Mandelson has spent more than four decades at the centre of British politics, surviving scandals, resignations and sackings that might have ended most political careers. Mandy: Prince of Darkness provides a fascinating reminder of quite how much ground … Read More

Planet Of The Grapes – An Epic, Tabletop, Sci-Fi Adventure 4****

The master of ceremonies explains how it all works, and centre stage there is a large diorama where the puppeteers set up each scene with wonderful inventiveness, using dialogue loosely based on Planet of the Apes, but, of course, now … Read More