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A Streetcar Named Desire The Royal Lyceum Theatre 4**** 4th November

November 7, 2024 |

Powerful stuff with top notch performances.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre have brought the Pitlochry Festival Theatre production of Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire to Edinburgh with much aplomb and a lot to live up to. The play, set … Read More

The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre 4****

October 8, 2024 |

The Taming Of The Shrew – Globe Theatre London 4th October 2024 Four Stars.

Wonderful! Challenging retelling still manages to be colourful and silly.

Set in Padua, the plot follows the courtship of the headstrong and sharp-tongued Katherina by Petruchio, … Read More

James Whale: Beyond Frankenstein 4****

August 24, 2024 |

A triumph in all departments.

Tim Larkfield gives a wonderful one-man performance on the life of Director James Whale.

Some background – Whale was an English Hollywood director and mostly remembered for his 1930’s horror output of Frankenstein, Bride Of … Read More

All This Must Pass 4****

August 23, 2024 |

American performer Aurelia Gage takes you on a personal journey through time to discover her origins and her historic family backgrounds, with some dance, music and laughter on the way.

The show begins and Aurelia dressed like a music box … Read More

Darkfield – Arcade – 3***

August 21, 2024 |

Darkfield’s Arcade offers a fascinating and unique immersive experience, but it may not be for everyone. Set within a completely dark shipping container, you navigate a world reminiscent of 1980s arcade games, making choices that shape your journey. However, while … Read More

Sorry (I Broke Your Arms and Legs) – 5*****

August 20, 2024 |

It probably speaks to my disposition that, for whatever reason, nothing sells me on a Fringe show quicker than the mention that it contains a PowerPoint Presentation as it’s main narrative device. In Sorry (I Broke Your Arms and Legs), … Read More

Solve It Squad – 5*****

August 20, 2024 |

The pitch of this show is simple – The Scooby-Doo Gang All Grown Up (and Minus the Dog). And that was all I needed for it to pull me in. Scooby-Doo is the sort of cultural artifact that now seems … Read More

Plotters – 4****

August 20, 2024 |

Plotters tells the story of four eccentric criminals around the turn of the 19th Century who have a very specialised and specific vocation – bodysnatching. The subject seems an appropriate one for Edinburgh, where fear of body snatching was once … Read More

Best Man 5*****

August 19, 2024 |

“Best Man” at the Edinburgh Fringe is a wild ride through the emotional minefield of being the last single friend standing. Cahill, the hapless best man, takes centre stage in this immersive one-man show, where the audience finds themselves part … Read More

Worse Than You 5*****

August 19, 2024 |

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