Playback Theatre

This is a new style of show even to a Fringe veteran like me, and I must admit it wasn’t what I expected. Four actresses, a percussionist and a…. mistress of ceremonies I suppose, were on stage, and gave … Read More

Tam O’Shanter

The Arches Theatre Company present ‘Tam O’Shanter & Other Works’, the other works consist mainly of songs and poems that include the themes of drinking and sex with one or two small animals thrown inn for good measure. The … Read More

Blood Brothers

Got to the show late due to the over running of the previous show and was not allowed in.

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The Blue Room

It doesn’t seem so long ago since this play was causing an furore in the West End when Nicole Kidman starred, and again when it went on tour with Tracy Shaw and Jason Connery, and now it finds it’s … Read More

An Invitation to a Whitechapel Séance

The small Mandrake Music Hall in London’s Whitechapel has been coveted by a large company, to be torn down and used as a warehouse. The theatre manager Julius is doing all he can to secure the sale. He does … Read More

A Play of Nothing

This is a play of nothing. The opening line, in fact one of the few that made sense to me during, I’d be more inclined to call it predominately physical theatre, play. I read in the programme that the … Read More

Tapped  &  As If A Rag

The National Student Theatre Company are one of the mainstays of the Fringe and I have enjoyed most of their performances over the years I have been attending the Fringe, both as a punter and latterly as a reviewer. … Read More

Blue Velvet

The current penchant for adapting films for the stage is often lost on me. I am not a fan of movies, I prefer my entertainment live, so I am in the minority who could not compare this with the … Read More

Julie Burchill as Away

Julie Burchill is having problems with her computer and her column, she is also being head hunted. Jackie Clune returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in the part of Julie, a somewhat different type of show compared with ‘Bitchin’ and … Read More

Play This

On entering the space there is a living room set, the lights dim and the action begins. Twenties couple Tom and Jenny interact and the action moves on until…… in steps Greg, the writer of ‘Conversation Peace’, which is … Read More