Temporarily Yours – 4.5****

Greta Zamparini co-wrote and stars in this play, which looks at the world of prostitution from high end call girls to sex trafficking. The source material is based on two monologues in a book by Concita De … Read More

The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman 5*****

Edwin Flay plays Dr Harold Shipman in this harrowing play, which he also wrote. The drama is set in his prison cell, with Shipman deciding to put his side of the story of his mass murders, after being labelled … Read More

Hollywoodn’t – 3***

Lisa Verlo’s show is the tale of her attempts to break into Hollywood. As a young and naïve (but uninhibited) woman, she was desperate to be taken seriously as an actress, but discovered her only avenues to a possible … Read More

Groomed – 5*****

Patrick Sandford’s play is a moving account of the trauma he experienced as a child, when he was abused by his primary school teacher. It’s a tale of a young man burying the truth to the detriment of his … Read More

Let The Bodies Pile by Henry Naylor– 4.5****

A drama in two parts, the action is set in Hyde, a town made notorious by the Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. In the first half we meet Georgie (Emily Carding), who returns home from … Read More

Ay Up, Hitler!   3***

Brought to us by Gamma Ray Theatre and written by David McCulloch, the so called “true story” of what really happened to Hitler and his cronies at the end of World War 2, is an hour of comedy/satire which … Read More

Glass Ceiling Beneath The Stars – 4****

This is a dramatization of a film being made about two groundbreaking astronauts in the US – Mae Jemison and Jan Davis. All five cast members take turns in filming the action and so the drama unfolds on the … Read More

Picasso : Le Monstre Sacre – 5*****

Another Guy Masterson production comes to Edinburgh and certainly does not disappoint. Peter Tate is mesmerising as Picasso in this one man tour de force. From the outset, we are in no doubt as to the character of the man, … Read More

Vincent – His Quest to Love and Be Loved 4****

Brought to us by South African company, Wela Kapela Productions, Vincent is a musical/cabaret written and directed by Amanda Bothma with musical direction and beautiful piano accompaniment by Germaine Gamiet.

Daniel Anderson, as Vincent, tells us the story of van … Read More

Salty Irina – 4****

Salty Irina is the world premiere of Eve Leigh’s new play. Two students, Anna and Eireni, have both come to study at a town well known for its fascist tendencies. Both are potentially in danger – Anna is a lesbian, … Read More