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The Woman He Lived With 4****
August 9, 2022 | one4review
Most people will know the story of Burke and Hare, who killed a reported 16 people and sold their bodies to an anatomist in Edinburgh in 1828. Very few will know the story of Burke’s wife, Helen MacDougal, told … Read More
Home Is Not The Place – Annie George 4*
August 8, 2022 | one4review
Annie George’s one woman play is a lyrical tale of her attempt to discover more about the life of her grandfather PM John who lived in Kerala, India. The only evidence she had of his existence was a faded photograph … Read More
Isto é um Negro? (This is a Black?) 4****
August 8, 2022 | one4review
A dramatised study of what it means to be black in Brazil, performed in Portuguese with English supertitles in the Main Hall at Summerhall. The otherwise totally black stage and backdrop is set up with a stack of white … Read More
Burn 4****
August 7, 2022 | one4review
The world premiere of a new dance-theatre show produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and part of the International Festival at the King’s Theatre. This has been very much a personal project for Alan Cumming, who is fascinated by … Read More
Hamlet with Ian McKellen – 4****
August 6, 2022 | one4review
The anticipation of witnessing Ian McKellen on stage in Stockbridge was palpable in Ashton Hall. To be in such close proximity to the great man was indeed thrilling. However this was not an evening for the traditionalist, as the … Read More
Moonlight on Leith – REDCAP Theatre 4****
August 23, 2021 | one4reviewMoonlight on Leith takes it’s inspiration from the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign. Over one night we are introduced to a variety of characters epitomising the community of Leith. Never shirking from it’s grittier side we meet the permanently drunk Wild … Read More
Drown Your Sorrows – Balderdash Theatre Company 3***
August 20, 2021 | one4reviewMademoiselle’s Bar is under threat from a descendent of Ebenezer Scrooge. The only hope is for the present incumbents to find Mademoiselle’s recipe for the Elixir of Youth and Balderdash’s four protagonists set off just to do that. Encounters with … Read More
Pool (No Water) – Oddly Ordinary Theatre 4****
August 17, 2021 | one4reviewOddly Ordinary Theatre are an Edinburgh and Glasgow company of acting graduates focused on looking behind the closed doors of ‘normal’ lives. In their energetic and imaginative re-telling of Mark Ravenhill’s visceral story, they explore the ideals of art and … Read More
Myra’s Story – 5*****
August 17, 2021 | one4reviewThis stunning performance by Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley has been my highlight of the Fringe so far. Myra lives in hostels (when available) and on the street. With pithy language she regales us with the story of her life swinging between comedy … Read More
Medicine 4****
August 15, 2021 | one4reviewA play written and directed by Irish playwright Enda Walsh and presented by Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival at the Traverse Theatre as part of the International Festival. Medicine is inspired by what Walsh describes as ‘Ireland’s complex … Read More
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