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Black Mountain 4****
August 22, 2017 | one4review
As I entered the suitably creepy fog bound Roundabout Theatre in Summerhall, I was in no doubt that this was going to be a tense 70 minutes of drama. Paul and Rebecca’s relationship is in crisis and they are on … Read More
Under My Thumb 4****
August 20, 2017 | one4review
In this atmospheric play by Cassiah Joski-Jethi the audience surrounds a group of female prisoners – Hattie, Rosaline, Sam, Nev and Lily – as they each try to cope with their incarceration. At first we have no understanding as to … Read More
Choir of Man 5*****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
If you are free at 6.35pm any evening I urge you to make your way to the Assembly Rooms in George Street and join in the revelry with the wonderful Choir of Man. The Music Room has been converted into … Read More
The Giant Killers 5*****
August 19, 2017 | one4review
Having had to run to the venue, and then discovering the show was on the top floor of the Rose Theatre, I sat down in the audience slightly out of sorts. Thankfully this crowd pleasing play was a real tonic … Read More
Victim 5*****
August 17, 2017 | one4review
Louise Beresford plays both characters in this absorbing play written by Martin Murphy – Tracey, a prison warden with issues in her private life and an obsession with a notorious inmate, and Siobhan, a scheming and manipulative prisoner who shares … Read More
Last Resort 4****
August 16, 2017 | one4review
The subterranean venue for Last Resort gives this immersive piece of theatre an added edge as it is in complete contrast to the free cocktail, deckchairs and bags of sand (for toe dipping) that greet the audience on arrival. We … Read More
Woke 5*****
August 16, 2017 | one4review
Apphia Campbell gives a tour de force performance inhabiting the characters of Ambrosia and Assata, seamlessly moving between each part with a forward or backward roll of the shoulders. In 2014 Ambrosia is a naive student from Pittsburgh, attracted to … Read More
Fall of Duty 4***
August 14, 2017 | one4review
The action starts with an all too familiar scene of a mother (Sue) begging her son (Jack) to get out of bed, stop playing computer games, and engage with the world – ironically by the medium of Face Time. As … Read More
The Chess Player 4 ****
August 12, 2017 | one4review 1
“In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, – for someone to play against himself is absurd … It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.” ― Stefan Zweig, THE CHESS PLAYER … Read More
Amy 25, Almost Cool 3*
August 12, 2017 | one4review
Amy awaits a visit from her friend Alison, someone she paints as the epitome of ‘cool’. Over their catch up it becomes clear that Amy is hopelessly insecure, always measuring herself against others (and coming up short) and always worrying … Read More
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