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A Fortunate Man – New Perspectives 3***
August 7, 2018 | one4review
This play has come to Summerhall as we celebrate 70 years of the NHS. Using the book ‘A Fortunate Man: The Story of A Country Doctor’ by John Berger and Jean Mohr as a starting point, New Prespectives have built … Read More
Big Aftermath Of a Small Disclosure – Actors Touring Company 4****
August 7, 2018 | one4review
Actors Touring Company bring this play by Magne van den Berg to Summerhall and I spent a pleasurable hour in the company of Louise, Johan, Jon and Sion watching on as their tight cohesive unit splinters following a casual remark … Read More
Heather 4****
August 23, 2017 | one4review
This is a play in 3 parts with a hint of JK Rowling throughout the story line. There’s a calm and amusing start as the email correspondence between Harry the publisher and his publicity shy client Heather Eames is read … Read More
ARM – Mireille et Mathieu 3***
August 23, 2017 | one4review
We walk into the Demonstration Room and are faced with the makings of a flea market with items in various states of repair. This becomes the absurdist playground of Mireille and Mathieu as they use Ken and Barbie dolls to … Read More
Beadledom Alpha 4***
August 23, 2017 | one4review
Back to the Beadledom office to spend a shift with Max whose pristine desk is in sharp contract to the desk of his colleague Deborah. A nice touch at the start of the piece are the links to Beadledom Omega … Read More
Sleepwalkers 4****
August 22, 2017 | one4review
ThinkTwice Theatre have brought this new piece of drama to the fringe and I am so glad they did. The action takes place in pre WWII Berlin and 2020 England as three actors shift between the time zones, experiencing similar … Read More
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
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