How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup

3 Stars

***

Paul Hodson’s humorous adaptation of J.L.Carr’s novel will resonate with those who have witnessed or even achieved sporting success against all the odds. The play is set in a time before the modern era of massive … Read More

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik

4 Stars

****

Tim Watts’ one man show is an absorbing and impressive blend of many art forms, ranging from the high-tech to traditional puppetry. Animation both live and cartoon-like as well as prepared sequences takes the audience on … Read More

Silken Veils

4 Stars

****

Leila Ghaznavi has a huge input in this production as writer, director, producer and taking the lead role of Darya. The play is extremely moving and dramatic, yet infused with much humour.

Set in America, it is … Read More

Rose

3 Stars  ***

Hywel John’s new play Rose is a story of a Middle Eastern father struggling to raise his daughter.

Arthur (Art Malik), hospitalised from a stroke, is visited by his daughter Rose(Keira Malik). The play continually cuts from … Read More

Looser Women

3 Stars ***

In what seems to be an homage to the similarly titled TV show comedy, which actresses Wendy Wason, Karen Dunbar and Rachel Parris conduct in a mock chat show style complete with cue cards.

The intrepid … Read More

Dr Apple’s Last Lecture

2 Stars

**

A journey into the subconscious mind is not easy theatre to depict with any clarity but with more than half way through this play when Dr Apple uttered the line “I am so confused.” I don’t … Read More

The World According to Bertie

5 Stars

*****

This adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith’s novel by Lydia Bruce and Sandy Burns is simply a delight in the humorous way it reveals facets of modern life in Edinburgh. The staging of the play in a … Read More

Cul-De-Sac

4 Stars

****

Dictatorship can exist in many settings but in a quiet, seemingly respectable, English upper-middle class cul-de-sac? Unlikely would be the answer. However, where there is expected conformity and for those unwilling to conform, any resulting intimidation … Read More

Free Run

5 Stars

*****

The ensemble 3RUN come to the Fringe with much hype and expectation – millions of YouTube hits, world records and the first staging of this street art form in the UK. There is also the promise … Read More

Roar

4 Stars

****

Part hilarious farce, part historical costume drama, part drawing on the tradition of Greek tragedy and part musical theatre, the whole mix of styles in Roar works wonderfully well. Set in the 17th Century London, the … Read More