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

Splendid Isolation

5 Stars *****

Nick Ward’s play is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness and Outpost of Progress by Joseph Conrad.

Ward’s piece uses the Conrad material to excellent effect, an almost abstract and at times darkly comic experience of … Read More

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

4 Stars ****

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain marks the debut of RT Productions in association with the Citizens Theatre Glasgow. It is a remarkably unique site specific piece starting in Hill Street and taking us to the … Read More

The Infant

3 Stars

***

The Infant is a dark and sinister, if puzzling, comedy drama written by Oliver Lansley.

The play opens with Cooper (James Seagar) tied and gagged in a prison cell. His interrogators, Samedi (Anthony Spargo) and … Read More

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

4 Stars

****

If dealing with relationships between man and woman, both loving and confrontational, why not go all way back to the mythical first partnership? Writer Elton Townend Jones, who also appears as Adam, has successfully adapted the … Read More