At Home with Mrs Moneypenny

4 Stars ****

This is one of the most unusual and distinctive shows on the Fringe. On first arriving at the AGA Showroom venue, a glass of champagne is on offer. We then make our way down a staircase to … Read More

Lady C: A Beauvale Production

****

Four Stars

I don’t suppose that there is a more different play on the Fringe this year. Less than two weeks ago it wasn’t a show, didn’t have a cast and obviously was in no listings or programmes. Hence … Read More

The Glenn Miller Mystery

2 Stars **

Over the years there has been speculation as to the disappearance of Glenn Miller on a routine flight to France in 1944. This play includes a fictional account of the circumstances which could have led to his … Read More

Keepers

4 Stars ****

Keepers is an extra-ordinary combination of words, movement, sound effects, music and lighting. The successful blend gives a memorable theatrical experience. This true story is set on the Smalls lighthouse of the Welsh coast around two hundred … Read More

Jacobite Country

1 Star *

Anybody reading the Fringe programme will see this play described as ‘Comedy, Drama’. Well, the silence from the audience says it all as far as the comedy is concerned.

The whole piece is confusing. At the beginning … Read More

Your Little Princess is My Little Whore – Kitten Has Claws

*

1 Star

Oh dear. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have to write things like this, but to be fair to the public I feel I must.

This production was well attended with many people paying their hard earned money … Read More

Miss Julie – LAS Productions

**

2 Stars

Miss Julie is probably the most famous play of August Strinberg and is one that quite often makes a Fringe appearance.

The action takes place the late 1890’s, in the kitchen of Miss Julie’s father ‘The Count’ … Read More

Primadoona:- Doon MacKichan

****

4 Star

Twice Emmy winner Doon MacKichan, probably best known for writing and performing in the TV series Smack the Pony is staging her one woman show, a brief reenactment of the last three years where her life has … Read More

The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo

4 Stars ****

Italian playwright Dario Fo’s satirical farce is given a thoroughly satisfying and amusing treatment. It is a tale of deceit and sexual philandering by the wealthy as opposed to the straightforward way of life of a petty … Read More

Tony Tanner’s ‘Charlatan’ – SST Productions

*****

5 Stars

As a regular base line philistine with a low grade tolerance for ‘up itself prose’ and with no real grasp or devout interest in the origins of the Ballet Russes, I walked into Tony Tanner’s one man … Read More