The Canterbury Tales

* * * * 4 stars

Tabard Productions version of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has many virtues. The young cast show much versatility in successfully taking on many roles, and Harriet Bradley’s direction of her own adaptation is straightforward and clear. … Read More

The Shade Ain’t right

* * * 3 stars

This is the first play by Adiam Solomon, who has an Ethiopian background. It is an interesting take on racism. The setting is a dressing room in an American cabaret club during the Prohibition era. … Read More

Super Situation

* * * 3 stars

Dressed in a bright, yellow and blue outfit, and playing the part of Extraordinary Girl, Lois Tucker as the writer of the play has taken her inspiration from the style of comic books. She is … Read More

Ald Sangs and New Rhymes    –   The Life of Burns

It is an ambitious, indeed courageous, project to stage a two act play in words and song depicting the life and works of Robert Burns in the unusual ‘theatre in the round’ seating style. To get some idea of … Read More

Cool Cutz

Welcome to Cool Cutz, a Beauty salon and the staff of this establishment are some of the most dysfunctional characters you could ever hope to meet in any such establishment. Maggie, the new boss, who dreamed of such a … Read More

The Hotel

I headed up to The Assembly Rooms at George Street where Mark Watson had advised (via the wonder of Twitter) that free tickets would be available for his ‘show’ The Hotel. All I had to do to claim one … Read More

OUA UMPLUTE

We are invited to Grandfathers funeral. This small band of Spanish Gypsy musicians are celebrating grandfather by playing the music he loved during his life. These three men and one woman play drums, violins, guitars and saxophones. The music … Read More

Success Story

Success Story is quality in every way – funny yet intensely moving. The plot is powerful and riveting. The cast excel in meeting the challenges of the dialogue under the direction of Chris Lincé. Set in contemporary Hollywood, the … Read More

Art House

This play written by Rachel Coopes, starts with painter Charlie, in a remote studio having faked her death for fame and fortune and her only contact with the outside world is with younger sister Viva, providing her food and … Read More

Crave

In a note from the director she writes "creating a show for the Fringe Festival is a daunting liberating task" that Royal Holloway Theatre "returns with something new, fresh and exciting" and that " she guarantee you will be … Read More