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

Becoming Marilyn

On stage we see the late grate phenomenon that is Marilyn Monroe. As we get to know this Icon we see more and more of Norma Jean. The question is could one ever exist without the other? More and … Read More

An Evening With Psychosis

Set on a space station, three people are measuring ‘The Norm’. Throughout the show we have excerpts of interviews with those experiencing psychosis from one point or another read out during pauses in the action. I found the use … Read More

The Love Shop

The Love Shop, written and directed by Lorraine McCann, is a joyful comedy. It becomes obvious that the humour is working when the audience are smiling and chuckling throughout. The action takes place in a charity shop in a … Read More

Plagiarismo

Richard DeDomenici gives a PowerPoint presentation on various examples of plagiarism drawn mainly from the pop music industry, television and the print media. In all of these activities he can draw on personal examples where he feels his ideas … Read More

Trainspotting

I can’t think there ate many people in the world who are unaware of Trainspotting. It is a novel by Irvine Welsh, a successful stage play and of course a major movie based on dysfunctional characters in the Edinburgh … Read More

Bob’s Date

Bob is going on a date. The first time for nearly two years since he had his heart broken by some woman. Obviously there  are potential problems, but don’t worry, the guys are there to keep all in under … Read More

Facebook Fables

With the modern almost obsession of social networking sites I suppose that it is inevitable that a number of productions are being staged this Fringe. This one is pretty well done, there are only three actors playing the roles, … Read More