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

 Janis

I am of an age to remember the talented performer that was Janis Joplin, just. I was kinda young, but knew parts of the life story of the hedonistic singer that was taken from us at a young age, … Read More

Out of Chaos

Out of Chaos draws on storytelling traditions ranging from Greek mythology to cultures all over the world. There are six cast members, three from England and one from each of Spain, Denmark and Japan. The stories are told both … Read More

Super Situation

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 silent throughout, all the … Read More

Lucky Dip

* * * * 4 stars

What happens when two saddo losers, who are desperate to become winners, come head to head? Surely something is gonna have to give!  This is the story that is told in this three handed … Read More

ABFCAP: The Life and Times of Ian Dury

This play lifts the lid on aspects of the life of Ian Dury whose songs, with their driving beat and clever lyrics, sound just as powerful as they did when they were first released more than two decades ago. … Read More

Bully

Richard Fry’s performance of his verse play is absorbing. His low key, measured style draws you in as the story unfolds. The verse format adds to the tension helping to construct mental images of his descriptions. The language is … Read More

Ecstasy

This play based on the best selling book by Irvine Welsh is stages by Easy Tiger Productions for the first week and a half of the Fringe this year. As in other Welsh books the drug and club culture … Read More