Expensive Sh*t 3***

Expensive Sh*t

This play set in the toilets of a Glasgow nightclub and one in the independent state of Kalakutu in Nigeria is full of ideas and buzzing with energy. The story moves between the two places and times, linked … Read More

Ghost Quartet -3***

Ghost Quartet

Four musicians tell us interwoven stories, twisted and peculiar, dark and violent, harrowing and discordant.

This is not a musical but nor is it a concert. The story is defined in album terms- Side 1, track 1 … Read More

Daffodils -4****

Daffodils – A Play With Songs

This piece of New Zealand theatre is, it tells us, the true tale of a band member’s parents lives together. More ‘a story with songs’ than a ‘play’, the tale is told by two … Read More

In Fidelity 4****

Rob Drummond has a passion for life and he makes theatre that reflects his latest interest. Having made shows previously where he learned to be a wrestler, a cage rider and a magician Rob’s latest show is more internally focused. … Read More

The Dwelling Place – 2**

The Dwelling Place

The big question around this piece is Why? Ostensibly the show, a’swirling surround multimedia performance’ is set to provide a sense of place, to transport us to the abandoned house the Wardrop brothers discovered whilst holidaying in … Read More

Barbara Nice Raffle 4****

Mrs Barbara Nice, a character created by actress Janice Connelly, has been performing regularly at the Fringe for years now and there is one thing that is constant you never know what is going to happen, at times I am … Read More

Liam Withnail – True Defective 4****

With an Irish heritage and living in Scotland, both places with a strong drinking culture it is easy to get into booze and substances but maybe not so easy to see the light and get sober and clean. But Withnail, … Read More

Horse McDonald in Careful – 5*****

In this autobiographical play, Horse takes us through her emotional journey about her sexuality, finding her voice and becoming the popular singer songwriter she is today. Her birth name is Sheena, a name she hates with a passion, so she … Read More

The South Afreakins – Impi Theatre Company 4****

Robyn Paterson gives a tour de force performance in this one hour play. Playing both the parts of South African husband and wife Helene and Gordon, she flits between the scatty Helene and the stolid Gordon with remarkable ease (the … Read More

Andrew Lawrence: The Hate Speech Tour 4****

This show starts with a disclaimer: that it is a comedy show, and that views expressed are not necessarily the personal opinion of the performer. Also that reviewers can get stuffed. I’m okay with all of that, and at (as … Read More