Assembly Hall
JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K
★★★★★ Astonishing
JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K at the Assembly Hall is a dramatic tour de force – a magnificent visual spectacle with genuine emotional range.
Heroine
★★★★☆ Gripping:
A truly harrowing tale of survival is told in Heroine, a one woman show from Scene Change Productions making its world premiere this Fringe.
Bingo!
★★★☆☆ Energetic:
A musical about women at the bingo would seem a natural for a warm-hearted, reassuringly couthy comedy. Instead, Bingo! ends up as a much swearier, somewhat darker affair that provides entertainment but is let down by its structure.
Velvet Evening Seance
★★★★☆ Mesmerising:
High production values and a compelling narrative make Ross MacKay and Suzie Miller’s atmospheric Victorian mystery, Velvet Evening Séance, a suitably haunting experience.
My Name is Irrelevant
★★★★☆ Thoughtful:
An intimate, two-man show, My Name is Irrelevant uses a series of spoken word poem-monologues to explores the ups and downs of living with an overactive mind.
Enterprise
★★★★☆ Entertaining:
Enterprise, Americana Absurdum Productions’ inventive comedy at Assembly George Square, is an original and funny experience.
The Fall
★★★★★ Singing truth to power
The Fall, the Baxter Theatre centre at The University of Cape Town’s production at the Assembly Hall, is a fascinating and troubling work, made simultaneously joyous by an outstanding ensemble.
Atlantic Double Bill
★★★★☆ Ambitious
★★★☆☆ Ambitious with a different accent
Here’s something unique at the Assembly Hall, two new musicals by groups in the UK and US, linked across the Atlantic by the theme of posing the same question.
Glasgow Girls
★★★★☆ Gallus:
Energetic and driven, Glasgow Girls at the Assembly Hall has definite imperfections, but sweeps the audience along on a tide of politically charged fun.
SpectreTown
✭✭✭✭✩ Diffuse and troubling:
SpectreTown, Stoirm Òg’s co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre, lacks focus and seems to be flying off in different directions at the same time. This leads to a production that is almost wilfully confusing, but has an undeniable power.
