Archive for August, 2022
There’s Nothing Quite Like Spaghetti Bolognese!
★★★★☆ Tasty
There’s Nothing Quite Like Spaghetti Bolognese! from New Celts and Paper Plate Productions at theSpace on the Mile is a beautifully considered children’s show.
The Richard Osman Fan Club
★★★★☆ Pointless entertainment
The Richard Osman Fan Club, at Paradise at the Vault on Merchant Street, takes its lead from Osman’s new career as a cosy crime writer rather than his old one as Pointless co-host.
Sweet FA
★★★★★ Sparkling
Sweet FA, This Is My Story’s tuneful evocation of women’s football during World War I, is back for a rematch at Tynecastle Park. It remains an inspiring and beautifully performed piece, which seems even more impressive and important at a second viewing.
The Weird Sisters
★★★★☆ Special stuff
A tight production, beautifully acted, makes The Weird Sisters, from BUFF and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, an enticing prospect.
The Murder Club
★★★☆☆ Psychologically troubling
The Murder Club, from Pear Productions and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, heads into very deep waters. If the production is not always up to the demands of the material, it makes a creditable fist of it.
Flat Pack Furnished Flat
★★★☆☆ Strong performances
Flat Pack Furnished Flat, at Greenside at Infirmary Street for the full fringe, follows a mother and daughter as one of them moves into a new flat.
Becquer’s Legends
★★★☆☆ Lingering frights
Becquer’s Legends would perhaps be best suited to a Halloween telling, but Crested Fools nevertheless succeed in finding the chill of these spooky offerings in the sauna-like venue of Paradise in the Vault.
Curtains
★★★★☆ Swishingly good
The Edinburgh University Savoy Operatic Group make a great showing with their production of Kander and Ebb’s musical comedy whodunnit, Curtains, in Paradise at Augustines for the first week of the Fringe.
Sunshine on Leith
★★★★☆ Brilliant
Captivate Theatre’s production of Sunshine on Leith returns for a full run of the fringe at the Rose Theatre after last year’s sell-out run at the pop-up MultiStory venue
The Addams Family – A New Musical
★★★★☆ Fantastically fun
Captivate Theatre presents The Addams Family – A New Musical at the Rose theatre in Rose Street for a slightly curtailed run up to Wednesday 24.
