Archive for August, 2023
Kevin Quantum: Momentum
★★★★☆ Magic
Edinburgh’s own scientist-turned-magician has produced another thoroughly entertaining show in Kevin Quantum: Momentum at the Assembly Rooms.
Sunday in the Park with George
★★★☆☆ Picturesque
Edinburgh University Footlights’ production of Sunday in the Park with George, at Paradise in Augustines for the final week of the Fringe, is crafted with huge care and the maximum of good intentions.
Julius Caesar Must Die
★★★★☆ Committed
Myths Unbound and New Celts charge through Julius Caesar Must Die at theSpace on the Mile with fire and real purpose.
Lost and Found
★★★★☆ Buzzy
The Counterminers’ Lost and Found at Just the Tonic at The Caves fairly crackles and fizzes with life. Humorous and heartfelt, it heads into some well-trodden territory at times, but always has enough that is novel to make it a joy.
The Real William Shakespeare… As Told by Christopher Marlowe
★★★★☆ Full of imagination
There are many debates and conspiracy theories surrounding Shakespeare’s life and work. The Real William Shakespeare… as Told by Christopher Marlowe, from Matchmaker Theatre Productions, pitches into one of those thought-provoking theories with great humour, music and lively performances.
For Better, For Worse
★★★☆☆ Truthful
For Better, For Worse from PenPal Productions at C aquila is largely successful at combining a family comedy with the wider world, in a way that many have found too difficult to pull off in the past.
Land Under Wave
★★★★☆ Inclusive
Land Under Wave, presented by the Young Edinburgh Storytellers, is a beautifully inclusive combination of traditional music and storytelling, brought up to date for the 21st Century.
Witch? Women on Trial
★★★☆☆ Engrossing
Witch? Women on Trial from storyteller Natalie Nardone makes excellent use of a recently opened venue, the Lost Close, deep in amongst the wynds and closes under the houses that once crowded around the Royal Mile.
In Everglade Studio
★★★★☆ Sweltering
In Everglade Studio is a tuneful, tense and entertaining production from Black Bat Productions in The Box at Assembly George Square.
The Beatles Were A Boyband
★★★★☆ Deeply affecting
The Beatles Were A Boyband, Rachel O’Regan’s Fringe First winning play for F-Bomb Theatre, returns to the Gilded Balloon for a short run this year. Written in the wake of some high profile murders, it sadly still feels relevant a year on.