Archive for August 10th, 2024
The Faustus Project
★★★★★ Fiendish
Imaginative physicality, wry hi-jinks and a fiendish twist are a winning brew in Half Trick’s The Faustus Project, a romp through Christopher Marlowe’s Elizabethan drama, Doctor Faustus.
Ne’er The Twain
★★★★☆ Couthie comedy
Edinburgh People’s Theatre have been doing the Fringe since it first started, and this is not the first time they have put on Alan Cochrane’s Ne’er the Twain. However, both play and company come over as commendably fresh and very funny.
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me
★★★★☆ Exuberant
Intense emotion is combined with real intelligence in The National Theatre of Scotland and Grid Iron’s June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me by Charlene Boyd, at Summerhall Dissection Room.
Modern Love is Not a Dream
★★★★☆ A Dream
The clash of modern media with age-old themes is explored in Modern Love is Not a Dream by Laura Turner, presented by Looking Glass Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile. An intriguingly structured play, it is given a considered staging and features a first-rate ensemble.
The Whirligig of Time
★★★★★ Malvolio Often Appears Innocent
Malevolent, malicious, malcontent: Malvolio. But is he? In a tour-de-force by solo actor Robin Leetham, Tortive Theatre’s The Whirligig of Time questions the traditional perception of Malvolio as the antagonist of Twelfth Night, and allows him to tell his version of the story.
And They Played Shang-a-Lang
★★★★★ Joyful romp
After an eleven-year streak, Edinburgh Little Theatre’s And They Played Shang-a-Lang opens what is billed as its final Fringe run, to a packed and cheering house at the Hill Street Theatre.
Plague, Poo ‘n’ Punishment
★★★★☆ Entertaining
Plague, Poo ‘n’ Punishment is a fun filled comedy show presenting stories of Edinburgh’s gory history, from Edinburgh Storytellers Ltd at Greenside @ Riddles Court.
The Wind in the Willows
★★★★☆ Charming
Adapted and Directed by Kate Stephenson, C Theatre’s The Wind in the Willows is a charming, delightful retelling of Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel.
You Deserve It
★★★★☆ Deserves praise
Out of Order Productions and New Celts do justice to Jess Ferrier’s impressive new play You Deserve It at theSpace on the Mile.
Badger
★★★☆☆ Overworked
Badger, from Burning Ember Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, is a compelling but uneven farcical depiction of workers on the edge of reason.
