Author: Dylan Taylor
Mairi Campbell: Pulse
★★★★☆ Creative and Captivating:
Mairi Campbell’s transcendental one-woman show, Pulse, brings a vibrant energy to the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Leaf by Niggle
★★★★☆ Imaginative:
Richard Medrington and the Puppet State Theatre Company bring a charming staging of Tolkien’s minor work Leaf by Niggle to the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Robert Burns: Rough Cut
★★★☆☆ Engaging:
Robert Burns: Rough Cut, appearing again at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, brings to life the titular poet at his most expressive and intense.
Lost in Translation: A Bilingual Journey
★★★☆☆ Lively but unorganised:
Edinburgh-based Theatre Sans Accents’ first full theatre production, Lost in Translation, brings an exuberant energy that does not always translate into a consistent delivery.
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.
Breakfast Plays: B!rth (Q & Q)
Breakfast Plays rehearsed reading:
Director Emma Callander brings Liwaa Yazji’s poignant Q & Q to the Traverse Theatre in a rehearsed reading as part of the Birth project.
Stand By
★★★★★ Gripping:
Adam McNamara’s outstanding Stand By profoundly examines the relationship between four officers amidst the unpredictable rhythms of life on the job.
Into The Woods
★★★★☆ Magical:
Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods – on at Assembly Hall until August 27 – is given an enchanting and stylish treatment by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Flight
★★★★★ Masterful
Vox Motus’ Flight is an emotional and powerful work of art – an experience like no other that stays with you long after leaving Edinburgh’s Church Hill Theatre.
