Author: Katrina Dixon
The Ghost of Alexander Blackwood
★★★★☆ Thought-provoking
Deaf Action’s third annual arts festival celebrates deaf language, culture and, in this two-hander theatre performance written by Nadia Nadarajah, the history of pioneers in the Edinburgh deaf community.
Dragon Shows for Babies – Tale of the Ice Dragon
★★★★★ Spellbinding
Enchantment and entrancement for babies and adults make Tale of the Ice Dragon a must-see show, filled with magical creatures, movement, song and, most important, sensitivity and heart.
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.
Deeptime Atomic Waste Pleasure Party
★★★★☆ Mesmerising
Deeptime Atomic Waste Pleasure Party, Elastic Fantastic’s immersive storytelling Fringe debut, is an impressive piece of multimedia sci-fi theatre.
Checking In
★★★★☆ Captivating
Bringing a fresh energy to the many familiar fictional tropes that use death as a character is a tough job. However, Simply Surreal carries it off with ease in Checking In, a laugh out loud, pacey and thought-provoking two-hander written by Dougal Thomson and directed by Lisa McDonald.
