Hugh Simpson
Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
★★★★☆ Timely
Folk’d Up Theatre and New Celts’ Timeless Tales of Gods And Heroes at theSpace on the Mile is a well-observed and subtle examination of human interactions and contemporary politics.
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition
★★★★☆ Optimistic
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Teen Edition, from Forth Children’s Theatre at Broughton High School for Week One of the Fringe only, is a brave choice of production, staged with conviction and joy, and featuring some real talent.
Loose Ends
★★★☆☆ Melancholy anger
1TWO1 Productions and New Celts’ Loose Ends – at theSpace on the Mile for the Fringe’s first week only – is a spare and affecting display of vulnerability.
So Young
★★★★☆ Pointed
So Young by Douglas Maxwell, the Traverse co-production with Raw Material and the Citizens, is a sharply observed, profound and beautifully acted piece of theatre.
An Unexpected Hiccup
★★★★☆ Joyous
An Unexpected Hiccup, Lung Ha and Plutôt La Vie’s production, which was first staged under COVID conditions, has been revived to herald the new Lung Ha touring company. And what a welcome revival it is.
A History of Paper
★★★★★ Heartbreaking
A History of Paper at the Traverse is a production of rare emotional weight, whose overall impact is out of all proportion to its comparatively small scale.
