Bruce Strachan
This Is Our Story
★★★★☆ Glorious fun
This Is Our Story, the latest offering from Two Halves Productions at Tynecastle, is a hugely entertaining romp that is simply unmissable for any Hearts supporter.
Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You)
★★★★☆ Emotional football
Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You) is another play at Tynecastle Park from Two Halves Productions that is essential for Hearts fans – and thoroughly accessible and entertaining for supporters of any club or none.
Sweet FA
★★★★★ Sparkling
Sweet FA, This Is My Story’s tuneful evocation of women’s football during World War I, is back for a rematch at Tynecastle Park. It remains an inspiring and beautifully performed piece, which seems even more impressive and important at a second viewing.
A War of Two Halves
★★★★★ Resonant
This Is My Story Productions’ storied A War of Two Halves remains essential viewing.
Shark in the Park
★★★★★ Enthusiastic retelling
This enthusiastic adaptation by Simon Beattie of Nick Sharratt’s Shark in the Park books for local company Nonsense Room Productions, calls in at Assembly George Square as part of a UK tour.
Sweet FA script published
War Of Two Halves to follow
Sweet FA, the tale of a women’s football team in Edinburgh during the First World War, was a resounding hit at last year’s Fringe and has now been published in book form.
Sweet F.A.
★★★★☆ Triumphant
History, emotion and righteous anger combine tunefully and humorously in Sweet F.A., This Is My Story Productions’ thoroughly welcome return to Tynecastle Park.
A War of Two Halves
★★★★★ Welcome replay:
A War of Two Halves, whose devastating emotion and clever staging impressed in 2018, is back again and it is every bit as powerful.
Tynecastle play returns
A War of Two Halves to get further performances:
Site-specific play A War of Two Halves, based on the WW1 story of McCrae’s Battalion, is to get a further performances this November following its a hugely successful run during this year’s EdFringe.
Tynecastle drama extends run
Extra dates for A War of Two Halves:
The site-specific production of A War of Two Halves at Tynecastle Park has added eight extra performances across four dates for its 2018 edfringe run due to the demand for tickets.
