C venues
Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died
★★★★☆ Inspiring
Joe Hill: The Man Who Never Died, from The Joe Hill Project with Joey Shaw at C aurora, is an old-fashioned piece of political street theatre performed with clarity and focus.
Gaudi: God’s Architect
★★★☆☆ Fascinating
Gaudi: God’s Architect by AGAP (Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project) recounts the life of Antonio Gaudi, the eccentric Spanish architect now celebrated for his still unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, through the perspective of his strong religious belief.
The Gummy Bears’ Great War
★★★★☆ A lot to chew on
The Gummy Bears’ Great War at C alto is the kind of thing you traditionally expect to see at the Fringe; a seemingly crazy idea that actually works convincingly.
Shakespeare for Breakfast
★★★★☆ Feelgood start
This is the 32nd year that C Theatre has staged Shakespeare for Breakfast at the Fringe with its offer of early morning coffee, croissant and an irreverent hit of the bard.
Antonio’s Revenge
★★☆☆☆ Unfathomable
Antonio’s Revenge is a definite oddity, not made any less strange by its staging by Edinburgh/New Zealand company Half Trick Theatre at C alto on even dates of the Fringe only.
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.
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.
For Better, For Worse
★★★☆☆ Truthful
For Better, For Worse from PenPal Productions at C aquila is largely successful at combining a family comedy with the wider world, in a way that many have found too difficult to pull off in the past.
Photon StarBlaster and the Suicidal Spaceship
★★★★☆ Seriously creative
Bonnie and Braw’s Photon StarBlaster and the Suicidal Spaceship at C aquila shows a wonderfully large heart, and boundless imagination, in its exploration of difficult themes.
Shakespeare For Breakfast / Shakespeare Up Late: A Right Royal Visit
★★★☆☆ Charming and ★★★☆☆ Chaotic
C Theatre have two contrasting reworkings of the Bard in Shakespeare for Breakfast at C aurora and Shakespeare Up Late – A Right Royal Visit at C aquila. While there are differences in tone and intent between the two productions, they are not as marked as might be imagined.
