#EdFringe
Eleanor
★★★★★ Historical insight
For every figure whose name echoes throughout history there are the descendants destined to spend their lives living in the shadow of their ancestors.
Henry V
★★★☆☆ Contrarious
Henry V from Massachusetts-based Ghost Light Players is a dynamic, physical, ensemble-centred production of Shakespeare’s sprawling history that aims to impress upon its audience the “bloody cost of war”.
Macbeth & Dunsinane
Macbeth: ★★★☆☆ Speedy
Dunsinane: ★★★★☆ Bloody
A Necessary Cat have done it again – bringing a powerful double helping of a Shakespeare starter and Shakespeare-adjacent main course to the Fringe in which the whole is better the sum of its parts.
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.
Keep Watching It
★★☆☆☆ Repetitive
Keep Watching It, at The Space on the Mile, is a new play by Kestrel Eye Productions, a grassroots film and theatre company based between Edinburgh and New York.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★★★★☆ Terrific ensemble
Captivate’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Edinburgh Academy is an imposing production, full of fine singing and acting.
Napoleon’s 100 Days
★★☆☆☆ Basic
Napoleon’s 100 Days is a comic telling of Napoleon’s epic escape from captivity on the island of Elba, performed by its writer and producer Andy D (for Dickinson) at Paradise in the Vault for the first two weeks of the Fringe.
Don Quixote Rides Again
★★★★☆ Entertaining classic
Commissioned by the Scottish Storytelling Centre for their International festival last autumn, Don Quixote Rides Again, directed by Jelena Bašic, returns to its original home for the Fringe.
Shadow Walking
★★★★☆ Dark tales
Shadow Walking returns to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the Fringe after a first outing last autumn during the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.
How I Learned to Drive
★★★★☆ Difficult
How I Learned to Drive, from Arkle at the Royal Scots Club for the Fringe’s second week, is a challenging piece staged with due care and skill.
