Iain Davie
Take Me to Your Leader
★★★★☆ Effervescent
Unexpected things keep popping up in Take Me to Your Leader from Headrush Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile.
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.
Constellations
★★★☆☆ Needs more variety
There is a clever idea behind Constellations from ZOE and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile. Unfortunately, it is that very idea that prevents it from working as well as it might as a piece of theatre in this production.
Pool (no water)
★★★☆☆ Patchy
Pool (no water) from New Celts and Oddly Ordinary reaches high in its intent. The end result is decidedly mixed, with elements that impress and others that infuriate.
The 27 Club
★★★☆☆ Decidedly downbeat:
The 27 Club, by Rebel Pigeon and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, is an exploration of loss whose frustrations are balanced by some real insight.
The Monster in the Hall
★★★☆☆ Expansively exuberant:
Cheerfulness in the face of adversity characterises The Monster in the Hall by Capsize Collective and New Celts at TheSpace on the Mile.
Jumpers For Goalposts
★★★★☆ Warm applause:
Any preconceptions about a play depicting five-a-side football should instantly be put aside for Tom Wells’s Jumpers For Goalposts.
Class Mates
★★★☆☆ Qualified success:
Acted with drive and commitment, A Dash of Theatre and New Celts Productions’ Class Mates largely overcomes a script that has its drawbacks.
Some Voices
★★★☆☆ Emotive
Edgy and raw, but not always consistent, Some Voices from Spearhead Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile tackles difficult subject matters with humour and humanity.
Leith life in Morningside
Capital Converse in Hothouse preview:
Edinburgh-based company Trig Point Theatre’s latest two-hander, Capital Converse, is to get a Morningside preview before its date as part of the Traverse Theatre’s Hothouse season.
