Mikey Burnett
The Bookies
★★★☆☆ Spread bet
The Bookies spins the story of a betting shop on Leith Walk, its employees and a slot machine-addicted customer in this black comedy playing at Summerhall for the duration of the fringe.
4Play
★★★☆☆ Comedy capers
Comedy is definitely a priority as the four members of Edinburgh playwright collective 4Play bring four pieces of new work to the Traverse stage, much to the delight of a capacity first night audience.
In Her Corner
★★★★☆ Hard-hitting:
In Her Corner, Tearin’ The Tartan and New Celts’ production at theSpace on the Mile, has a fresh, visceral quality and genuine drive. If there are a couple of false notes struck, it is nevertheless very impressive.
Converse for Leith Walk Campaign
Pandorum support Save Leith Walk campaign
Mikey Burnett’s Capital Converse is to be revived for two performances at Leith Depot by Edinburgh-based Pandorum Theatre, in support of the Save Leith Walk campaign.
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.
Hothouse shows 2015
Grassroots companies in Trav Showcase:
Four of Edinburgh’s newer and innovative grassroots companies are staging works as part of this year’s Hothouse season at the Traverse this week – Tue 10 – Fri 13 November 2015.
Nurturing talent
Traverse Hothouse response to explosion of local productions:
This August, almost 90 Edinburgh-based productions appeared at the fringe – more than ever before. While the amateur, professional and youth companies were present as usual, it was in Edinburgh’s unfunded, shoestring companies that the real growth was obvious.
Lace Up
✭✭✭✭✩ Drama with punch
Expect blood, sweat and tears in this searing drama looking at the price a young boxer from Edinburgh is asked to pay on his way to the top.
Village Pub Theatre recruits new writers
Edinburgh’s low-fi new writing company, the Village Pub Theatre, is introducing a quintet of new writers to this month’s show.
