Niamh Kinane
Mary, Queen of Rock!
★★★★★ Gloriously loud
A celebration of loud women, Pretty Knickers Productions’ original musical, Mary, Queen of Rock! at the Assembly Rooms Ballroom all Fringe is special from the first note. The female-led Scottish theatre company have produced a standout.
Salamander
★★★★☆ Powerful and funny
Salamander, by Pretty Knickers Productions at Assembly Roxy for the first two weeks of the Fringe only, takes its starting point from the unsolved murder of a sex worker in Leith in 1983.
Salamander
★★★☆☆ Great potential
Salamander, from Pretty Knickers Productions at Greenside @ Riddles Court, is inspired by true events that took place in Leith in the 1980s.
Creeping Beauty
★★★★☆ Fairy dust:
In the midst of panto season, Edinburgh’s Pretty Knickers grassroots company get their mitts on the genre, give it a twist the traditionals and plump it slap back down in the 21st century as Creeping Beauty.
Heir Heads
★★★☆☆ Considerable zip:
Heir Heads, Pretty Knickers Productions’ comedy at theSpace on North Bridge, has a cacklingly amoral glee that gives it some force.
Sob Story
★★★☆☆ Uneasy combination:
A talented cast and bags of commitment manage to paper over the obvious cracks in Sob Story, by Pretty Knickers and New Celts at TheSpace on the Mile.
