Fault Lines – Basic Mountain
Phantom Owl are a Los Angeles-based theatre company “presenting new American theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe.” This year presenting three plays: Fault Lines by Stephen Belber, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times by Neil Labute and Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, plus three one-person shows as part of their Flying Solo series. Belber’s Fault Lines […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream in New Orleans – Arts Theatre
Another summer and another production of “the Dream” and each year someone tries to do it in a different way and with varying degrees of success. So when I heard that theatre company Ruby in the Dust were setting one of my favourite Shakespeare plays in New Orleans and infusing it with the music of […]
Fewer Emergencies – Moors Bar
Ah a writer’s life. We get up late, have a glass of wine, bash out a story and then go to some fancy party where we schmooze with other writers, the beautiful, the famous and the desperate. Oh and we get paid for it – how glamorous we all are. Oh wait, that’s all complete […]
Pussy – Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
The advertising of this late night Edinburgh show is intriguing. “5 girls, 1 stage, It’s not about Cats” is all the information it gives away. What are you supposed to take from that? Well I went along expecting some foul mouthed comedy from women talking about their body parts in a Vagina Monologues style show. […]
As Is – Bedlam Theatre
“I’ll take you as is” – the words we all long to hear from a loved one. This play is set during the 1980’s AIDS epidemic. Saul and Rich are splitting up their belongings after a break up (Rich left Saul for another man). But Saul still desperately wants to work things out and have […]
Consolation – Bridewell Theatre
Tên përdu, jhamâi së rëcôbro (Time lost can never be regained) A world of fear, where brother betrayed sister and neighbours were far from neighbourly; trust was impossible as suspicion was rife. The infamous phrase “Kill them all, God will know his own” is still a terrifying thought yet the Cathar ‘heretics’ were persecuted and […]
Diane Chorley: Duchess of Canvey – Underbelly
“I was born in Canvey on the coldest day of the year. Mum said I was steaming when I came out. She was a good woman, hands like iron files she had, teeth like crackling. My father was a Hodd Carrier. Silent as bread, big old boots, never said a word. Turns out he was […]
Zero Down – Theatre 503
In my general theatre going habit I must admit I am fairly adverse to ‘State of the Nation’ plays. I normally go to the theatre hoping to escape from the world of tube strikes, high rents and gum stuck to the underside of your shoe and enjoy whirlwind romances and highly choreographed dance routines. So […]
Sooz Kempner: Character Activist
Sooz Kempner is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival having performed her last two shows ‘Soozical’ and ‘Defying Gravity’ there. Now for 2015 she is back with a pocket full of new characters to delight audiences with. In one hour, Sooz introduces us to four characters, each split up by a video interview being played […]
Les Miserables – The Famous Spiegeltent
When I heard there was a production of Les Miserables on at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival I just knew I had to go and see it. If you have been living under a rock for the last 25 years and don’t know the story of Les Mis, you should be ashamed of yourself. But because […]