Written and Performed by Raymond Wilson Directed by Fiona Mackinnon ★★★★★ The wisdom of the plants is an eternal gift that we have continually failed to learn from. As some of the world’s most ancient creatures, they have time and again adapted and found ways to both survive and to provide. Not sure you can … Continue reading I Hope Your Flowers Bloom – Scottish Storytelling Centre
Review by Mhairi Sime ★★★★ Chloe Petts presents rage and honesty in a revelatory comedic hour about the duality of their personalities, climate change and the therapeutic nature of the World Cup. After the last tour, where Petts presented real-world issues politely and kindly, they are letting their anger shine through and taking the audience … Continue reading Chloe Petts: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice – Pleasance Courtyard: Above
Written and Performed by Daniel Orejon Directed by Flavia D'Avila ★★★★ The greatest stage and movie monsters of old were never really the fearsome beasts our protagonists contorted and twisted themselves into: but the worlds surrounding them. In their solo show, The Rotting Hart, writer and performer Daniel Orejon forges a performance saturated in storms and … Continue reading The Rotting Hart – George Mackay Brown: The Scottish Storytelling Centre
Written by Shaul Ezer Directed by Jen McGregor ★★★★ The number of conspiracies surrounding the playwright, poet, and historical and cultural icon William Shakespeare is vast. From ideas and intrusions of his sexuality, his supposed faked death, to the more infamous accounts of those with an inkling of theories of Christopher Marlowe’s hand in creating some of … Continue reading The Real William Shakespeare… As Told by Christopher Marlowe – Greenside @ Riddle’s Court
Written by Kieran Hurley Directed by Roxana Silbert ★★★ Immediately, you get a sense of what Adults is aiming towards. Between the spilt Yazoo (Strawberry flavour, nice), an exceptionally humorous set-up and an almost too perfectly designed dreary set from Anna Orton, Keiran Hurley’s newest piece wants to punctuate the outdated attitudes of sex work with some … Continue reading Adults – Traverse Theatre
Written and Performed by Ben Target Directed by Adam Brace and Ben Target ★★★★ Death is a more frequent topic at The Fringe than (perhaps) any other: especially with comedic solo shows. Side-stepping from their comedic backdrop into a more spoken-word form of theatre, the ripples of Target’s humour may no longer be solely resigned … Continue reading Ben Target: Lorenzo – Summerhall: Anatomy Room
https://youtu.be/PkytxR8Fc_c Performed by Melissa McGlensey ★★★★★ For those familiar with the anxieties of the Trump White House years, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Press secretary, infamous for her disdain of the mainstream press, proved to be an unexpected source of entertainment for those interested in US politics. Her directly indirect answers to the simplest of questions … Continue reading The Briefing with Melissa McGlensey – Assembly Roxy
Written and Directed by Jamie Armitage ★★★★ How do you think you’d react to a police interrogation? Crack? Crumble? Or do you think you’d keep up that cool bravado in the face of something altogether more serious - as the noose begins to tighten… Joanna has been missing for 68 hours. After 72, the possibility … Continue reading An Interrogation – Summerhall: Old Lab
Review by Christian Maddick ★★★★ Seeing somebody onstage whose online presence precedes them can be a bit worrisome, as there is no certainty of their talent translating well in a live setting. In ‘Bailey J Mills: Unfiltered + Scummy’, drag artist Bailey J Mills quashes any of these concerns from the beginning, creating an utterly … Continue reading Bailey J Mills: Unfiltered + Scummy – Gilded Balloon Teviot
Written by Isobel McArthur Directed by Gareth Nicholls ★★★★★ In looking at the grandeur of opera and an addictive fixation on the nostalgic, Isobel McArthur stumbles into an entirely new genre-hybrid: romantic farce, part operatic, and part supernatural mystery. For much of our stay at the hotel, it feels pleasant, if pedestrian. Giddy but not … Continue reading The Grand Old Opera House Hotel – Traverse Theatre
