Performed by Nathan D'Arcy Roberts ★★★ There’s a professional and touching admission from Nathan D’Arcy Roberts that he’s so entrenched in the subject matter and alignment of things, that he isn’t entirely clear what the hour set is about. Which, let’s face it, is fundamentally true to life. Despite this, Present/Tense is such a charming hour with … Continue reading Nathan D’Arcy Roberts: Present/Tense – Gilded Balloon Teviot
Review by Annie Aslett ★★★★★ Reuben Kaye is undeniably a once-in-a-generation star. As an audience member, one is painfully aware of being in the presence of unadulterated talent. With a glorious cacophony of razor-sharp wit, show-stopping vocals, scathing crowd work, biting satire, emotional profundity and a fierce beat, the constellation of 5-star reviews adorning Kaye’s … Continue reading Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back – Palais du Variete
https://youtu.be/Z_qa1EmX_UA Directed by Matthew Parker Review by Annie Aslett ★★★★★ Musicals: the Marmite of the theatre world. Love them or love to hate them, Alexander S. Bermange’s I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a spectacle that can be enjoyed by anyone on the love-hate spectrum. Whether you’re a casual or fanatical musical theatre consumer, … Continue reading I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical – Gilded Balloon at the Museum
Created by One Step At A Time Like This: Suzanne Kersten, Clair Korobacz, Paul Moir & Julian Rickert ★★★★ An eagerly awaited return to the Fringe, a unique experience in which passers-by become choreographers elements of the experience where the streets and alleys we spend our days erupt as the setting – the city of … Continue reading en route – Traverse Theatre
Produced by Compagnie le Fils du Grand Réseau Technical Direction by Colin Plancher ★★★★★ Buckle up - it’s going to be a good’un. We’re going to be globe-trotting, soaring through the skies, plunging to the depths of the oceans, and we do it all without leaving our seats. There’s little to elaborate on with the … Continue reading The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy – Pleasance Courtyard: The Grand
Written and Performed by Adam Lenson Directed by Hannah Moss ★★★★ The branching paths of "what if" can become an all-encompassing pitfall. The idea that with every big decision comes an alternate reality in which we said the other option, one where we took the promotion or said yes to that potential partner isn’t new, but Adam … Continue reading Anything That We Wanted to Be – Summerhall: Cairns Lecture Theatre
Written by Annie Lux Directed by Lee Costello ★★★★ There is hardly a name in the literary and performing world from the 20th century that hasn’t benefitted or been influenced by Dorothy Parker, who wielded creative disciplines, opinions and criticisms with as deft a hand as ever possible. To sum her entire life into a … Continue reading The Portable Dorothy Parker – The Space @Surgeons Hall
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
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
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
