Review: Crimes of the Heart – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55162589858/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Beth HenleyDirected by Alex Card  Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ Family reunions are rarely tidy affairs, but Crimes of the Heart at The Assembly Roxy proves that chaos can be wildly entertaining when handled with affection, precision and a generous helping of Southern eccentricity. Strawmoddie Theatre Company brings Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading Review: Crimes of the Heart – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh

Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! – Pleasance Theatre

Adapted by Stephen Briggs Directed by Jonathan Whiteside ★★★★ A kingdom without a King is a city rife for the taking, one of vice and little virtue. Or maybe it’s one benefitting from democracy without tyranny? Either way, the Supreme Grandmaster of the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night … Continue reading Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards! – Pleasance Theatre

A Christmas Carol – Assembly Roxy

From the Novel by Charles Dickens Directed by Angela Harkness Robertson ★★★ Puppets, cartoons, re-visionist history, musicals, futuristic, Bill Murray: filmmakers and playwrights have endeavoured to re-tell Charles Dicken’s tale of redemption and guilt for decades. A Christmas Carol, The quintessential festive ghost story of the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge’s visits from the deities of history – spectres … Continue reading A Christmas Carol – Assembly Roxy