Created by Daniel Serridge Review by Eve Nugent Scottish Storytelling Centre: Tickets ★★★★★ “It is a story for those who have loved and lost,” claims storyteller Daniel Serridge as he takes to the stage in Netherbow Theatre at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. This sequestered venue on the Royal Mile is a Fringe hidden gem specialising … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Orpheus/Orfeo
Written by Ella Barnett and Becky Popovíc Review by Eve Nugent Greenside @ George Street: Tickets ★★★★ It is pastry week: four bakers behind gingham-clad surfaces, two charismatic presenters in sparkly waistcoats, and two eccentric judges. Everything one might expect from the iconic television show ‘The Great British Bake Off’ lies before the audience, yet something … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Bakeoff The Great British Pantomime
Written by Carole Levin Directed by Lynn Nichols Review by Eve Nugent theSpace @ Surgeons Hall: Tickets ★★★★ “The safest and strongest Queen is the one who rules alone.” The year is 1601, nearing the end of the Tudor dynasty. Clad in ornate regalia, the unmarried Elizabeth I reflects upon her 43-year reign of turmoil and chaos, … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 – Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words
https://youtu.be/Lagauhb5GyY Directed by Pablo Larraín Written by Steven Knight Germany,Chile,UK/117mins/2021 ★★★★★ Dance instructor, cleaner, patron, heir apparent and mother; Diana, Princess of Wales, was a woman under the scrutiny of multiple angles and facades. And quite often, it is seemingly forgotten that she was human. A figure of public fascination and an international icon, Diana’s … Continue reading Spencer – Review
Written by Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss Directed by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage History is widely written by men; no wonder we didn't pay attention in school. Unless you have had the misfortune of a beheading or being pushed into a nunnery by your gout-suffering brut of a husband, Six is the concert musical sensation which … Continue reading SIX – Festival Theatre
