Author: Tom Ralphs
crackers
★★★☆☆ Strong performances
Edinburgh based writer cmf wood’s crackers, at the Royal Scots Club, performed by EGTG explores the stigma attached to mental ill-health, particularly amongst teenagers.
ADULTS
★★★★☆ More than a sex comedy
ADULTS, the new play from Kieran Hurley, writer of 2019 hit Mouthpiece, brings Conleth Hill, currently starring in the Power of Parker and known to many for his role in Game of Thrones, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Wish You Were Dead
★★☆☆☆ Lacks Grace
Two days after the latest series of Grace left our TV screens, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is back on stage in Edinburgh in Wish You Were Dead, Shaun McKenna’s sixth adaption of a Peter James novel.
Sister Radio
★★★★☆ Silence speaks
Sister Radio arrives at the Traverse at the same time as anti-government protests in Iran, triggered by the death of a 22 year old woman arrested by Morality Police, enter their seventh week.
A New Life
★★★★☆ Baby blues
A New Life, Andy McGregor’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint hit about a young couple failing to come to terms with unexpected parenthood, returns to the Traverse for one night.
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
★★★★☆ Faithful revival
Rapture Theatre go back to Martin McDonagh’s first play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, for their first major production since the death of founding artistic director Michael Emans.
Tickbox
★★★★☆ Personal story
Lubna Kerr’s parents arrived in Glasgow from Pakistan in the 1960s and Tickbox, at Summerhall for the final two weeks of the fringe, tells their and her stories.
Salamander
★★★☆☆ Great potential
Salamander, from Pretty Knickers Productions at Greenside @ Riddles Court, is inspired by true events that took place in Leith in the 1980s.
Past Life
★★★☆☆ Strong comedy
Set in what initially appears to be the backstage area of a theatre, Past Life from Simply Surreal, at Greenside Riddles Court for the last week of the Fringe only, provides a glimpse into the life of a reality TV show host and, in a humorous way, reveals it to be a fairy miserable existence.
Silkworm
★★★★☆ Empathetic portrayal
Silkworm, from Pearlfisher at Assembly Roxy, is the story of Abidemi and Omolade, two asylum seekers living in a Glasgow high-rise tower block while they await decisions on their asylum claims.
