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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

★★★★☆ Mood-lifter

Edinburgh based newcomers C&C Productions ensure that their production of Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a guaranteed audience pleaser.

Aug 24 2024 | By | Reply More
Gaudi: God’s Architect

Gaudi: God’s Architect

★★★☆☆ Fascinating

Gaudi: God’s Architect by AGAP (Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project) recounts the life of Antonio Gaudi, the eccentric Spanish architect now celebrated for his still unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, through the perspective of his strong religious belief.

Aug 24 2024 | By | Reply More
Shakespeare for Breakfast

Shakespeare for Breakfast

★★★★☆ Feelgood start

This is the 32nd year that C Theatre has staged Shakespeare for Breakfast at the Fringe with its offer of early morning coffee, croissant and an irreverent hit of the bard.

Aug 24 2024 | By | Reply More
Rent

Rent

★★★☆☆ Powerful

Sound Events Scotland have risen to the challenge of Jonathan Larson’s Rent commendably, with an exuberant cast totally immersed in its demands.

Aug 24 2024 | By | Reply More
The Court

The Court

★★★☆☆ Maybe murder

Edinburgh Little Theatre’s interactive court-set drama, The Court, finds a middle aged woman accused by her sister of murdering their mother and is run on the Lunchtime Theatre principle of adding a pie and bevvy to the ticket price.

Aug 20 2024 | By | Reply More
Murder at the Fringe

Murder at the Fringe

★★★☆☆ Fun exercise

Murder at the Fringe, by Edinburgh Little Theatre, is extremely courageous. The audience is closely involved in the solving of a murder, with six suspects lined up for questioning.

Aug 18 2024 | By | Reply More
The One Couple Show

The One Couple Show

★★★☆☆ Original

The One Couple Show is an autobiographical love story between Pirita Tuiski and Thabo Mokolobate, detailing their lives before and after they met, playing ZOO Playground for the first two weeks of the Fringe.

Aug 17 2024 | By | Reply More
Stepping Out

Stepping Out

★★★☆☆ Feel good

Leitheatre has been performing on the Fringe for 40 years and this year’s show, Stepping Out at Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, is of an appropriate vintage, although its plot is in no way dated.

Aug 17 2024 | By | Reply More
A Singular Deception

A Singular Deception

★★★☆☆ Medical mystery

Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group mark their 70th year with A Singular Deception, a new play by company member Hilary Spiers which is the first of two shows at the Royal Scots Club for Week One of the Fringe.

Aug 12 2024 | By | Reply More
Kev Campbell Was He

Kev Campbell Was He

★★★★☆ Young talent

Kev Campbell Was He, a one man show, written, performed and produced by Alexander Tait, gives us a wide ranging insight into some of the conflicts facing young men today.

Aug 9 2024 | By | Reply More