Reviews

Shakers

Shakers

★★★☆☆ Funny

The EUTC make a decent fist of Shakers, at the Bedlam all week, playing to the broad comedy of the John Godber and Jane Thornton’s script but finding their best in its moments of pathos.

March 23, 2023 | By | Reply More
Annie

Annie

★★★☆☆ Cheerful

A relentlessly upbeat feel to the touring revival of the West End production of Annie, at the Playhouse to Saturday, is the source of considerable charm.

March 22, 2023 | By | Reply More
PPP: Write Off

PPP: Write Off

★★★★☆ Magnetic

There is an undeniable force to Aodhan Gallagher’s Write-Off, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse, presented by Oran Mor in association with Dundee Rep.

March 22, 2023 | By | Reply More
I Hate It Here

I Hate It Here

★★★★☆ Love it here

There are no winners in Sweet Beef’s magnificent I Hate It Here, touring to Summerhall for two nights only, which dives smoothly from joy to desperation in its exploration of zero hour contract culture.

March 22, 2023 | By | Reply More
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

★★☆☆☆ Patchy

Agatha Christie’s evergreen And Then There Were None is presented by Strawmoddie at the Central Hall, Tollcross, with delicacy and no little effort. Unfortunately, choices with staging – and problems seemingly inherent in the venue – make for an awkward experience.

March 17, 2023 | By | Reply More
Brassed Off

Brassed Off

★★★★☆ Tragicomic grandeur

If we must have music-driven stage adaptations of films, they should be like Edinburgh People’s Theatre’s impressive production of Brassed Off, where the music is integral to a story that actually means something.

March 16, 2023 | By | Reply More
PPP: BABS

PPP: BABS

★★★☆☆ Magic energy

BABS, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse, is an endearing work; funny, frothy and deceptively serious, but occasionally pulling in too many directions at once.

March 15, 2023 | By | Reply More
Rocky Horror Show

Rocky Horror Show

★★★★☆ Anything but rocky

There’s a light, over at Greenside Place as The Rocky Horror Show returns to the Playhouse with its 50th anniversary show, says Martin Gray.

March 14, 2023 | By | Reply More
frisson (in a bar)

frisson (in a bar)

★★★☆☆  Warm and caring

Production Lines’ frisson (in a bar) continues to look at the lives of three of the four people that were first seen via Zoom in last week’s frisson (online) and introduces three new characters.

March 10, 2023 | By | Reply More
You Bury Me

You Bury Me

★★★★★ Essential

You Bury Me at the Lyceum is an utterly convincing piece of theatre – visually, emotionally and politically forceful, performed with wit, skill and humanity.

March 9, 2023 | By | Reply More