Traverse
Lear
★★★★★ Magnificent
Lear by Ramesh Meyyappan at the Traverse is a stunning piece of work – raw and delicate, disciplined and chaotic, frightening and beautiful.
Grown Ups
★★★★★ Silly
The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival opened at the Traverse with a very silly show indeed: Grown Ups, which is a primarily non verbal piece about what grown ups do when children aren’t around.
Blinded by the Light
★★★★☆ Heartfelt
Blinded by the Light, which stopped off at the Traverse for one night only as part of a tour, is a deeply felt and very well performed piece with clear links to the community that inspired it.
A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here
★★★★☆ Fascinating
ThisEgg’s A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here, at the Traverse for two nights only, is a compelling piece of theatre and well deserving of the Fringe First it won last year.
Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
★★★★☆ Glorious
Looking For Me Friend – The Music of Victoria Wood, at the Traverse for two performances only, is a fitting celebration of a national treasure as well as a well structured and touchingly personal piece.
PPP: Ivor
★★☆☆☆ Well-meaning
Ivor by Jennifer Adam, the last in the current season of Òran Mór’s Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse, is a lively but ultimately confused piece of theatre.
PPP: Night, Idiot
★★★☆☆ Compelling
Night, Idiot by Zoe Bullock, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse co-presented by Aberdeen Performing Arts, is a deceptively serious and emotionally intriguing piece of writing.
PPP: Dancing Shoes
★★★☆☆ Joyful
There is a heart-warming element of the fantastic as well as sympathetic realism in Dancing Shoes, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse.
PPP: Wasps
★★★★☆ Emotional clarity
Wasps by Cameron Forbes, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a touching coming-of-age story.
PPP: Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Eilidh, Eilidh, Eilidh, by Lana Pheutan, is gently humorous and thoroughly involving. Pheutan, from Skye, has been involved in Fringe stalwarts Pretty Knickers Productions and in writing for TV Alba, and also directs what is the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse.
