Assembly Roxy
Reasons to Be Pretty
★★★☆☆ Irregular
Reasons to Be Pretty, by local grassroots company Locked in Thought at the Roxy until Saturday, brings fine acting to Neil LaBute’s complex interrogation of social expectations and interpersonal trust.
Crimes of the Heart
★★★★☆ Deep
Strawmoddie Theatre Company bring a thoroughly entertaining and emotionally direct production of Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart to the upstairs room of Assembly Roxy to Sunday.
Strawmoddie go American gothic
Beth Henley’s play about fierce, complicated love is upstairs at the Roxy
This week sees the ever impressive Strawmoddie Theatre take on another piece of award-winning theatre. This time it is to the States that they turn, and Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Crimes of the Heart, playing the Assembly Roxy from Thursday to Sunday.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
★★★☆☆ Clear
New grassroots company Gutter Theatre give a commendably solid showing for their inaugural production: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, playing upstairs at Assembly Roxy to Saturday.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
★★★★☆ Stunningly crafted
EGTG’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, at the Assembly Roxy to Friday, is a beautifully directed exploration of the autistic experience, based on Mark Haddon’s novel of the same name.
The Bacchae
★★★☆☆ Ethereal
Glasgow-based Company of Wolves come howling into the Fringe with The Bacchae, a solo retelling of the myth of Dionysos, playing at Assembly Roxy for a full run.
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy & Tentacle Girl
★★★★☆ Mesmerising
The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy & Tentacle Girl from Catherine Wheels, is an atmospheric aerial dance piece, co-created by performers Vee Smith and Sadiq Ali, about two opposites who transform and learn to move together in harmony.
Homo(Sapien)
★★★★☆ Wholehearted
Written and performed by Conor O’Dwyer, Homo(sapien) is a darkly comedic monodrama about identity, sex, and the tribulations of growing up queer in a society that’s both hateful and accepting.
Suddenly Last Summer
★★★☆☆ Well acted
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s Suddenly Last Summer upstairs at the Roxy has excellent performances, but some less than ideal staging.
Incognito
★★★★☆ Earnest
The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group brings Nick Payne’s Incognito to the Assembly Roxy in a production packed with lightning-fast transitions and versatile performances.
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