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Incognito

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.

May 1 2025 | By | Reply More
Amadeus

Amadeus

★★★★☆ Intimate

Edinburgh-based Strawmoddie theatre company bring Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus to the Pianodrome in a powerful examination of the jealousy of mediocrity in the face of genius.

Apr 11 2025 | By | Reply More
Going Postal

Going Postal

★★★★☆  First Class

Strawmoddie’s Going Postal, their fourth production of a Terry Pratchett novel adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, is delivered with all due care and attention to detail at the Pleasance Theatre to Sunday.

Dec 6 2024 | By | Reply More
Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner

★★★★☆ Absorbing

The Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s production of J.B. Priestley’s Dangerous Corner, upstairs at the Assembly Roxy until Saturday, is a tense affair, well staged and compelling.

Oct 17 2024 | By | Reply More
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

★★★☆☆ Enjoyable

Arkle’s Around the World in 80 Days, at the Royal Scots Club in Fringe Week Two, is a straightforward piece of family-friendly theatre. Inventive and committed, it has its drawbacks, but is always fun.

Aug 15 2024 | By | Reply More
Macbeth & Dunsinane

Macbeth & Dunsinane

Macbeth: ★★★☆☆ Speedy
Dunsinane: ★★★★☆ Bloody

A Necessary Cat have done it again – bringing a powerful double helping of a Shakespeare starter and Shakespeare-adjacent main course to the Fringe in which the whole is better the sum of its parts.

Aug 14 2024 | By | Reply More
The Fastest Clock in the Universe

The Fastest Clock in the Universe

★★★★☆ Febrile

EGTG drill down deep into the vicious heart of Philip Ridley’s The Fastest Clock in the Universe, in a production at the Assembly Roxy which never goes quite where you expect it to.

May 23 2024 | By | Reply More
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

★★★★☆ Unexpectedly touching

There is an almost wilfully uneven quality to Arkle’s Cyrano de Bergerac at the Hill Street Theatre, but – eschewing much of the heroic bombast that is usually associated with the play – it manages to be convincing and affecting.

Apr 25 2024 | By | Reply More
Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

★★★☆☆ Well-turned

Amidst the noise, rituals and trappings of pantomime and Christmas, Strawmoddie’s take on Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather provides a welcome parody of our seasonal excess, at the Pleasance Theatre to Sunday.

Dec 9 2023 | By | Reply More
Chalk

Chalk

★★★★☆ Well observed

The UK premiere of Walt McGough’s Chalk from the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, upstairs at the Assembly Roxy, lacks a little in apocalyptic intensity – but convinces in its evocation of human relationships.

Nov 9 2023 | By | Reply More