EdFringe 2013
Review – The Witness
Strong, confident performances from Thrive Theatre, in association with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, mark out Alex Hope’s cleverly-written and intriguing hypothetical thought-experiment.
Review – Shattered
Chimaera Productions presents an accomplished abstract piece of verbatim theatre, combining simple yet on the whole effective physical performance with material taken directly from the shattering the stigma blog:
Review – Sinatra: The Final Curtain
★★★☆☆ Crowdpleaser with potential:
Kingdom Productions’ Sinatra: The Final Curtain is a crowd-pleasing entertainment, which is deservedly playing to packed crowds at Whitespace in Gayfield Square.
Review – Calotype
Jessie Mann, credited with the first surviving photograph taken by a women, is given an inventive life in Foolproof theatre’s Calotype, at the Central Hall, Tollcross, all week.
Review – The List
Stellar Quines’ mesmerising production of The List at Summerhall features a shattering performance by Maureen Beattie.
Review – As You Like It
There are no tricks or real surprises in Arkle Theatre Company’s As You Like It at The Royal Scots Club, but this accessible, pacy production would be an ideal introduction for Shakespeare novices.
Review – A Note Of Dischord
✭✭✭✩✩ Likeable experimentalism:
Theatre Paradok’s A Note Of Dischord is an unclassifiable and engagingly silly hour’s entertainment at The Space @Venue 45 in Jeffrey Street.
Review – God Of Carnage
Yasmina Reza’s pitch-black comedy, God of Carnage, provides a challenging vehicle for Arkle Theatre at The Royal Scots Club as part of the Edinburgh Fringe, 2013.
Review – God Bless Liz Lochhead
The Makar’s secure place in contemporary Scottish culture is signalled by the use of her name in the title of Martin McCardle’s God Bless Liz Lochhead. While she does not pop across from her show elsewhere in the Assembly Rooms to make an appearance, her spirit is certainly present in Fair Pley’s production.
Review – The Okavango Macbeth
✭✭✭✭✩ Big voices, intimate setting:
Edinburgh Studio Opera return to Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham’s studio opera with a leaner, fitter production than the one which premiered two years ago at the Queens Hall.
