EdFringe 2014
Anorak of Fire
✭✭✭✩✩ Charmingly geeky
There’s a wry humanity in Anorak of Fire, as well as some jokes that are starting to show their age.
Unfaithful
✭✭✭✭✩ Astute and funny
Can relationships survive infidelity? Owen McCafferty’s play, Unfaithful, at the Traverse is both astute and funny in tackling this thorny subject.
Light Killer
✭✭✭✩✩ Shining promise
Offering a unique combination of introspection and dynamism, Light Killer shines a spotlight on the fringe experience, giving pause for reflection.
Lace Up
✭✭✭✭✩ Drama with punch
Expect blood, sweat and tears in this searing drama looking at the price a young boxer from Edinburgh is asked to pay on his way to the top.
Paras over the Barras
✭✭✩✩✩ Sketchy comedy
Delivering the toe-curling one-liners with a relatively straight face, Leitheatre’s reprise of Paras over the Barras is sketch show comedy shot through with nostalgia for the WW2 spirit.
The Bridge
✭✭✭✩✩ Thought provoking
A poised and careful meditation on history, family, myth and literature, The Bridge at St John’s is a finely wrought piece.
Men in the Cities
✭✭✭✭✩ Raw passion
Chris Goode is angry and with good reason. In his tautly written and beautifully executed monologue at the Traverse, he examines contemporary masculinity with a searing, raw passion that wears its hurt on its sleeve.
Relatively Speaking
✭✭✭✩✩ Relatively successful
Slick, humorous and effective, the Edinburgh Makars’ production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking can be counted as a success even if it never quite manages to locate the darker streak that characterises his work.
ViewMaster
✭✭✭✭✩ A jewel
ViewMaster at Summerhall is a gem of a show that has the ability to cleanse the most jaded of palates.
Return to the Voice
✭✭✭✭✩ Another world
Tuneful, dramatic, and frankly baffling, Return To The Voice is a memorable musical experience.
