Greenside @ Riddles Court

No Place Called Home

No Place Called Home

★★★☆☆ Climate crisis drama

Whilst the production team and cast of No Place Called Home are predominantly students, ThirdCulture Productions are not a student led company. At a time when cuts to arts funding in Scotland are making the news again, it’s refreshing to see current and former students committing their immediate future to Edinburgh.

Aug 24 2024 | By | Reply More
River time!

River time!

★★★☆☆ Brave

ADHD is a lot more than being late and losing your keys, Laura Thurlow tells us in her one woman show River Time! running at Greenside @ Riddles Court all Fringe.

Aug 23 2024 | By | Reply More
Why do we lie?

Why do we lie?

★★★★☆ Fun

Why Do We Lie? by the Napier University Drama Society at Greenside’s Riddles Court uses a series of short comedy skits to explore the reasons and circumstances around why humans lie.

Aug 22 2024 | By | Reply More
Panto Macbeth

Panto Macbeth

★★★★★ Perfectly absurd

It’s panto. It’s Macbeth. It’s Panto Macbeth. What more do you want? The Mermaids Performing Arts Fund of St. Andrews University hurl a fifty-minute pantomime version of Shakespeare’s tragedy of Macbeth onto the Fringe stage, like a vulgar No-Fear Shakespeare crossed with traditional panto bits.

Aug 21 2024 | By | Reply More
Plague, Poo ‘n’ Punishment

Plague, Poo ‘n’ Punishment

★★★★☆ Entertaining

Plague, Poo ‘n’ Punishment is a fun filled comedy show presenting stories of Edinburgh’s gory history, from Edinburgh Storytellers Ltd at Greenside @ Riddles Court.

Aug 10 2024 | By | Reply More
It’s a Sheet Show

It’s a Sheet Show

★★★★☆ Strong debut

It’s a Sheet Show, Fools and Thieves Fringe debut in a coproduction with The Counterminers, is set in and around a bed. However, there’s nothing tired about the play – or the production – as a series of short scenes track a relationship from its early moments to its demise in a little over fifty minutes.

Aug 4 2024 | By | Reply More
The Real William Shakespeare… As Told by Christopher Marlowe

The Real William Shakespeare… As Told by Christopher Marlowe

★★★★☆ Full of imagination

There are many debates and conspiracy theories surrounding Shakespeare’s life and work. The Real William Shakespeare… as Told by Christopher Marlowe, from Matchmaker Theatre Productions, pitches into one of those thought-provoking theories with great humour, music and lively performances.

Aug 23 2023 | By | Reply More
Broken Funnies

Broken Funnies

★★★☆☆ Worrying

Broken Funnies, from Martin Bearne at Greenside @ Riddles Court, is a deeply personal show whose painful message is obscured by its structure.

Aug 25 2022 | By | Reply More
Salamander

Salamander

★★★☆☆ Great potential

Salamander, from Pretty Knickers Productions at Greenside @ Riddles Court, is inspired by true events that took place in Leith in the 1980s.

Aug 24 2022 | By | Reply More
Past Life

Past Life

★★★☆☆ Strong comedy

Set in what initially appears to be the backstage area of a theatre, Past Life from Simply Surreal, at Greenside Riddles Court for the last week of the Fringe only, provides a glimpse into the life of a reality TV show host and, in a humorous way, reveals it to be a fairy miserable existence.

Aug 23 2022 | By | Reply More