Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller

In Everglade Studio

In Everglade Studio

★★★★☆ Sweltering

In Everglade Studio is a tuneful, tense and entertaining production from Black Bat Productions in The Box at Assembly George Square.

Aug 22 2023 | By | Reply More
Press

Press

★★★★☆ Sharply funny

Press in the Cabaret Bar at the Pleasance Courtyard is Black Bat Productions’ second production of this Fringe, and its second unqualified hit.

Aug 19 2021 | By | Reply More
Fear of Roses

Fear of Roses

★★★★☆ Stylish

Fear of Roses, by Black Bat Productions at Assembly Roxy, is a crisp, intelligent and thoroughly rewarding three-hander.

Aug 13 2021 | By | Reply More
Chagos 1971

Chagos 1971

★★★☆☆ Dark machinations:

Chagos 1971, writer-director Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller’s new work for Black Bat Productions at Zoo Playground, deals with important events in a way that is uneven but has a great deal going for it.

Aug 13 2019 | By | Reply More
White

White

★★★★☆ Layered:

Comic, brutal and certainly confrontational, the UK premiere of James Ijames’ White at St Cecelia’s Hall delivers a well-judged prod at the often unguarded underbelly of white liberal self-satisfaction.

Mar 25 2019 | By | Reply More
Disruptive elements

Disruptive elements

Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller on finding and staging Ijames’ White:

This weekend the EUTC is leaving its Bedlam home for a short break at St Cecelia’s Hall where it is presenting the UK premiere of James IJames’ “truly disruptive” play, White.

Mar 23 2019 | By | Reply More
Open Call for White

Open Call for White

EUTC to stage UK premiere of James Ijames’ comedy:

The Edinburgh University Theatre Company has put out an open call for its UK premiere of James Ijames’ White, a comedy about race, gender and the place of art in an absurdly divided society.

Jan 30 2019 | By | Reply More
Technicolor

Technicolor

★★★★☆ Extra-terrestrially cool:

Black Bat’s Technicolor is a freewheeling exercise in both nostalgia and modernity that is highly recommended.

Aug 16 2018 | By | 1 Reply More
Black Bat Call Out

Black Bat Call Out

Auditions for EdFringe 2018 show:

Black Bat Productions has put out a late open call for auditions for its EdFringe 2018 production, Technicolor following the success of last year’s EdFringe show, Mack the Knife which played to capacity audiences.

Apr 6 2018 | By | 1 Reply More
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

★★★☆☆    Full blooded:

There is plenty to like about the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company’s full-blooded, modern dress production of Romeo and Juliet at the Pleasance Theatre, to Saturday.

Mar 7 2018 | By | Reply More