Ollie Hiemann
A Pound of Flesh
★★★☆☆ Unjustified
Arbery Theatre brings A Pound of Flesh, a reimagining of a Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, to theSpace on the Mile for a full run of the Fringe in a production that asks: What if Portia never came to Venice?
Jack and the Beanstalk
★★★★☆ Porty Pals
What do you get when you combine an evil landlord and his devious henchwoman, a boy and his mother just trying to survive, and their faithful cow? Well a pantomime of course— what were you expecting?
The Ruffian on the Stair
★★☆☆☆ Falls short
For the second of their Fringe productions, EGTG revive The Ruffian on the Stair, a little-known Joe Orton play, sixty years after it debuted as a BBC radio play.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
★★★★☆ Ode to Pubescence
The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group return to the Fringe with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a joyful exploration of adolescence and the pressures that get in the way of success at, Paradise in Augustines for Week One.
School of Rock
★★★★☆ Dynamic
Fringe favourites Captivate Theatre bring the musical School of Rock to the Magnusson Theatre at the Edinburgh Academy, featuring a cast of talented local children.
Bugsy Malone
★★★☆☆ Splurge-tastic:
Captivate Theatre’s production of Bugsy Malone takes you right back to the roaring twenties at Gilded Balloon’s Rose Theatre, with two different casts for alternating performances.
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