Author: Tom Ralphs
After the Fact
★★★☆☆ Nuclear nostalgia
Blue Bird Productions bring Nina Cattanach’s new play After the Fact to theSpace @ Niddry St for the last week of the Fringe, set in the 1980s, in a world still living in the shadow of the Cold War.
Is This Your First Crime?
★★★★☆ Criminally Funny
Is This Your First Crime? in a mid-morning slot at theSpace on the Mile, sees New Celts alumni Long Face Theatre, deliver on both halves of their promised remit – comedy and new writing; providing a fast-paced start to the day.
58 to Go
★★★★☆ Age defying comedy
Liminal Visions’ 58 to Go, at Greenside @ George Street deals with something that large parts of its audience will either be experiencing – or have come out the other side of: Growing Old Syndrome.
Fake
★★★★☆ Original forgery
Fake, performed by Edinburgh magician Chris Cook in a Snap the Arrow production, combines magic, art and fraud largely through the medium of storytelling.
The Joker and the Thief
★★★★☆ Modern nostalgia
Dylan and Will Theatre transports us back to Edinburgh in 1980 with The Joker and the Thief at theSpace, a time when the city was a cheap place to stay during August and stand-up comedy was coming to the fringe for the first time courtesy of Alexei Sayle.
Bucksomely Betrothals
★★★★★ Bucksome Brilliance
Bucksomely Betrothals is a full throttle farce from Theatre Paradok, with a cast that exploit every aspect of the script to deliver a show that highlights the talent involved both on stage and off.
You Talkin’ To Us?
★★★☆☆ Expletives not deleted
Authentically False Productions return with Daniel Sanchez O’Brien’s You Talkin’ To Us? a play that delivers on the promises on its flyers, but falls short in several other respects and fails to deliver on its early promise.
The Fifth Elephant
★★★☆☆ Slipped discworld
Strawmoddie Theatre return to the Pleasance with Stephen Briggs adaptation of The Fifth Elephant, ten years since the death of author Terry Pratchett and ten years since they were established.
r/Conspiracy
★★★★☆ Believable conspiracy
r/Conspiracy explores the allure of conspiracy theories and the addictiveness of Reddit. Ella Hällgren’s one woman show, which she also performs, has a full Fringe run at Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower.
Play On
★★★☆☆ Shakespearean escape
Erin Boulter’s Play On for Edinburgh-based Resilience Theatre Movement follows what is something of a theme at this year’s Fringe: estranged siblings forced back into each other’s company following the death of a parent.
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