Author: Rebecca Mahar
The Bacchae
★★★☆☆ Ethereal
Glasgow-based Company of Wolves come howling into the Fringe with The Bacchae, a solo retelling of the myth of Dionysos, playing at Assembly Roxy for a full run.
Juliet and Romeo
★★★★☆ Strong
Edinburgh Youth Theatre tackles arguably Shakespeare’s most famous play this Fringe, rising to the challenge with Juliet and Romeo, a reimagined take on the tragedy of love, loss, and senseless violence.
Transfers
★★☆☆☆ Underdeveloped
Arbery Theatre brings new play Transfers to theSpace on the Mile for a full run of the Fringe, tracking the movement of £500 through a group of people and the connections they make.
PALS
★★★★☆ Cathartic
PALS from Higgledy Piggledy Productions returns to the Fringe following a successful run last year, with a hefty dose of sisterhood, impulsivity, and the realities of life as a perfectly average lassie of Scotland.
Tales From Your Queer Elder
★★★☆☆ Embodied
Lucia August returns to the Fringe with Tales From Your Queer Elder, a three-act reflection on her journey through life, dance, and existing outside societal norms and expectations.
Bare
★★★☆☆ Ambitious
Edinburgh Little Theatre brings Bare: A Pop Opera to the Alba stage at Hill Street Theatre for a full run of the Fringe, an ambitious musical of teenage angst and queer identity in a Catholic boarding school.
Aderyn/Bird
★★★★★ Disglair/Brilliant
Edinburgh’s Ailsa Dixon and Welsh storyteller Ffion Philips, together known as the Harebell Tellers, enchant the Scottish Storytelling Centre with a limited, five show run of Aderyn/Bird this Fringe.
Moving On: A New Musical
★★★★☆ Touching
Ghosties and ghoulies and interpersonal sibling drama abound in Moving On, a new musical from Happy Sad Productions playing at Braw’s Hill Street Street Theatre for the first half of the Fringe.
Nightmares by Sandy Jack
★☆☆☆☆ Incoherent
Sandy Jack returns to the Fringe under the auspices of Lynch Lovers with new show Nightmares at theSpace on the Mile. Described as a “surreal/horror anthology” inspired by Jack’s own nightmares, David Lynch, and The Twilight Zone, it is frankly an incoherent mess.
The Children
★★★★☆ Contemplative
Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group’s late show at the Royal Scots Club, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children, is a bleak and thoughtful look at everyday life in the wake of a disaster, and the choices its survivors must make.
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