Author: Hugh Simpson
Build a Fort
★★★★☆ Creative
Build a Fort from Not Cricket Productions at The Speakeasy at the Royal Scots Club is a refreshing and fulfilling start to a day at the Fringe, or any other day if it comes to that.
Tongue Twister
★★★★★ Marvellous
Greg Sinclair and Scottish Theatre Producers’ Tongue Twister from Pleasance @ EICC is a children’s show with the widest possible appeal.
Four Walls and a Roof (EIF)
★★☆☆☆ Oddly flat
Four Walls and a Roof, at the Studio Theatre at the International Festival, deals with important themes in a way that seems designed to infuriate as much as involve.
Steak Out
★★★★☆ Meaty
Steak Out from Ruaraidh Murray at the Gilded Balloon throughout the Fringe, is a funny, oddly touching and very well constructed piece.
Cathy
★★★☆☆ Excellently performed
Cathy from the Traverse is a bleakly funny play that has an excellent central performance but struggles to convince entirely.
The Reunion
★★★★☆ Sparkling
GaggleHouse (Scotland)’s The Reunion at C aurora is a cheerfully funny romp that is often surprisingly affecting.
Follow Me
★★★★☆ Weirdly plausible
The Dog Ate My Theatre and New Celts’ Follow Me at theSpace on the Mile is a breathless and often ludicrous romp whose sheer brass neck, and roots in contemporary unreality, win out in the end.
Living the Dream
★★★☆☆ Sympathetic
A subtle and affecting portrait of young men, Steel Antler and New Celts’ Living The Dream at theSpace on the Mile does not always succeed in forging its own identity but has much to recommend it.
It’s Always Sunny on Olympus
★★★☆☆ Fun
Combining sitcom and mythology is the kind of high-concept premise that can always find a willing audience at the Fringe. It’s Always Sunny on Olympus from Mind Yer Head and New Celts at theSpace on The Mile doesn’t completely succeed in living up to its promise, but is entertaining nevertheless.
Turn The Screw, Tickety-Boo
★★★★☆ Empathetic
Turn The Screw, Tickety-Boo! by David Scott, performed by Faceless Theatre and New Celts at theSpace on the Mile, is a compassionate piece of theatre that overcomes some peculiarities with assured direction and performances.
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